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    IRISH HISTORICAL MEMORABILIA AT WHYTE’S

    Friday, March 4th, 2016

    Irish historical memorabilia from 1000 BC to 2000 AD with an array of artefacts relating to the 1916 Rising is included in Whyte’s history and literature auction in Dublin on March 13.  The catalogue, which is online, lists over 500 lots including more than 100 relating to The Rising, the centenary of which is to be celebrated next month.  Estimates range from 100 t0 250,000, which is the top estimate for a rare original copy of the Proclamation.  Here is a small selection:

    A 1916-1921 period Irish flag (1,500-2,000).

    A 1916-1921 period Irish flag (1,500-2,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,000

    The Proclamation (150,000250,000)

    The Proclamation (150,000250,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 185,000 AT HAMMER

    At the Rising of the Moon and waiting for the French (120-180)

    At the Rising of the Moon and waiting for the French (120-180)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 220 AT HAMMER

    A rare facsimile replica of The Book of Kells (4,000-6,000).

    A rare facsimile replica of The Book of Kells (4,000-6,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 6,600 AT HAMMER

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    BIDDERS BATTLE FOR PERSONAL POSSESSIONS OF DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE

    Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
    Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire feeding her chickens at Chatsworth, 1995 wearing a Balmain ball gown and pearls. Copyright Bruce Weber

    Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire feeding her chickens at Chatsworth, 1995 wearing a Balmain ball gown and pearls. Copyright Bruce Weber

    Hundreds of collectors battled at Sotheby’s in London today for the sale of personal possessions of Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire. The auction brought £1.8 million, three times the pre-sale estimate of £500,000-700,000.   The top lot was a Japanese  lacquer and ivory mounted guardian figure Meiji Period which sold for £62,500. The same price was paid for a c1880 diamond and ruby brooch designed as a butterfly. The first edition of Brideshead Revisited given to her  by Evelyn Waugh sold for a record £52,500, two pine and plywood travelling poultry boxes used by the chatelaine of Chatsworth to take her hens to country shows made £10,625, her personal keyring made £2,000, Nancy Mitford’s painting of their childhood home made £15,000 and the Duchess’s Elvis Presley memorabilia collection made £4,375.  Her friends included President Kennedy, Winston Churchill, Lucian Freud, Evelyn Waugh, Alan Bennett, members of The Royal Family, Hubert de Givenchy, Oscar de la Renta and Cecil Beaton. The 450 lots largely came from The Old Vicarage, the 18th-century house on the Chatsworth Estate where the Duchess spent the last ten years of her life.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for January 22, 2016).

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    SPRING FINE ART SALE AT FONSIE MEALY

    Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

    With a range that extends from a magnificent pair of George II Irish silver candlesticks to a pine rocking horse Fonsie Mealy’s Chatsworth spring fine art sale in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny on March 8 promises to be brimful of interest.  The catalogue, which is online, features 765 lots,  everything from a diamond set brooch in a Greek key pattern to an almost matching pair of red boulle card tables.  There are Russian icons, sporting guns, wines and ports, sculpture and art including some 18th century Irish School MacNamara portraits from Baunkyle House, Corofin, Co. Clare and a good choice of antique furniture.  Here is a small selection:

    A pair of finely cast George II Irish silver candlesticks (5,000-7,000).

    A pair of finely cast George II Irish silver candlesticks (5,000-7,000).  UPDATE: THESE SOLD FOR 9,000 AT HAMMER.

    A Georgian brass bound door lock (700-1,000)

    A Georgian brass bound door lock (700-1,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 600 AT HAMMER

    An 18 carat diamond set brooch (500-700).

    An 18 carat diamond set brooch (500-700).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 700 AT HAMMER.

    A pine rocking horse of small proportion (750-1,250).

    A pine rocking horse of small proportion (750-1,250).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,050

    An almost matching pair of Boulle card tables (1,000-1,500).

    An almost matching pair of Boulle card tables (1,000-1,500).  UPDATE: THESE SOLD FOR 1,550 AT HAMMER.

