Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958) – Cottages by the Sea
This c1935-40 oil on canvas board by Paul Henry is at Adams Important Irish Art sale in Dublin on November 18. The estimate is €80,000-€120,000. It is one of three works by Paul Henry in this auction of 123 lots. New Ross, 1939 is estimated at €70,000-€100,000 and Old People watching a Dance has an estimate of €60,000-€80,000. Viewing at Adams gets underway on November 18 and the catalogue is online.
HEREND POISSON VASE
This Poisson vase by Herend is at R J Keighery’s auction in Waterford on November 15. More than 750 lots will come under the hammer. Among them is a large collection of Waterford Crystal, antique furniture, jewellery, chandeliers and collectibles. The vase illustrated here is estimated at €3,000-€4,000.
TEN artworks by Tracey Emin will be displayed by Gormley’s at Art Source at the RDS from November 13-15. Ranging from 2016 to the 2026 series “I need tomorrow” released earlier this year to coincide with Emin’s prestigious retrospective Tate Modern exhibition A Second Life, which celebrated 40 years of her work. Emin’s art in Dublin comprises a mixture of handmade lithograph prints and limited edition photography pieces. Art Source features a large selection of affordable art and pieces from some of the biggest names in the art world like Banksy and Andy Warhol.
One of a pair of Italian giltwood sofas, Genoa, circa 1740-1744
A pair of Italian giltwood sofas made €345,600 at Sotheby’s evening sale of contents from the Parisian residence of His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah Al Thani. They had originated from the Galleria Dorata, Palazzo Carrega-Cataldi, (now Chamber of Commerce), Via Garibaldi, Genoa, Italy. They rank among the very best of mid-18th-century Genoese Baroque cabinetmaking. Following three successful auctions totalling €12.8 million, with 100% of lots sold, two further sales continue until November 9.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for October 5, 2026).
A cased model of Titanic at Lynes and Lynes.
A cased model of Titanic, some rare Cork silver or a Webley-Wilkinson 1902 revolver once owned by a Victoria Cross winning resident of County. Cork whose real life military career makes the fictional James Bond career look slightly tame.
The choice is yours at sales by Lynes and Lynes in Carrigtwohill on Saturday November 14 or at leading modern and antique gun auctioneers Holts of King’s Lynn in Norfolk on November 11.
If you are looking for something out of the ordinary then how about a rare long horn chair in original condition. This one, lot 92 at Lynes and Lynes estimated at €2,000-€3,000, was made by Wenzel Friedrich (1827-1902) of San Antonio in Texas and it is in original condition.
A Webley-Wilkinson 1902 revolver at Holts
The life of Lt. Gen. Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO was most certainly out of the ordinary. With a mother of Irish descent he was born into the Belgian aristocracy in May 1880. Abandoning Oxford after one term this action man enrolled in the British Army to fight the Boers and served in the Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War.
He was shot in the face, head, stomach, groin, ankle, leg, hip and ear, blinded in one eye, survived two plane crashes, tunnelled out of a prisoner of war camp and ripped off his own severely injured fingers. After arriving back in England in 1943 he was posted to China as Churchill’s personal representative. He married for the second time aged 71 and settled in Co. Cork where he died aged 83 in 1963. Carton de Wiart is buried at Caum Churchyard which backs on to his old home at Killinardrish near Macroom. His cased and engraved .455 Webley-Wilkinson 1902 revolver is estimated by Holts at £3,000-£5,000.
A longhorn chair from Texas at Lynes and Lynes
Revolvers and horn chairs may not be what floats your boat but with 481 lots in total there is much at Lynes and Lynes – on view in Carrigtwohill from today – which may be of interest. On offer is a selection of silverware, furniture, maritime items, art, jewellery and collectibles like old toys and rugs. Three oil paintings by Fergal Flanagan, pruched at the Lavit Gallery in 1998, offers view of Youghal and its clock tower, UCC and the South Mall in Cork at estimates of just €300-€500 each.
