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    SHORTLIST FOR SAVILLS ART PRIZE ANNOUNCED

    Monday, October 31st, 2016

    The shortlist for the Savills Arts Prize – the biggest award in Irish contemporary art – has been announced by Vue 2016, Ireland’s national contemporary art fair. The five artists on the shortlist are Ennis artist Mick O’Dea, visual artist Jaki Irvine, Mullingar artist Patrick Graham, Lisburn artist David Crone and Dublin-based Gavin O’Curry.

    The €5,000 Savills Art Prize will be awarded to the artist who has produced an outstanding body of work in the last year or made some other substantial contribution to the visual arts in Ireland. Vue runs at the Royal Hibernian Academy gallery from November 3, when the prize will be presented, to November 6.

    Galleries exhibiting work at Vue 2016 include Kerlin gallery, Catherine Hammond Gallery (Cork), Cross Gallery, Molesworth Gallery, Stoney Road Press, Hillsboro Fine Art, Green on Red, Eight, Peppercanister, Graphic Studio, Fenderesky, Kevin Kavanagh, Gallery of Photography, Solomon, Olivier Cornet, Taylor Gallery, Gormleys, Jonathan Ellis King, Gibbons and Nicholas, Oonagh Young Gallery and Art Box.

    UPDATE: PATRICK GRAHAM WAS THE WINNER

    Patrick Graham has been nominated for his body of work ‘Lullaby’ at Hillsboro fine art gallery, Dublin.

    Patrick Graham has been nominated for his body of work ‘Lullaby’ at Hillsboro fine art gallery, Dublin.

    Mick O’Dea has been nominated for his body of work ‘The Split’ at the Kevin Kavanagh gallery, Dublin

    Mick O’Dea has been nominated for his body of work ‘The Split’ at the Kevin Kavanagh gallery, Dublin

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    RARE 18th and 19th CENTURY GLASS AT CORK AUCTION

    Sunday, October 30th, 2016
    Part of the Knollys Stokes collection of Irish glass

    Part of the Knollys Stokes collection of Irish glass

    A collection of rare 18th and 19th century Irish and English glass will be a feature of Marshs auction in Cork on November 5. There will be Cork, Waterford, Belfast and early English glass from the estate of Mr. Knollys Stokes of Cork.  Among approximately 90 lots of glass are decanters, bowls and dishes of every sort.

    Other rarities in this sale include a Victorian walnut marble topped dental cabinet (3,000-4,000), a Georgian Cork serving table with hairy paw feet (3,000-5,000), a Cork inlaid sunk centre sideboard (1,000-1,500), a Georgian tallboy (400-500) and a Regency sofa table (700-1,000). There are Georgian card tables, two long case clocks, a Georgian corner cabinet and an electrified pianola with 35 music rolls. The auction will include porcelain, silver, brass, books and paintings among around 400 lots. Viewing is from 10.30 am to 9 pm next Thursday and Friday and from 10 am to the start of the auction on this day week.

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    PREVIOUSLY OWNED 102 YEAR OLD CAR ANYONE?

    Friday, October 28th, 2016
    The 1914 Talbot Invincible

    The 1914 Talbot Invincible  UPDATE: THIS MADE 35,000 AT HAMMER

    A 102 year Talbot Invincible that – if restored – would not be out of place on the set of Downton Abbey comes up at Fonsie Mealy’s Chatsworth fine art sale in Castlecomer on November 15 and 16.  In need of much tender loving care the vintage 4CB is one of only 350 known models of its type made.  Only a handful of survivors are known in the Northern Hemisphere.

    Found in a barn the registration number is C.R. 1351.  This was issued  by the County Borough of Southampton to  Brigadier General D. Brady. He registered it in Ireland on January 1, 1927. The original Irish tax book as well as the “Instruction Handbook” are included in the lot. It is estimated at 17,000-22,000.

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    TWO DAY HOUSE CONTENTS SALE AT KILTERNAN LODGE

    Thursday, October 27th, 2016
    Kilternan Lodge.

    Kilternan Lodge.

    There will be a two day house contents sale at Kilternan Lodge, Kilternan, Co. Dublin – home of the late Don Carroll of tobacco manufacturers Carroll Industries – on October 29 and 30 at 1 p.m. on each day. Matthews of Oldcastle will conduct a sale with 1,250 lots in total.  Around 650 lots, many with reasonable estimates, will come under the hammer on day one.  Born in Cork in 1927 Don Carroll, who died in 2000, was an influential figure in Irish industry and banking and served as governor of the Bank of Ireland.  The house (pictured right) has been bought by the interior decorator Helen Turkington who plans to refurbish it.

