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    UNIQUE IRISH TESTIMONIAL AT QUEENS UNIVERSITY BELFAST

    Sunday, December 15th, 2013

    The Morpeth Roll, a singular testimonial signed by over 160,000 people in Ireland in 1841, is on display at the Naughton Gallery, Queen’s University, Belfast until next January 26.  The roll, which is 420 metres long, was created as a public tribute to George Howard, Lord Morpeth, on his 1841 departure from Ireland after six years as Chief Secretary.  A Liberal, he later served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. It is seen as a tribute both to his popularity and to the reforming Whig government which he served. Re-discovered in the archives of Castle Howard in Yorkshire it was conserved at NUI Maynooth and digitised for its wealth of pre-Famine information by ancestry.com

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    RARE EARLY WORK INSCRIBED BY SAMUEL BECKETT SELLS AT MEALY’S

    Thursday, December 12th, 2013
    Samuel Beckett, Whoroscope (poem) published in 1930 together with a photograph sold for 4,200.

    Samuel Beckett, Whoroscope (poem) published in 1930 together with a photograph sold for 4,200.

    Samuel Becketts first separately printed work, Whoroscope, sold for 4,200 at Fonsie Mealy’s rare book sale in Dublin this week.   The first edition, one of just 100 copies, is signed and inscribed by Beckett to his college friend Billy Cunningham.  It is dated December 1930, the year in which the poem was published by The Hours Press, Paris. It was sold with a photograph showing Cunningham, second from left, beside Beckett on a golf links.

    A selection of pen an ink drawings by Brinsley le Fanu for publications by Downey and Company of London also sold for 4,200. A c1508 illuminated Book of Hours printed in Paris sold for 4,000.

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    FIRST EDITIONS OF SOMERVILLE AND ROSS IN DEMAND AT FONSIE MEALY

    Wednesday, December 11th, 2013
    A collection of Somerville and Ross first editions sold for 750.

    A collection of Somerville and Ross first editions sold for 750.

    A collection of first editions of Somerville and Ross spanning more than 50 years made 750 at Fonsie Mealy’s rare book auction in Dublin on December 10.  With plain cloth bindings the collection ranged from the publication in 1893 of Through Connemara in a Governess Car to Maria and Some Other Dogs of 1949.  It included their classic Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. in 1908.

    Irish literary figures featured strongly in a sale which realised more than 250,000 at hammer.  A signed copy of Patrick Kavanagh’s Collected Poems made 750, a “Choice” Irish Poetry Anthology including work by Beckett, Heaney,Boland,  Clarke and Kinsella, made 2,700, a first English edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses with errata sold for 1,500 and an original recording of James Joyce reading Anna Livia Plurabelle made 3,000.

    The top lot of the auction related to Tipperary during the Great Famine and comprises an important record of the administration of a Tipperary workhouse during the famine.   The five manuscript volumes of workhouse minute books sold for 4,200 over a top estimate of 1,600.

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    SHARP PAINTING MAKES 19,800 AT HEGARTY’S IN BANDON

    Wednesday, December 11th, 2013
    Dorothea Sharp (1875-1955) - The Young Goatherd - sold for 19,800.

    Dorothea Sharp (1875-1955) – The Young Goatherd – sold for 19,800.

    A painting by the English artist Dorothea Sharp (1875-1955) was the top lot at Hegarty’s sale in Bandon last night.  The Young Goatherd was new to market and had emerged from a collection in Schull in west Cork.  It sold for 19,800 at hammer.

    Sharp, who exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1901 to 1948, was an honorary member of the St. Ives Society of  Artists.

    A landscape by the French artist Felix Ziem from the same collection sold for 5,800.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for December 9, 2013)

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    DEFINING IMAGE OF JANE AUSTEN EXCEEDS ESTIMATE AT SOTHEBY’S

    Tuesday, December 10th, 2013
    Jane Austen Portait with frame.