The Titanic model is estimated at €1,000-€1,500. Maritime lots include telescopes, ships wheels and clocks along with watercolours and prints of well known ships.
The selection of antique furniture in the sale includes a Georgian sideboard, a Victorian bookcase, Irish turf and plate buckets, Cork 11-bar chairs, a satinwood banded sofa table and a Killarney tray.
A selection of lots at Lynes and Lynes.
A 1775 Cork silver soup ladle by Stephen Walsh and a c1790 set of twelve Cork silver teaspoons by John Nicholson are each estmated at €1,000-€1,500. A set of nine similar vintage teaspoons with crests by John Nicholson have an estimate of €1,000-€1,200. Other lots of silver include a George II coffee pot, an early set of cased berry spoons, a collection of English silver cutlery and an Austro-Hungarian silver spirit kettle on stand with matching teapot and water jug.
The leading jewellery lot is an emerald and diamond bracelet (€3,000-€4,000) and there is a selection or rings, earrings, bracelets, pendants and necklaces in the auction. Persian rugs are very reasonably estimated and a c1785 longcase clock by Hercules Troy of Dublin with brass dial is estimated at €2,000-€2,500. The catalogue for the sale is online
Full Size Metal Coat of Armour on Stand
Luxury Dromoland Castle Hotel in Co. Clare is closing for a six month refurbhishment from this month. The largest redevelopment in its 63 year history as an hotel will cost an estimated €55 million. Next week auctioneer Aidan Foley will conduct a two day sale with 776 lots of bedroom contents, occasional furniture, curtains, rugs, wall hangings and commercial kitchen equipment. The catalogue for the sales, which get underway at 5 pm on November 9 and 10, is online. As our picture shows you might even find a suit of armour.
GEORGIAN FLAMED MAHOGANY TWIN PEDESTAL JUPE TABLE. UPDATE: THE CLOSING BID WAS 5,000
This twin pedestal Georgian jupe table is among the leading lot at the classic and contemporary interiors timed online auction by Mullen’s of Laurel Park, Bray, Co. Wicklow. The auction runs to the evening of November 8. This type of table, invented by Robert Jupe, is an expanding circular dining table. They were showcased at the Great Exhibition of 1851. This one is estimated at €5,000-€7,000.
John B. Vallely – The Travelling Piper. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR €7,558
This painting by Armagh based John B Vallely is at the sale of Irish paintings by Adam’s Blackrock which runs until the evening of November 4. The estimate is €5,000-€7,000. The auction offers a diverse selection of 483 lots and bidding starts to close from 7 pm. It will run concurrently with auctions of antiques and furniture and jewellery and watches. Catalogues for all three timed online sales are online.
It seems extraordinary but the Hals-Rembrandt exhibition which opens at the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem in Holland on November 6 is the first to be devoted entirely to two of the finest masters of the Dutch Golden Age. A total of 19 paintings will be displayed in an intimate setting designed to encourage visitors to look closely and see more. Frans Hals and Rembrandt van Rijn are globally admired for a distinctive, lifelike approach with attention not just on wealthy clients but on children, merry drinkers, actors, musicians and cavaliers. Each 17th century artist is renowned for lifelike portraits and character studies in a loose painting style. The show continues until next February 28. Pictured here is Laughing Boy with flute by Frans Hals, an oil on panel loaned from the State Museum in Schwerin.
Francis Bacon – Portrait of George Dyer staring. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Lithographs by Francis Bacon, a pencil drawing by Michael Quane, works on paper by William Crozier and a large scale landscape photograph by Australian Murray Fredericks feature among 112 works on offer at the art online sale by Lismore based Lot 100. The auction runs until the evening of November 3.
Francis Bacon’s studies and portraits are iconic for their abstracted faces and claustrophobic settings – an expression perhaps his own personal demons. The two ‘Portrait of George Dyer’ lithographs in this sale were issued by the Galerie Maeght in Paris following Bacon’s exhibition there in 1966. The estimate is €800-€1,000 each.