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    GIVENCHY COLLECTION PROVOKES A GLOBAL SCRAMBLE

    Wednesday, June 15th, 2022
    TWO POLYCHROME MARBLES BUSTS PROBABLY REPRESENTING EMPERORS HADRIAN AND COMMODUS, ITALIAN, ROMAN, LATE 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY

    The global scramble for items from the collection of Hubert de Givenchy continued at Christie’s in Paris today. The cachet of owning something from this prestige collection continues to add enormous value. Many estimates were rendered nonesensical. The two polychrome 17th or 18th century busts illustrated here sold for €2,442,000 over a top estimate of €250,000 this morning. Lot 105, the sixth lot of the sale, was not alone in far exceeding the top estimate. A Louis XV Aubusson rug with a top estimate of €60,000 made €214,200; a pair of 20th century metal and porphyry top occasional tables with a top estimate of €12,000 made €69,300, a still life by Georges Braque made €88,200 over a top estimate of €30,000, a Louis XVI beechwood armchair covered with a fabric designed by Braque made €157,000 over a top estimate of €10,000 and a pair of probably 18th century German silver gilt beakers from the Cobblers Guild made €11,340 over a top estimate of €3,000.

    UPDATE: GIVENCHY LIVE AUCTIONS ACHIEVE € 114.4 MILLION. Buying by lot 57% from Europe and Middle East, 12% from Asia and 30% from the Americas

    (See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for June 14, June 5, March 10 and February 2, 2022)

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    RODERIC O’CONOR PROVIDES ALL THE TOP LOTS AT DE VERES

    Wednesday, June 15th, 2022
    Roderic O’Conor – Landscape with Trees

    Landscape with Trees by Roderic O’Conor was the top lot at de Veres auction of art and sculpture in Dublin on May 14. It made a hammer price of €300,000. The Breaking Wave by Roderic O’Conor sold for €230,000 and Sea and Rocks made €70,000. Among the other hammer prices were: Moorland Water by Patrick Collins (€38,000);  Rhapsody on a theme of Bird Houses and Ash Tree by Tony O’Malley (€36,000); The Catalan Mousetrap by Colin Middleton (€34,000); High Street, Rye by Walter Osborne (€30,000); Reclining Nude by Dan O’Neill (€28,500); River Sanctuary by Donald Teskey (€23,000) and Roadside Grasses, Donegal by Norah McGuinness (€20,000). There was plenty of interest in sculpture. Dialogue by Sonja Landweer made €15,000, Birdwatcher by F E McWilliam and Two Horses by Anthony Scott each made €14,500 and Surfer by Patrick O’Reilly made €10,500.

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    A COOL €120,000 FOR DIEGO’S DOOR KNOCKER

    Tuesday, June 14th, 2022
    DIEGO GIACOMETTI – DOOR KNOCKER SOLD FOR €120,000

    Eager collectors quickly learn that there is always someone with a more valuable painting, a more desirable collectible, a more fabulous piece of antique furniture, even a better door knocker. In the latter case there was no keeping up with the late couturier Hubert de Givenchy. He had the ultimate door knocker. It was designed by Diego Giacometti sometime around 1975-80. This marvellous piece sold for €120,000 at the opening day of Christie’s sale of the collection of Hubert de Givenchy in Paris today. There were more expensive lots at this sale of masterpieces, like Femme Qui March II by Diego’s brother Alberto. This made €23.5 million at hammer. A cylinder bureau with a mechanism by David Roentgen made €1.75 million, Le Passage de oiseau-migrateur by Joan Miro made €5.75 million, a pair of monumental girandoles attributed to Pierre Philippe Thomire made €4.1 million. The list, and the sale, goes on. This scribe always thought there was something impossibly stylish about having a Giacometti door knocker – it was gratifying today to note that that market agreed. As for us collectors, once we enjoy what we have what difference does it make if someone with more money has a better one? None.