    WH Auden Epistle to a Godson and Ted Hughes Selected Works Both First Editions (60-90)

    WH Auden Epistle to a Godson and Ted Hughes Selected Works Both First Editions (60-90)

    Edwardian Mounted Lioness Fully Grown About to Pounce ~(4,000-7,000)

    Edwardian Mounted Lioness Fully Grown About to Pounce ~(4,000-7,000)

    Irish Georgian Copper Measuring Jug with Dublin Makers Plaque (100-150)

    Irish Georgian Copper Measuring Jug with Dublin Makers Plaque (100-150)

    Marble Mounted Figural Bronze Mantle Clock (1,000-1,500)

    Marble Mounted Figural Bronze Mantle Clock (1,000-1,500)

    A William IV cabinet (700-1,200)

    A William IV cabinet (700-1,200)

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    THE BIGGEST PRIZE IN IRISH CONTEMPORARY ART

    Wednesday, October 26th, 2016
    Maser will present a new body of work consisting of fine art prints in multiple medi

    Maser will present a new body of work consisting of fine art prints in multiple medi

    The biggest prize in Irish contemporary art will be presented at Vue 2016 at the Royal Hibernian Association gallery on November 3.  The €5,000 Vue Contemporary Art Prize presented by Savills will be awarded to the artist who has produced an outstanding body of work in the last year or made some other substantial contribution to the visual arts in Ireland. Nineteen of Ireland’s leading contemporary art galleries have nominated an artist and the adjudicator is RHA director Dr Patrick Murphy.

    The long list of nominations includes Maser, Jaki Irvine, Patrick Graham, Francis O’Toole, Michael Coleman, Catherine Barron, Blaise Drummond and Donald Teskey, John Cronin, Ciaran Lennon, David Crone, Mick O’Dea, Yvette Monahan, John Behan, Eoin MacLochlainn, Stephen Johnston, Timothy Furey, Marty Kelly, Gavin O’Curry and Bridget O’Gorman.  Last year’s prize was awarded to Richard Gorman.

    “This is only the second year the Savills Art Prize has been presented at Vue and we hope the award will become as important to Irish art as the Turner Prize is in the UK,” said Vue 2016 organiser Louis O’Sullivan.  Galleries participating include Kerlin Gallery, Cross Gallery, Molesworth Gallery, Stoney Road Press, Hillsboro Fine Art, Green on Red, Eight, Peppercanister, Graphic Studio, Fenderesky, Kevin Kavanagh, Gallery of Photography, Solomon, Olivier Cornet, Gormleys, Jonathan Ellis King, Gibbons and Nicholas, Oonagh Young Gallery and Art Box.

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    TEFAF OPENS TO RAVE REVIEWS AND RECORD CROWDS IN NEW YORK

    Tuesday, October 25th, 2016

    jorge-welshExhibitors at TEFAF New York Fall 2016 have been extremely positive about the event.  The light and airy atmosphere was much appreciated by attendees of the historic building that  is the Park Avenue Armoury.  It was completely transformed by Dutch designer Tom Postma especially for the fair, which runs until tomorrow.  The 94 world-class specialist dealers from 14 countries, showing museum-quality fine art and antiques, delivered the total “TEFAF experience.”

    Hicham Aboutaam of Phoenix Ancient Art, who presented a remarkable “Park Avenue Pantheon,” said: “The VIP preview day was spectacularly crowded. There were many new faces along with well-known international collectors and an impressive number of people from the museum world, all with their eye on their next acquisition. We are extremely happy with TEFAF and their celebration of the Armory.”

    Jorge Welsh Fine Art of Kensington Church Street, London – exhibiting in New York for the first time in ten years –  have put together a group of  Chinese export porcelain pieces, resulting from the cultural encounter between West and East in the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.  Their stand is illustrated here.

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    SONG, MING AND QING DYNASTY PIECES AT SOTHEBY’S

    Tuesday, October 25th, 2016
    A Qing Dynasty imperial celadorn jade seal (£500,000-700,000) and a Southern Song Dynasty hares fur Tenmoku bowl (£300,000-400,000)

    A Qing Dynasty imperial celadon jade seal (£500,000-700,000) and a Southern Song Dynasty hares fur Tenmoku bowl (£300,000-400,000)

    A series of auctions bringing together key pieces from the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties will take place at Sotheby’s in London on November 9. The single lot sale of ‘The Supreme Number One’, the first Chinese firearm with an imperial reign mark ever to appear at auction, will be preceded by a distinguished private collection of jades.  A selection of imperial ceramics and gilt-bronze figures – including a rare tea bowl from the Song dynasty – are highlights of the range of material to be offered in the Important Chinese Art sale. Comprising some 340 lots with a total estimate in the region of £6.7 million, the series of three sales will take place during Asian Art in London, an annual ten-day celebration of the finest Asian art. During this time, Sotheby’s New Bond Street galleries will also host an exhibition presented by the Oriental Ceramic Society featuring some 200 examples of ceramics, mostly from China and Japan, and all drawn from members’ collections.

