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    TIMED ONLINE AT HOME SALE AT JAMES ADAM IN DUBLIN

    Wednesday, August 13th, 2025

    IRISH GEORGE III INLAID MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE. UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,000 AT HAMMER

    This large secretaire is lot 315 at the James Adam timed online At Home sale which runs until August 27. With broken pediment and scroll rosette terminals centred by a carved eagle the crest on the pediment is that of the Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford and Dukes of Somerset. The base is fitted with a fall-front secretaire drawer formed as three short cockbeaded dummy drawers with inlaid decoration which opens to reveal a compartmented interior and baize lined writing surface. The estimate is €1,500-2,000. The catalogue for the auction is online.

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    TIMED SALE OF CERAMICS GLASS AND COLLECTIBLES

    Saturday, August 9th, 2025

    A 19th century oil lamp at Victor Mee’s timed online sale. UPDATE: THE CLOSING BID WAS €26

    With €400 or even much less it will be possible to pick up a prized piece at Victor Mee’s timed auction of ceramics, glass and collectibles which ends from 5.30 pm tomorrow on August 10. A 19th century brass and ruby glass Corinthian column oil lamp has a starting bid of just €120, a ruby glass epergne starts at €80 and a figure of Scarlett from Coalport’s Literary Heroines series at just €100.

    The auction offers figures by Royal Doulton, Lladro, Royal Worcester, Coalport, Franklin, Royal Minton, Staffordshire, Capodimonte and Hummel, there is spongeware and Belleek, Galway, Cavan and Waterford Crystal, Swarovski, ruby and cherry glass, various tea and part dinner services, Oriental zodiac cups, a Chinese lidded jar, vases, ornaments and even a Japanese lacquered wall plaque.  Maybe fine dining at home will make a comeback.  Until then pieces like many of the lots in this sale offer huge value.

    A Coalport figurine of Scarlett  UPDATE: THE CLOSING BID WAS €9

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    TRALEE TO DINGLE LINE RECALLED IN ARTWORK AT ADAMS BLACKROCK

    Thursday, August 7th, 2025

    David Briggs – ‘Last Days on the Tralee & Dingle’. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR €1,012

    The Tralee to Dingle light railway line closed in 1953. This acrylic on board by the self taught Irish transport artist David Briggs dates to 2018. It comes up as lot 31 at the online timed auction of paintings by Adams Blackrock which runs until August 13 with an estimate of €750-850. David Briggs works exclusively in acrylics and is an associate of the Guild of Railway Artists. The Tralee and Dingle light railway and tramway operated from 1891 to 1953 and the ten km Castlegregory line closed shortly before the Second World War. The catalogue for the sale is online.

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    IRISH ART AT BONHAMS KNIGHTSBRIDGE AUCTION

    Tuesday, August 5th, 2025

    George Gault (Irish, 1916-2001) – Still life of flowers in a blue vase. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £435

    This watercolour and bodycolour still life by George Gault is at Bonhams Discovery Pictures sale at Knightsbridge, London until August 14. It is estimated at £600-£800 (€690-€920). Born in Belfast Gault joined the British Army aged 18 and served until 1946. He studied at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts from 1948–51, his teachers including William Coldstream, Kenneth Martin, Victor Pasmore and William Townsend. Gault went on to teach painting at the Greenwich Adult Education Institute for 20 years. The auction of 21 lots is now open for bidding and among the artists included are Marcel Dyf, Augustus John, George Chinnery and John Kingerlee.

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    RICHARD O’NEILL: A PAINTER REDISCOVERED AT JAMES ADAM

    Sunday, August 3rd, 2025

    Richard O’Neill (1923-2009) – May 1916, a painting which depicts Tom Clarke before his execution. UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,000 AT HAMMER

    May 1916, a large work depicting Tom Clarke blindfolded before a stone wall awaiting execution, was Richard O’Neill’s contribution to a 1966 exhibition at Dublin’s Municipal Gallery.  The focus of the show with invited artists was to commemorate the Easter Rising through contemporary art.