    Jane Austen Portait with frame.

    Julia Cameron's portait 'Stella', a study of Mrs Herbert Duckworth (1867) Cameron's goddaughter and the mother of Virginia Woolf

    Julia Cameron’s portrait ‘Stella’, a study of Mrs Herbert Duckworth (1867) Cameron’s goddaughter
    and the mother of Virginia Woolf

    THE definitive portrait of Jane Austen made £164,500 at Sotheby’s in London today. An engraving of the watercolour by James Andrews will appear on the Bank of England’s new £10 note from 2017, the author’s bicentenary. It was purchased on the telephone by an anonymous private collector. The top estimate for the work was £150,000.  It was commissioned in 1869 by Jane Austen’s nephew, Rev. James Edward Austen-Leigh to illustrate his Memoir of Jane Austen, the hugely influential first full-length biography which was crucial in transforming her from a novelist into a national figure. 

    Earlier in today’s sale, a previously completely unknown album of photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron sold for £242,500  – establishing a new auction record for an album of photographs by the artist. It is one of only 11 known albums compiled by Cameron who is considered the leading female pioneer of 19th century photography. Alongside carefully chosen portraits of her friends and celebrities of the Victorian era, the album contains two prints which are previously unrecorded and possibly unique.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for November 4, 2013).

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    IMPORTANT SYMBOLIST WORK BY BURNE-JONES AT CHRISTIE’S

    Tuesday, December 10th, 2013

    An important Symbolist work by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898) comes up at Christie’s sale of Victorian and British Impressionist Art in London on December 12.    Entitled “Evening” it  has been in the same private collection since it was acquired from the artist.  It belongs to a group of works in which Burne-Jones explored the idea of representing cosmic subjects by allegorical figures floating in the night sky.  The estimate is £300,000-500,000.

    The sale features 104 works from the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Estimates are from £2,000.  Here is a small flavour of what is on offer:

    Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898) Hesperus, The Evening Star (£300,000-500,000). Courtesy Christie's Images Ltd., 2013

    Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898) Hesperus, The Evening Star (£300,000-500,000). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2013  UPDATE: THIS MADE £506,000

    John Singer Sargent, R.A., R.W.S., H.R.S.A. (1856-1925) A Bridge in Venice - pencil and watercolour (£100,000-150,000). Courtesy Christie's Images Ltd., 2013

    John Singer Sargent, R.A., R.W.S., H.R.S.A. (1856-1925) A Bridge in Venice – pencil and watercolour (£100,000-150,000). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2013  UPDATE: THIS MADE £98,500

    Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, R.A. (1802-1873) Neptune (£300,000-500,000). Courtesy Christie's Images Ltd., 2013

    Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, R.A. (1802-1873) Neptune (£300,000-500,000). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2013  UPDATE: THIS MADE £566,500

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    CELTIC REVIVAL VASES AT BANDON AUCTION

    Monday, December 9th, 2013

    Among the more unusual lots at Hegarty’s sale in Bandon, Co. Cork on December 10 is a rare pair of Irish Celtic Revival two handled vases.  They were made in Youghal and are stamped Youghal A.M.W.  The estimate is 1,000-2,000.  Another rarirty is an upholstered black carriage with original fittings.  The sale of over 400 lots is online. Here is a small selection.

    A pair of Irish Celtic Revival two-handled vases, stamped Youghal A.M.W. (1,000-2,000).

    A pair of Irish Celtic Revival two-handled vases, stamped Youghal A.M.W. (1,000-2,000).  UPDATE: UNSOLD AND UNDER NEGOTIATION.

    A black carriage, upholstered in leather, with original fittings

    A black carriage, upholstered in leather, with original fittings UPDATE: WITHDRAWN TO NEXT AUCTION

    Oil on canvas by FELIX ZIEM [French 1821-1911] (5,000-10,000).