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    VIEW ONLINE SALES FROM HOME

    Saturday, October 22nd, 2016
    These days you can view many auctions from the comfort of your own home and buyers are increasingly doing just that.  Locally, nationally and internationally auction houses are finding new buyers on the internet. The online portal Invaluable is teaming up with the prestigious European Fine Art Fair TEFAF to connect with a collector base in 180 countries. TEFAF opens its debut fair outside Europe at the Park Avenue Armoury in New York today.

    Closer to home there are two online sales of Irish art running this weekend, at Whyte’s and Morgan O’Driscoll. Whyte’s are offering nearly 200 lots with estimates from 100 to 6,000 in an auction with examples from the McClelland Collection and work by Yeats, Lavery, William Conor, Nano Reid, Mainie Mellett, Harry Kernoff, Tony O’Malley and Basil Blackshaw.  There are 230 lots in Morgan O’Driscoll’s sale, which includes 13 works of sculpture.  The sale runs until 6.30 pm next Monday and is on view in Skibberen from noon to 5 pm today and tomorrow and from 11 am to 3 pm on Monday.  Whyte’s sale is on view at Molesworth St., Dublin from 1 pm to 5 pm today and from 10 am to 5 pm on Monday.  Their auction starts at 6 pm.

    River Bank I by Donald Teskey at Morgan O'Driscoll (4,000-6,000)

    River Bank I by Donald Teskey at Morgan O’Driscoll (4,000-6,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,800.

    A drawing by Dame Elizabeth Frink at Whyte's online art auction (400-600)

    A drawing by Dame Elizabeth Frink at Whyte’s online art auction (400-600)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 400

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    MASTERWORK BY MUNCH AT SOTHEBY’S, NEW YORK

    Friday, October 21st, 2016
    Edvard Munch - Girls on the Bridge.

    Edvard Munch – Girls on the Bridge.  UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR $54.5 MILLION.

    A masterwork by Edvard Munch will lead Sotheby’s evening sale of Impressionist & Modern Art in New York on November 14.  Pikene på broen (Girls on the Bridge) from 1902 is estimated to make more than $50 million. The lyrical work ranks as one of the most powerful paintings of his career, and has twice set a new world auction record for the artist at Sotheby’s.

    Simon Shaw, Co-Head of Sotheby’s Worldwide Impressionist & Modern Art Department said: “Edvard Munch’s importance to the full breadth of 20th century art cannot be overstated. From the Expressionists to Fauvism and Pop Art, his oeuvre is increasingly prized for its lasting influence on the art of recent times. Munch pioneered the art of the self: recent museum shows pairing his work with that of artists ranging from Vincent van Gogh to Robert Mapplethorpe, Louise Bourgeois, Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol – among many others – have illustrated that his genius burns brighter today than ever.”

    In 1996 Sotheby’s sold the painting for a then record of $7.7 million. It was sold in 2008 for $30.8 million.

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    GUN USED BY VERLAINE TO SHOOT RIMBAUD AT CHRISTIE’S PARIS

    Friday, October 21st, 2016
    The revolver used by Verlaine. © CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LIMITED 2016

    The revolver used by Verlaine. © CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LIMITED 2016  UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR 434,500 

    The gun bought by Paul Verlaine bought with the intention of killing Arthur Rimbaud comes up at Christie’s Exceptional Sale in Paris on November 30.  The poets had known each other since 1871 and were inseparable.  Verlaine was married but decided to flee to London with Rimbaud in 1873.  In May and June of that year in London they quarrelled violently.  On July 3 Verlaine left London to seek refuge in Brussels. Rimbaud soon joined him, but then decided to return to Paris.  Verlaine then shot him twice with a gun he bought from a gunsmith in Brussels on July 10, 1873. He managed only to to shoot the wrist. Rimbaud then spent ten days in the hospital, and Verlaine was sent to jail for two years.  The story of the Brussels affair in well documented statements and depositions taken at the time is now kept at the Royal Library in Belgium.  The gun is estimated at 50,000-70,000.

    UPDATE:  It was sold to an anonymous bidder on the telephone for 434,500.  The Exceptional Sale realised 4,031,150.

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