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    PAUL HENRY OILS DISCOVERED IN AMERICA AT BONHAMS

    Thursday, October 4th, 2012

    Discovered in America ‘Dugort bay, Achill island’ is estimated at £30,000-50,000. (Click on image to enlarge).  UPDATE: THIS MADE £37,250.

    Paul Henry’s ’A scene near Achill Sound’ is estimated to sell for £40,000-60,000. (Click on image to enlarge).

    Previously unrecorded works by the distinguished Irish artist Paul Henry (1876-1958) discovered in America will feature at Bonhams in London next November 14. Each one is a classical west of Ireland landscape at Achill. The works are believed to have been presented to Clemens J. France, a member of the US Committee of Enquiry on Conditions in Ireland, by the people of Ireland in gratitude for his work on the Constitution of the Irish Free State, circa 1922. A Scene near Achill Sound is estimated at £40,000-60,000 and Dugort Bay, Achill Island is estimated at £30,000-50,000.
    Another Henry in the sale – Old Age Pensioners – is from a different private collection. It is figurative and shows two elderly women muffled against the cold. Painted in 1911 it is estimated at £100,000-150,000. The fourth Paul Henry in the sale is The Long Road. Exhibited in Belfast in 1918 it is estimated at £30,000-50,000.

    Paul Henry’s Old-Age Pensioners is estimated at £100,000-150,000. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS MADE £109,250.

    The Long Road, which was exhibited in Belfast in 1918, is estimated at £30,000-50,000. UPDATE: THIS MADE £37,250.

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    THE ANNUAL IRISH ANTIQUE DEALERS FAIR AT THE RDS

    Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

    The annual Irish Antique Dealers’ Fair runs at the RDS in Dublin from October 4 to October 7.  More than 50 exhibitors will offer a wide variety of highly desirable objects.  There is a lecture series at the fair, which is to be officially opened by Judith Miller. Visitors to this popular annual event will find everything from antique  furniture, rare books, prints, jewellery, glass, silverware, porcelain, coins, paintings and sculpture.  Innovations this year include interior design products.    Here is a small sample from a large fair (you can click on any image to enlarge it):

    This pottery plaque depicting William Gladstone chiselling at a gravestone ‘In Memoriam Home Rule Bill murdered in the House of Lords 8 Sept 1893’ is by A. George, a late 19th century Somerset potter. It is at George Stacpoole Antiques.

    A c1871 mahogany writing bureau with original locks and pull handles stamped Needs & Co, Piccadilly and maker’s stamp Jas Schoolbred & Co in bottom left drawer at O’Sullivan Antiques.

    An early 19th Century segmented flame mahogany table on platform base at O’Sullivan Antiques.

    A Tiffany Favrile vase at Niall Mullen Antiques.

    This William & Gibton mahogany hall bench with foliate carved back is at O’Sullivan Antiques.

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    OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLECTORS AT de VERES IRISH ART

    Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

    The catalogue for de Veres auction of Irish art in Dublin on October 9 lists 176 lots.  Estimates are realistic and it offers opportunities for collectors at all levels of the market. The catalogue is on-line. Here is a small selection.  UPDATE: THE auction realised 222,000, with around 65 per cent of lots sold.  The top lot was an oil by Grace Henry entitled Fishing Boats which made 9,500.

    Daniel O’Neill 1920-1974 – An early memory (6,000-9,000)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.

    John Noel Smith – Spiral (1,400-1,800)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,500.

    Liam Belton RHA – Pewter flagon with drawing (2,000-4,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,600.

    Imogen Stuart RHA – Heart speaks onto heart (3,000-5,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,000.

    Conor Fallon RHA 1939-2007 – Bird (4,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 6,200.

    Patrick O’Reilly – Two horses (3,000-4,000)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.

    Felim Egan – Untitled (2,000-3,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,200

    Nathaniel Hone RHA 1831-1917 – Tree in a landscape (2,000-3,000). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.

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    FORD BOX BUTCHER’S VAN FROM DAD’S ARMY AT BONHAMS

    Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

    The 1935 Ford Box Van from the Dad’s Army television series at Bonhams. (Click on image to enlarge).

    Fans of Dad’s Army will have an opportunity to acquire a 1935 Ford box van that featured in the BBC sitcom about the Home Guard which ran from 1968 to 1977. Some of the most memorable sequences featured Lance Corporal Jones’s butcher’s van. From the Patrick Collection it is estimated to make £20,000-30,000 at Bonhams sale in Weybridge, Surrey on December 3. The Patrick Collection Part III, is the third instalment of a wider collection of cars covering 100 years of motoring housed in a private museum in Birmingham. Bonhams sold Part I of the collection in 1994 and Part II in 2004. A total of 19 cars from the collection will be offered including two outstanding pre-war sports cars, a 1931 Invicta 4.5-litre S-Type Low Chassis Tourer (£500,000 – £600,000) and a 1938 Jaguar SS100 3.5-litre Sports Two-Seater (£220,000 – £280,000).
    A 1904 Wolseley 12hp Tonneau (£100,000 – 150,000) from the collection will be offered at Bonhams Veteran Car Sale in New Bond St. on November 2. The sale is scheduled in conjunction with the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.

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