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    LEGENDARY DESIGNERS AT MID-CENTURY MODERN SALE

    Monday, October 30th, 2023
    A five piece Camaleonda sofa by Mario Bellini UPDATE: THIS MADE 12,000 AT HAMMER

    Legendary designers like Eileen Gray, Niels Otto Moller, Arne Vodder, Mario Bellini, Finn Juhl and Angelo Lelli and a curated selection of artists from Dorothy Cross, Nathalie du Pasquier, Sinead ni Mhaonaigh to John Shinnors, John Boyd and Guggi feature at Adams autumn Mid-Century Modern timed online sale which runs until November 7. Design highlights in a selection that includes tables, chairs, lighting, mirrors, cabinets, glassware and desks include a five piece “Camaleonda” sofa by Mario Bellini for B&B Italia, one of the first truly modular sofa designs (€10,000-€15,000), and the Transat chair by Eileen Gray (€2,000-€3,000).  Art highlights include Road to Carraroe by John Shinnors (€15,000-€20,000), Untitled by the French born Milan based artist and designer Nathalie de Pasquier (€4,000-€6,000) and Brompton V by the English expressionist abstract artist Albert Irvin (1922-2015).  Viewing from this sale of 20th century design and contemporary art gets underway at Adams next Friday (November 3) and the catalogue is online.

    Untitled (B12) by Nathalie du Pasquier UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,500 AT HAMMER

    HAVE DESK, WILL TRAVEL

    Tuesday, December 13th, 2022

    This George III mahogany travelling desk comes up as lot 285 at the James Adam At Home timed online At Home auction which ends from 11 am on December 19. There is a baize lined interior and a fitted hinged side panel enclosing twin drawers. The estimate is 1,500-2,000. The first 156 lots comprises jewellery and watches. The catalogue is online. UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,200 AT HAMMER

    THE LIBRARY COLLECTION SALE AT JAMES ADAM NOW ON VIEW

    Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
    UPDATE: THIS MADE €1,900 AT HAMMER

    THIS Victorian oak cased taxidermy display is lot 10 at the Library Collection sale at James Adam in Dublin on April 26. Viewing for this exciting sale with all kinds of everything thrown in gets underway in Dublin today. The display here depicts grey partridges in a rocky scrub setting. It is contained in a fine case on stand with spiral turned legs and stretcher and is estimated at 1,000-1,500. The catalogue is online.

    PORTRAIT SCULPTURE OF LORD MAYOR DYING ON HUNGER STRIKE

    Wednesday, October 31st, 2018

    Albert Power – Study of Terence MacSwiney

    It looks a bit like a death mask but in fact this 1920 head of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, was sculpted in 1920 shortly before he died on hunger strike in Brixton Prison by Albert Power. It sold for a hammer price of 11,000 at the James Adam Country House Collections sale at Townley Hall.

    Attempts to force feed the Lord Mayor were undertaken in the final days of his strike. Albert Power, whose name is synonymous with Irish nationalist sculpture, visited the Lord Mayor as he was dying in prison.  He fell into a coma on October 20, 1920 and died five days later after 73 days on hunger strike.  Terence MacSwiney is buried in the Republican Plot at St. Finbarr’s Cemetery in Cork.
    Power’s commissions included bronze busts of the new Irish President Arthur Griffiths and the army chief Michael Collins.  He also completed death masks for both men which were added to the Cenotaph on Leinster Lawn at Dail Eireann.

    TABLE MADE FROM ARMADA GALLEON’S WOOD AT ADAMS

    Saturday, September 15th, 2018

    A 430 year old table, made from wood from the Spanish Armada, is due up at Adams Country House Collections sale next month. Lord Inchiquin, Conor O’Brien, has made the decision to sell the table with regret.   In the autumn of 1588 as many as 27 ships of the Spanish Armada were lost off the Irish coast, two of them were lost off the west Clare coast. After their sinking the timber from the ships started to come ashore. The high sheriff of Clare recovered some of the decorative carvings from the galleon, which were then made into a three metre table.  It was at Dromoland Castle in Co. Clare, home of the O’Briens, for 300 years before being removed in the 1960’s to Bunratty Castle, from where it was recently removed. Adams have estimated it at 100,000-200,000.

    UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 360,000 AT HAMMER

    FINE JEWELLERY AND WATCHES AT JAMES ADAM

    Friday, December 2nd, 2016

    Fine jewellery and watches will come under  the hammer at James Adam in Dublin on November 6 at 6 p.m.  There are diamond rings, bracelets, brooches, clips, earrings and a selection of lots, many with affordable estimates.  The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

    A FINE DIAMOND BRACELET, BY GRAFF (45,000-50,000)

    A FINE DIAMOND BRACELET, BY GRAFF (45,000-50,000)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    A RUBY, DIAMOND AND SAPPHIRE BRACELET, CIRCA 1965 (9,000-11,000)

    A RUBY, DIAMOND AND SAPPHIRE BRACELET, CIRCA 1965 (9,000-11,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 9,000 AT HAMMER

    AN EMERALD, SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND NECKLACE (3,000-5,000)

    AN EMERALD, SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND NECKLACE (3,000-5,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,000 AT HAMMER

    A SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND CLUSTER RING (3,000-4,000)

    A SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND CLUSTER RING (3,000-4,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    A PAIR OF AMETHYST AND DIAMOND PENDENT EARRINGS (1,200-1,400)

    A PAIR OF AMETHYST AND DIAMOND PENDENT EARRINGS (1,200-1,400)  UPDATE: THESE MADE 1.500 AT HAMMER

    A diamond single stone rings (19,000-24,000)

    A diamond single stone ring (19,000-24,000)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    JAMES ADAM AT HOME SALE ON SUNDAY

    Wednesday, June 8th, 2016

    Furniture, art, silver and a wide variety of collectibles come up at the next auction at James Adam in Dublin on June 12.  Entitled At Home the sale features more than 420 lots. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

    SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY INLAID SEMI-ELLIPTICAL COMMODE, BY JAMES HICKS OF DUBLIN (3,000-5,000)

    SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY INLAID SEMI-ELLIPTICAL COMMODE, BY JAMES HICKS OF DUBLIN (3,000-5,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,000

    A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BOOKCASE (2,000-3,000)

    A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BOOKCASE (2,000-3,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,700

    BERTRAM NICHOLLS (1883-1974) Cliveden Woods (800-1,200)

    BERTRAM NICHOLLS (1883-1974)
    Cliveden Woods (800-1,200)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 800

    A FRENCH LOUIS QUINZE STYLE KINGWOOD MARQUETRY BREAKFRONT SIDE CABINET (2,000-3,000)

    A FRENCH LOUIS QUINZE STYLE KINGWOOD MARQUETRY BREAKFRONT SIDE CABINET (2,000-3,000)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    TIPU SULTAN CABINET AT SLANE AUCTION

    Monday, October 5th, 2015

    The South Indian cabinet engraved with the emblem of Tipu Sultan. (4,000-6,000)

    The South Indian cabinet engraved with the emblem of Tipu Sultan. (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 8,000 AT HAMMER

    A South Indian cabinet at the James Adam Country House Collections sale in Slane Castle on October 13 is carved with the royal emblem of Tipu Sultan of Mysore.  The ebony and brass mounted two door cabinet on stand has been in an Irish country house for several decades, introduced there through an English relative.

    The basically 18th century cabinet with fitted interior is carved with foliage, plain and gilded winged eagles and the Fandaberunda (Berunda) bird.  The two headed mythological bird is the royal emblem of Tipu Sultan (1750-1799) also known as the Ti-ger of Mysore, and the official insignia of the State of Karnataka. He won important victories during the second Anglo-Mysore war and remained an implacable enemy of the British East India Company.  The cabinet is estimated at 4,000-6,000.