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    SOME FURNITURE FROM COOLATTIN SALE BY SHEPPARDS

    Thursday, June 23rd, 2016

    THERE is a selection of antique furniture from Ireland and abroad at Sheppards two day sale at Coolattin House in Co. Wicklow on June 28 and 29.  The catalogue is online.  Here is a small selection:

    Pair of Chinese Qing period lacquered cabinets on stand (5,000-7,000)

    Pair of Chinese Qing period lacquered cabinets on stand (5,000-7,000)

    One of a pair of 18th century French ormolu mounted commodes (15,000-20,000)

    One of a pair of 18th century French ormolu mounted commodes (15,000-20,000)

    A 19th century ormolu mounted satinwood, marquetry and painted side cabinet (12,000-18,000)

    A 19th century ormolu mounted satinwood, marquetry and painted side cabinet (12,000-18,000)

    One of a pair of late 19th century Dublin cabinets (8,000-12,000)

    One of a pair of late 19th century Dublin cabinets (8,000-12,000)

    A 19th century Chinese lacquered jardiniere (!,200-1,800)

    A 19th century Chinese lacquered jardiniere (!,200-1,800)

     

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    A SUNDAY SALE OF IRISH ART AT DE VERES ON MONDAY!

    Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016

    The Sunday Sale of Irish art at de Veres is now to take place on Monday.  The venue is Buswells Hotel in Dublin on June 27.  The date was changed after Ireland’s win over Italy meant the country played France in Lyon on June 26.  The score was 2-1 in favor of France and Ireland moved out of the competition. There are 150 lots with estimates ranging from 100 to 5,000.  The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

    Charles Tyrell, b.1950 UNTITLED (watercolour~) 300-500

    Charles Tyrell, b.1950
    UNTITLED (watercolour~) 300-500

    Michael Cullen, Contemporary PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST WITH MIRROR (600-900)

    Michael Cullen, Contemporary
    PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST WITH MIRROR (600-900)

    Hughie O'Donoghue b.1953 BELLACORICK, MOUTH OF THE TURNING RIVER I (3,000-5,000)

    Hughie O’Donoghue b.1953
    BELLACORICK, MOUTH OF THE TURNING RIVER I (3,000-5,000)

    Alicia Boyle 1908-1997 ROISIN ISLAND, BURTONPORT (300-500)

    Alicia Boyle 1908-1997
    ROISIN ISLAND, BURTONPORT (300-500)

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    A NEW RECORD PRICE FOR A CUBIST MASTERPIECE

    Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
    FEMME ASSISE

    FEMME ASSISE

    Pablo Picasso’s Cubist masterpiece Femme assise sold for £43.3 million at Sotheby’s in London tonight.  This is a new record price for any Cubist work at auction and the highest price for any work sold in London in over five years.

    Femme assise of 1909 came to the market tonight having remained in a private collection since 1973 when it was acquired for £340,000. The sale also saw a record for a portrait by Amedeo Modigliani, as Jeanne Hébuterne (au foulard) of 1919 mde £38.5 million, the second-highest price for a painting sold in London in over five years. The evening sale of  Impressionist & Modern Art at Sotheby’s totalled £103,280,000.

    The price paid for Femme Assise was the highest price in London since the sale of Alberto Giacometti’s Walking Man I at Sotheby’s London in 2010 for £65 million.

    (See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for June 5 and May 17, 2016 and World Sculpture Price Records)

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    UTAMARO SCORES WORLD RECORD FOR ANY JAPANESE PRINT IN PARIS

    Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
    Deeply Hidden Love (Fukaku shinobu koi) by Kitagawa Utamaro.

    Deeply Hidden Love (Fukaku shinobu koi) by Kitagawa Utamaro.

    There was a world record for any Japanese print at a Beaussant Lefèvre auction in association with Christie’s in Paris. Deeply Hidden Love (Fukaku shinobu koi) by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806) sold for 745,800 (including buyer’s premium).  It was part of the sale of the Portier Collection of Japanese Art at Drouot.