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    PAUL HENRY TOPS THE POLL AT SUCCESSFUL WHYTE’S SALE

    Tuesday, March 1st, 2016
    Building Tops by Christy Brown sold for 1,600

    Building Tops by Christy Brown sold for 1,600

    Paul Henry topped the poll at Whyte’s sale of Irish and international art.  His Kerry Bog sold for a hammer price of 66,000 in a sale that grossed 580,000 with 79% of 209 lots sold.  Whyte’s worries that the political instability in Ireland due to the inconclusive general election results might affect the market proved to be unfounded.  The second highest lot was another Henry, Cabins by a Lough which made 54,000.  An untitled Miro from 1973 made 20,000 at hammer, Cecil Maguire’s Early Light, Lough Inagh made a strong 9,000, as did Summer Yachting by James Humbert Craig. Harry Kernoff’s Western Colleen made 8,800 and Wild Ponies, Connemara by Patrick Hennessy sold for 7,500.  Other artists in demand included Camille Souter, Patrick Scott, George Campbell, John Skelton, Markey Robinson and Christy Brown.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for February 21, 2016).

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    A WATCH OWNED BY THE FOUNDER OF AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE

    Tuesday, March 1st, 2016

    A Breguet watch once owned by Charles-Louis Havas, founder of Agence France Presse, comes up at Christie’s in Geneva on May 16. The self-winding quarter repeating watch with equation of time, day, month and power reserve was acquired on December 31, 1817 by Charles-Louis Havas (1783-1858), founder of AFP. The former international merchant who became banker, then journalist and translator, came up with the concept of an international and universal news agency in 1835, at the age of 52. This man of great taste, from a wealthy family, acquired this 18k golden watch which reunites the whole savoir faire of the Maison Breguet. It is today considered amongst the most complicated watch ever realized by Breguet following the example of the watch N°144, sold at Christie’s in 2012 at the record price of 3.6 million euros.  This one is estimated at 600,000-1.2 million Swiss francs.  UPDATE: IT WAS SOLD TO A PRIVATE SWISS MUSEUM FOR CHF3,245,000

    Breguet et Fils, Paris No. 217. Courtesy Christie's Images Ltd., 2016.

    Breguet et Fils, Paris No. 217. Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2016.

    Brequet et Fils, Paris No. 217

    Brequet et Fils, Paris No. 217

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    JELLETT AND O’CONOR TO HIGHLIGHT DE VERES SALE

    Tuesday, March 1st, 2016
    Contrasting works made by Irish artists in Paris in the early years of the 20th century will highlight the auction at de Veres in Dublin on March 7.  The catalogue cover is Mainie Jelletts “Composition, Two Elements” from 1925, when Jellett and Evie Hone had embraced the teaching of their tutor Albert Gleizes.  It is estimated at 30,000-50,000.  Roderic O’Conor’s “Nature Morte – Flowers on a table” (60,000-90,000) was painted 15 years earlier under one of the large windows of his studio near Montparnasse. This is one of two O’Conor’s in the sale.  Both are from the artist’s studio sale at Hotel Drouot in Paris in 1956.

    The auction offers important works by Paul Henry, Walter Osborne, Louis le Brocquy, Jack Yeats, Gerard Dillon, Hughie O’Donoghue, Tony O’Malley and Sir John Lavery.  There are works by artists as diverse as William Leech, Patrick Hennessy, Donald Teskey, Barrie Cooke, Sean McSweeney, Charles Tyrrell, Jill Dennis and Felim Egan in a catalogue that lists 98 lots.  The catalogue is online.

    UPDATE: THE AUCTION REALISED 550,000

    Nature Morte, Flowers on a table by Roderic O'Conor

    Nature Morte, Flowers on a table by Roderic O’Conor. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 80,000

    Composition, Two Elements by Mainie Jellett

    Composition, Two Elements by Mainie Jellett.  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 36,000

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    ART BY FRANCIS BACON AND TONY O’MALLEY REUNITED ON SAME CANVAS AT CHRISTIE’S

    Monday, February 29th, 2016
    The O'Malley paintings with Bacon on the back.