    The artwork is at €3,000-€5,000 the most expensively estimated lot at a timed online art auction at James Adam in Dublin until August 14. Richard O’Neill,  A Painter Rediscovered offers 62 works by the artist along with art by his friends and mentors Patrick Pye, Anne Yeats, Ruth Brandt, Harry Kernoff, Sean Keating, John Kelly and Patrick Hickey.  The Waterford born Dublin based artist, who died in 2009, received a scholarship to the National College of Art and graduated in 1941.  He first exhibited at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art in 1952 and is somewhat overlooked today.  Adams say he deserves to be re-assessed.

    Richard O’Neill (1923-2009) – Hot Summer. UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,500 AT HAMMER

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    MATTHEWS ONLINE SALE OF JEWELLERY, GOLD AND SILVER

    Saturday, August 2nd, 2025

    Gucci horsebit 18 carat gold statement bracelet UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,400 AT HAMMER

    A diamond solitaire ring, a Gucci horsebit gold statement bracelet and a pair of diamond daisy cluster form earrings will lead the evening online auction of jewellery, gold and silver by Matthews in Kells on August 5. The auction offers more than 560 lots of private sales, executor clearances and  pawnbroker unredeemed pledges.  Estimates range from €20 to €24,000 and the catalogue is online.

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    Fabergé gold egg pendant at Adams Blackrock

    Friday, August 1st, 2025

    Fabergé 18 carat gold egg pendant and chain. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR €4,643

    This Fabergé gold egg pendant and chain kicks off the timed online auction of jewellery and watches by Adams Blackrock which runs until August 13. The body features diagonal gold lines and is inset with three bezel-set round brilliant-cut diamonds. It opens to reveal a textured terrier dog suspended from a moving hinged surmount. The pendant is suspended from an 18ct gold spiga link chain. The necklace is provided with original presentation box and paperwork noting that it is number 43 of 1000 made by Fabergé. The estimate is €3,000-€4,000. The catalogue is online.

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    SUMMERTIME BY MARKEY ROBINSON AT O’DRISCOLL ONLINE SALE

    Thursday, July 31st, 2025

    Markey Robinson (1918-1999) – SUMMERTIME. UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,600 AT HAMMER

    Summertime by Markey Robinson leads Morgan O’Driscoll’s off the wall online art auction which runs until August 5. The gouache on board with an Appollo Gallery Dublin label verso is estimated at €3,000-€5,000. More than 400 affordable lots including work by John Morris, Alan Kenny, Liam Treacy, Majella O’Neill Collins, Oisin Kelly and Louis le Brocquy are in the sale. The catalogue is online.

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    LONG BEFORE SOFA BEDS THERE WERE SETTLE BEDS

    Wednesday, July 30th, 2025

    Early 19th century settle bed

    This early 19th century or late 18th century settle bed from Co. Kerry made a hammer price of €400 at Victor Mitchell’s auction in Roscrea today. The settle was a high backed seat adapted in Ireland in the 18th century into a settle bed, where the seat part can be folded outwards to make a bed, providing extra space for family members or guests to sleep. This precursor of the sofa bed was a common feature in rural homes in Ireland and is a fine example of Irish vernacular furniture. This one is in original condition and came from Co. Kerry.

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    STELLAR LINE UP OF IRISH ARTISTS AT O’DRISCOLL SALE

    Sunday, July 20th, 2025

    Harry Kernoff – Clare Island from Foynes on the River Shannon (1929) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,700 AT HAMMER

    John Shinnors, Patrick Scott, Sir William Orpen, Harry Kernoff and Dan O’Neill are amongst the stellar line up of Irish artists featured at Morgan O’Driscoll’s Irish art online auction which runs until July 28.  Don Quixote (Self-Portrait) by Dan O’Neill (€6,000-€9,000) was in the collection of the late Gerald Goldberg, former Lord Mayor of Cork.  It featured in the sale of contents from his Rochestown Road residence by Mealy’s back in 2004.

    Market Place at Cany by Sir William Orpen, once in the Orpen Family collection, was shown at the Orpen Centenary Exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland in 1978.  The mixed media work is estimated at €3,000-€4,000. An oil on board by Harry Kernoff,  Clare Island from Foynes, Co. Limerick on the River Shannon  dates to 1929 and is estimated at €3,000-€5,000.  Falling, an oil on linen by John Shinnors dates to 2000-01 and has an estimate of €8,000-€12,000.  The catalogue is online.

    James Brohan – Harvest Time. UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,800 AT HAMMER

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