    Deeply Hidden Love is from the series Anthology of Poems: The Love Section and is on a rare pink mica ground.  The sale from a well known family of experts and collectors attracted European, American, Japanese and international collectors.  The auction brought in 1.5 million and all lots were sold.P

    In a post sale statement Eric Beaussant and Pierre-Yves Lefèvre, Géraldine Lenain, international director of Asian arts at Christie’s expert in Asian art Alice Jossaume said:  We are very pleased with the success of the sale and with our collaboration, which highlighted the wise selection of four generations of collectors and major figures of the Asian art market. Quality, rarity, provenance and high-end bids make this collection one that will remain in the books of great Japanese art sales in Paris”.

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    SEAN SCULLY’S MONTSERRAT MAKES £422,500 AT CHRISTIE’S

    Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
    Sean Scully - Montserrat

    Sean Scully – Montserrat

    Sean Scully’s Montserrat sold for £422,500 at Christie’s evening sale of Modern British and Irish art in London on June 20.  It was painted in 1996-97 and purchased by the vendor at Galerie Lelong in Paris in 2013.

    A Beach Scene by L.S. Lowry sold for £1.53 million, Midi by Bridget Riley made £902,500, Seated Figure by William Scott made £362,500, Mother and Child Block Seat by Henry Moore made £1.81 million and a Family Group by the same artist made £362,500 and Two Forms in Echelon by Barbara Hepworth sold for £662,500.

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    A CARPET MADE FOR THE SUN KING AT SOTHEBY’S

    Monday, June 20th, 2016

    From opulent carpets made for the Sun King and Frederick the Great’s armchair to the intriguing Rothschild Orpheus Cup and gems of scientific innovation the sale entitled Treasures at Sotheby’s in London on July 6 offers much to the serious and wealthy collector.  Inaugurated in 2010 this highly curated sale is one of the more notable of the year in decorative art.  Combining royal and aristocratic provenance with craftsmanship and freshness to market the selection this summer includes furniture, silver, vertu, clocks, sculpture and works of art.

    Henry House, Head of Sotheby’s Furniture and Decorative Arts Department, said: “Each of the 46 lots in the sale exemplifies the definition of treasure. Formerly the preserve of Kings, Princes and Popes, they celebrate the genius and craftsmanship of the greatest artists and artisans of their era.”

    A ROYAL CARPET FOR THE PALAIS DU LOUVRE PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DIMITRI MAVROMMATIS A Louis XIV Savonnerie carpet for the galerie du Bord de l’eau (grande galerie), Palais du Louvre Paris Chaillot workshop of the Lourdet family, delivered on 10 June 1678 (£300,000-500,000)

    A ROYAL CARPET FOR THE PALAIS DU LOUVRE
    PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DIMITRI MAVROMMATIS
    A Louis XIV Savonnerie carpet for the galerie du Bord de l’eau (grande galerie), Palais du Louvre Paris
    Chaillot workshop of the Lourdet family, delivered on 10 June 1678 (£300,000-500,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £341,000

    SOUTH GERMAN, AUGSBURG, AROUND 1600 THE ROTHSCHILD ORPHEUS CUP (£600,000 - 800,000)

    SOUTH GERMAN, AUGSBURG, AROUND 1600
    THE ROTHSCHILD ORPHEUS CUP (£600,000 – 800,000)  UPDATE; THIS SOLD FOR £1,061,000

    CHAIR FOR FREDERICK THE GREAT A German rococo silvered armchair, attributed to Johann August Nahl, Potsdam, circa 1744-46 (£80,000-120,000)

    CHAIR FOR FREDERICK THE GREAT
    A German rococo silvered armchair, attributed to Johann August Nahl, Potsdam, circa 1744-46 (£80,000-120,000)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

     

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    TOGETHER AGAIN – TWO OF ONLY THREE KNOWN LIMERICK SILVER COFFEE POTS

    Sunday, June 19th, 2016
    The last two of only three known Limerick Silver coffee pots have been brought together by antique silver dealer William Crofton, who is about to market them with a price tag that reflects their extreme rarity. He plans to seek £750,000 sterling for the two. At this price level William Crofton, who trades as L and W Duvallier based in Dublin and London, reckons that only about two collectors in Ireland would have both the passion and the money needed to acquire them.
    One coffee pot is plain and inscribed with the initials U I M, believed to be Isaac and Mary Unthank, members of a prominent Limerick Quaker family. Isaac Unthank married Mary Robinson in 1749.  The second coffee pot is pear shaped and engraved with the coat of arms of Petyt.  Both are by Joseph Johns.  Each one dates to around 1750-55.   A third coffee pot by maker Samuel Johns at the Limerick Civic Museum was once in the collection of William Crofton’s late father Gerry Crofton.  It is possible that other Limerick silver coffee pots are out there, but these three are the only known pieces.