    UPDATE: The auction of 63 lots realised €83,030,650 and was 100% sold

    (See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for June 5, March 10 and February 2, 2022)

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    A €14,000 PIECE OF CHINESE CLOISONNE AT FONSIE MEALY

    Tuesday, June 14th, 2022
    This early Chinese cloisonné Bowl made 14,000 at hammer

    An early Chinese cloisonne bowl with an estimate of 100-200 together with a Chinese jardiniere with a four character mark made a hammer price of 14,000 at day one of Fonsie Mealy’s Chatsworth Summer Fine Art sale today.  The bowl was described as profusely decorated with colourful flowers, 10″ (26cms), the Jardinière, with four character mark to base, measured 6 1/2″. The auction is continuing live online. Among the other hammer prices today were €11,500 for a Steinway grand piano, a pair of Irish carved giltwood compartmental mirrors (€11,000) and a white marble inlaid fireplace in the manner of Pietro Bossi (€9,000).

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    MARVELLOUS POURBOS PORTRAIT AT TEFAF MAASTRICHT

    Tuesday, June 14th, 2022

    Frans Pourbus II (1569 – 1622) – Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1562 – 1612)

    The Weiss Gallery, London, will bring this arresting 1602 portrait by Frans Pourbos to TEFAF Maasticht which runs from June 25-30. The artist, arguably the most sought-after court portrait painter throughout western Europe during the first decades of the seventeenth century, here depicts his greatest patron, Vincenzo Gonzaga, the Duke of Mantua, in an imperial manner appropriate for a revered European prince. The Duke proudly wears the prestigious Order of the Golden Fleece, which was conferred to him by Philip II of Spain in 1589.

    Under Vincenzo’s reign, the ducal household comprised of more than six hundred people and it was famously extravagant, not least for the art collection amassed by the duke and his forebears. Between 1627 and 1630 a part of the collection was sold to King Charles I – much of these purchases remain key pieces from the British Royal Collection – while the rest was to be scattered following the sacking of the ducal palace in 1630 by imperial troops during a dispute over the Gonzaga succession. At one time the collection consisted of well over 2,000 paintings and more than 20,000 works of art, including bronzes, marbles, medals, coins, armour, ceramics, as well as rare manuscripts and books, making the Gonzaga collection one of the greatest ever amassed.

    Frans Pourbus II was born in Antwerp and naturalised French in 1617. He was the most influential court painter of the late-sixteenth and early- seventeenth centuries.

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    AT HOME SALE COMING UP AT JAMES ADAM ON TUESDAY

    Sunday, June 12th, 2022
    VICTORIAN INLAID WALNUT AND ORMOLU MOUNTED CREDENZA. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    THIS Victorian inlaid credenza is among the main lots at the James Adam At Home sale in Dublin on June 14. The estimate is 3,000-5,000. Other top lots include a composed suite of George III silver cutlery and a 19th century portrait of a racehorse with jockey and owner Johnson Lee set against a gallops. There is jewellery, chandeliers, mirrors, antique furniture and a wide variety of collectibles on offer. The catalogue is online and the sale is on view at St. Stephen’s Green.

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    FONSIE MEALY’S THREE DAY SALE NOW ON VIEW IN CASTLECOMER

    Sunday, June 12th, 2022
    18th century carved gilt overmantle mirror Cahir Park House in Tipperary. UPDATE: THIS MADE 11,000

    WITH everything from tapestries to chimney pieces, art, jewellery and a Rolex Oyster watch the three day Chatsworth Summer Art sale by Fonsie Mealy on June 14, 15 and 16 has drawn collectible pieces from estates right around Ireland like Strokestown House, Co. Wexford, Cahir Park House, Co. Tipperary, the McAteer estate from Newcastle, Co. Down, Celbridge Lodge, Co. Kildare and many other properties.

    The most expensively estimated furniture lots are some 18th century overmantle and giltwood mirrors in a range from €7,000-€15,000.   Other top lots include a fine pair of William Kent style  carved giltwood console tables (€4,000-€6,000), a giltwood and gesso centre table (€3,000-€5,000) and a pair of ornate Victorian Gothic Coalbrookdale radiator covers with sienna marble tops (€3,000-€4,000).

