Fonsie Mealy will offer a selection of lots from the Yeats family at his auction in Castlecomer on November 14. There are sketchbooks, furniture including the family bureau, silver, musical instruments and personal effects. The sale of around 700 lots will feature items from other estates including Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian furniture, stained glass and modern Irish art. The catalogue is online. Here is a sample.
JOHN BUTLER YEATS – SELF PORTRAIT (10,000-15,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 13,000 AT HAMMER
John Butler Yeats – A fine pen-and- ink Portrait of his son W.B. from 1886 (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 21,000 AT HAMMER