    A plain Limerick silver coffee pot by Joseph Johns.

    A plain Limerick silver coffee pot by Joseph Johns.

    A pear shaped engraved Limerick silver coffee pot by Joseph Johns.

    A pear shaped engraved Limerick silver coffee pot by Joseph Johns.

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    IRISH PATTERN COINS DOUBLE ESTIMATE AT LONDON AUCTION

    Sunday, June 19th, 2016

    Two rare Irish pattern coins designed in the 1920’s by Italian sculptor Publio Morbiducci for the competition to select new money for the Irish Free State in 1927 made double their estimates at a Dix Noonan Webb auction in London this month. The pattern half crown, estimated at £4,000-5,000 sold for £13,200. A three pence piece estimated at £2,800-3,200 sold for £7,200. The bronze coins were designed by Morbiducci (1889-1963) as part of his successful entry in the competition. Pattern coins are not approved for release. They are produced  for the purpose of evaluating a proposed design. These one were struck by Milanese medallists Lorioli Castelli.  It is not known how many survived.

    An Irish pattern half crown.

    An Irish pattern half crown.

    An Irish pattern threepence

    An Irish pattern threepence

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    A NATIVE AMERICAN HEADDRESS AT FONSIE MEALY

    Friday, June 17th, 2016
    The llate 19th Century / early 20th Century Native American Indian Headdress

    The late 19th Century / early 20th Century Native American Indian Headdress

    A Native American Indian headdress comes up at Fonsie Mealy’s Chatsworth Summer Fine Art sale in Castlecomer on June 28-29.  Complete with plaited human hair it dates to the late 19th or early 20th century.  The headdress has eagle feather quills and plumes and coloured, threaded supports over a decorative bead work front.

    There should be considerable excitement around this lot.  In February of 2015 a Native American outfit estimated at 4,000-6,000 sold for a hammer price of 320,000 at Fonsie Mealy.  A number of bidders on the phone and the internet competed for the lot from across the Atlantic.

    The headdress coming up later this month has an excellent provenance.  It is from the Laidlaw family of Castleknock in Dublin.  Elizabeth Clarke of Coats and Clarke, a Scottish cotton spool thread firm with branches in the US married into the Laidlaw family and it has come down by direct descent.  It is estimated at 2,000-3,000.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for February 25, 2015)

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    TRANSPORT FOR HIGH SUMMER AT SHEPPARDS COOLATTIN SALE

    Thursday, June 16th, 2016

    There is more than a hint of high summer about some of the wheeled lots at Sheppards Great Irish Country House collections sale at Coolattin House, Co. Wicklow on June 28 and 29.   The auction will feature an exceptional set of ten dining chairs by Butler of Dublin, Chinese export porcelain, 18th century French tapestries and cars. The cars include everything from 19th century horse drawn carriages to a brace of Porsches and a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow. A Porsche 911 Carrera from 1994 is estimated at 70,000-90,000, the 1976 Rolls Royce at 20,000-30,000. Antique carriages and side cars have estimates of from 1,500 to 8,000.  The catalogue is now online.

    19th century carriage (1,500-2,500)

    19th century carriage (1,500-2,500)

    Fordson P6 vintage tractor (1,000-1,500)

    Fordson P6 vintage tractor (1,000-1,500)

    A 19th century horse drawn carriage (6,000-8,000)

    A 19th century horse drawn carriage (6,000-8,000)

    A 1994 Porsche 911 Carrera (70,000-90,000)

    A 1994 Porsche 911 Carrera (70,000-90,000)

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