    One of a pair of Victorian Gothic cast iron Coalbrookdale radiator covers. UPDATE; THESE MADE 3,600 AT HAMMER

    A c1720 Antwerp tapestry by Jacob Van Der Goten (€8,000-€12,000), an 18th century Flemish tapestry (€5,000-€7,000) and some wonderful chimney pieces will attract considerable attention for their rarity at this live and online sale.  Lots like a white marble inlaid chimney piece in the manner of Pietro Bossi (€5,500-€7,500), a carved white marble Portman fireplace (€3,500-€5,500) and an early Irish Kilkenny black marble chimneypiece (€3,800-€5,000) are not to be found every day. There is fine furniture, antique collectibles, silver, ceramics, art, miniatures, clocks, taxidermy, jewellery, carpets and light fittings in this treasure trove of a sale. Viewing is underway in Castlecomer.

    George I Kilkenny black marble chimney piece. UPDATE: THIS MADE 6,200 AT HAMMER

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    SELECTION OF ANTIQUE FURNITURE AT MARSHS SALE IN CORK

    Saturday, June 11th, 2022
    Louis XV style kingswood and brass ormolu mounted bombe shaped vitrine with Vernis Martin panels  UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,800 AT HAMMER

    A Louis XV style vitrine  and a Victorian ebonised credenza are among the prime lots at Marshs sale in Cork next Saturday (June 18).  Estimated at €2,500-€4,500 the kingswood and ormolu mounted bombe shaped vitrine on splayed legs is complete with 18th century French lacquer Vernis Martin panels.  There is brass and tortoiseshell boulle inlaid decoration on the credenza complete with gilt ormolu mounts and Sevres panels. It is estimated at €2,000-€3,000. There is a good selection of antique furniture including a Georgian corner cupboard (€1,200-€1,500), a French gilt upholstered five piece drawing room suite (€500-€1,000), a Victorian marquetry two door side cabinet (€2,000-€2,500), an unusual set of four Regency style upholstered window seats (€700-€1,000), a Georgian inlaid bureau bookcase (€500-€800) and a Georgian bow front sideboard (€400-€500).A four tier 28 branch glass chandelier is seven feet in height and will require a special setting to be displayed to spectacular effect.  It is reasonably estimated at €1,200-€1,500.  Equally imposing is a pair of matching cannons on carriages with an estimate of just €800-€1,000.  Collectibles include Waterford Crystal, silver, clocks, gilt mirrors, paintings, watercolours and prints.  The catalogue is online

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    A LAMENT FOR HARRY BOLAND BY YEATS AT DE VERES

    Saturday, June 11th, 2022
    A Lament (The Funeral of Harry Boland) by Jack B Yeats. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    The auction of outstanding Irish Art and Sculpture which runs until June 14 at de Veres offers significant works by Roderic O’Conor and Jack B Yeats alongside artists from David Godbold, Tony O’Malley and Norah McGuinness to contemporary artists like Hughie O’Donoghue and Elizabeth Magill to the sculptures of Sandra Bell, Patrick O’Reilly and F.E. McWilliam. 

    A Lament (The Funeral of Harry Boland) by Yeats is, at €250,000-€350,000, the most expensively estimated work closely followed by The Breaking Wave by Roderic O’Conor (€200,000-€300,000).  There are estimates from €500 up in this auction of 126 lots including more than 50 works of sculpture.  It all adds up to an auction of quality with something for all tastes.  The catalogue is online and the sale is now open for bidding.

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    ANYONE FOR A CONFESSION BOX?

    Friday, June 10th, 2022
    Gothic Oak paneled confession box. UPDATE: THIS MADE 560 AT HAMMER

    From confession boxes to church pews to marble pillars to brass candlesticks, teak tables, porcelain, plant pots, chairs and paintings the online sale of contents from St. Louis Convent, the Convent Chapel and The Red Brick in Monaghan offers a variety of unusual collectibles. The two day online sale with 744 lots by Milltown Country Auction Rooms gets underway at 11 am on June 11 and 12.

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