    Oil on canvas by FELIX ZIEM [French 1821-1911] (5,000-10,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,800

    A satinwood display cabinet by Maple and Co. (3,000-5,000)

    A satinwood display cabinet by Maple and Co. (3,000-5,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,800

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    BAUBLES, BANGLES AND BEADS AT JAMES ADAM

    Monday, December 9th, 2013

    Baubles, bangles and beads will come under the hammer at James Adam in Dublin on December 10.  There are diamond rings, earrings, watches, bracelets, brooches and various stones on offer in a sale with something to suit most budgets. The catalogue, with 247 lots, is online. Here is  a small selection.

    A diamond single-stone ring of 3.25 carats (10,000-20,000)

    A diamond single-stone ring of 3.25 carats (10,000-20,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 10,000 AT HAMMER

    A diamond and ruby ring (4,000-6,000)

    A diamond and ruby ring (4,000-6,000)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    A pair of diamond and natural pearl pendant earrings (7,000-10,000)

    A pair of diamond and natural pearl pendant earrings (7,000-10,000)  UPDATE: THESE WERE UNSOLD

    A pair of Art Deco diamond and jade set earrings (10,000-15,000)

    A pair of Art Deco diamond and jade set earrings (10,000-15,000) UPDATE: THESE MADE 10,000 AT HAMMER

    A gentleman's Golden Ellipse wristwatch by Patek Philippe circa 1975 (7,000-10,000)

    A gentleman’s Golden Ellipse wristwatch by Patek Philippe circa 1975 (7,000-10,000)  UPDATE: THIS MAE 9,400 AT HAMMER

    A diamond pendant by Frank Gehry for Tiffany (250-450)

    A diamond pendant by Frank Gehry for Tiffany (250-450)  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 600

    An 18 carat gold charm bracelet (2,000-4,000)

    An 18 carat gold charm bracelet (2,000-4,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,100 AT HAMMER

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    AUCTION AT O’REILLY’S OF FRANCIS ST., DUBLIN

    Monday, December 9th, 2013

    THE last sale of the year at O’Reilly’s of Francis St. in Dublin takes place on December 11.  At the higher end there is a set of South Sea Pears with diamond clasp and fitted Garrard box and some quality diamonds, like the three stone ring shown here.    There are plenty of potential Christmas presents too.  The catalogue is online.

    A three stone diamond ring (20,000-25,000).

    A three stone diamond ring (20,000-25,000).

    A South Sea Pearls necklace in Garrard case with diamond clip (15,000-16,000).

    A South Sea Pearls necklace in Garrard case with diamond clip (15,000-16,000).

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    ONLINE IRISH ART AT MORGAN O’DRISCOLL

    Sunday, December 8th, 2013

    An off the wall online art auction runs at Morgan O’Driscoll until December 9 at 6.30 p.m.  You can check out all the latest bids online. It is a big sale with just over 300 lots. Here is a small selection:

    George Gillespie RUA (1924-1996) Strandford Lough (1,000-1,500).

    George Gillespie RUA (1924-1996)
    Strandford Lough (1,000-1,500).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,000

    Patrick Leonard HRHA (1918-2005) Hilary and the Kids at the Beach (1,500-2,500).

    Patrick Leonard HRHA (1918-2005)
    Hilary and the Kids at the Beach (1,500-2,500). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    David Ffrench Le Roy (b.1971) Chardonnay and Stilton Cheese (1,200-1,500).

    Eileen Meaghar – Mountain Stream.  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 850

    David Ffrench Le Roy (b.1971) Chardonnay and Stilton Cheese (700-900.

    David Ffrench Le Roy (b.1971)
    Chardonnay and Stilton Cheese (700-900).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 600

    Arthur K. Maderson (b.1942) Point of Sunset (1,500-2,000).

    Arthur K. Maderson (b.1942)
    Point of Sunset (1,500-2,000).  UPDATE: THIS AMDE 1,200

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