    The O’Malley paintings with Bacon on the back.

    A lost unfinished nude by Francis Bacon on the back of two early paintings by Tony O’Malley surfaces at The Modern British & Irish Art sale at Christie’s South Kensington on March 17.  Bacon started Figure when working in St Ives, Cornwall in the late 1950’s, but when the artist cut short his visit following an argument with his partner he abandoned the work, among many others. It was divided into two by Tony O’Malley who worked and lived at St. Ives for many years. He went on to paint two scenes on the opposite sides: Currach, Clare Island and Evening Landscape Tehidy Hospital.  

    The works were separated in different collections – the O’Malley family and the Fallon family – for many years.  They have now been reunited and will be offered with an estimate of £20,000-30,000.  Given the amount of interest generated this could be conservative.

    UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR £434,000

    Here is a video about the reunited Bacon:

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    STING’S STEINWAY SELLS FOR £116,500 AT CHRISTIE’S

    Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
    A GERMAN EBONISED ‘MODEL B’ GRAND PIANO STEINWAY & SONS (EST. 1853), HAMBURG, 1909, RESTORED IN 2002. Courtesy Christie's Images Ltd., 2013.

    A GERMAN EBONISED ‘MODEL B’ GRAND PIANO
    STEINWAY & SONS (EST. 1853), HAMBURG, 1909, RESTORED IN 2002. Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2016.

    Sting’s Steinway Grand Piano sold for £116,500 at Christie’s sale in London today. The piano on which Sting worked on for a decade aroused international interest.  It was sold in the Queen Anne’s Gate: Works from the Art Collection of Sting & Trudie Styler sale at which it had been estimated at £30,000-50,000.

    Sting’s Steinway grand piano occupied pride of place in the music room at Queen Anne’s Gate. He worked extensively with this piano specifically on three albums: Songs from the Labyrinth, If on a Winter’s Night…, and The Last Ship. The world renowned Steinway & Sons was established in New York, and this model B-137185 grand piano was registered and produced by Steinway Hamburg in 1909. The piano was restored, ebonised and subsequently purchased by Sting & Trudie Styler in 2002.  The sale realized £3,006,812.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for October 28, 2015)

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    ANTIQUE FURNITURE AT SHEPPARDS IN DURROW NEXT WEEK

    Wednesday, February 24th, 2016

    Antique and designer furniture is a feature at Sheppards two day sale in Durrow, County Laois on March 1 and 2.  The auction, entitled Classical Convergences, Antique, Art and Accent, features fine art, paintings and prints and decorative art and collectibles among more than 1,230 lots on offer. The catalogue is on-line. Here is a small selection:

    Edwardian mahogany and satinwood cross banded two tier circular revolving bookcase (1,500-2,500).

    Edwardian mahogany and satinwood cross banded two tier circular revolving bookcase (1,500-2,500).

    Monumental Irish carved overdoor c1776 (5,000-7,500).

    Monumental Irish carved overdoor c1776 (5,000-7,500).

    Early 20th century lacquered cabinet on stand (2,500-3,500).

    Early 20th century lacquered cabinet on stand (2,500-3,500).

    An Irish 18th century mahogany console table (4,000-6,000).

    An Irish 18th century mahogany console table (4,000-6,000).

    A George II parcel gilt and painted pier mirror (2,500-3,500).

    A George II parcel gilt and painted pier mirror (2,500-3,500).

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    THE PELHAM GALLERIES SALE AT SOTHEBY’S

    Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

    Fascinating acquisitions made by two generations of antiques dealers will come up at Sotheby’s in London on March 8.  An exceptional sale of furniture form the public and private collections of Alan Rubin of Pelham Galleries will come under the hammer  For almost 90 years, Pelham Galleries has been a mecca for international collectors, dealers and museums curators. The galleries in London and Paris have been instrumental in helping form some of today’s greatest collections. Treasures discovered by Alan Rubin, his father and uncle can be found in many of the world’s greatest museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Metropolitan Museum, New York and the Louvre.

    The sale will offer 180 lots with outstanding examples of English and European furniture, an exceptionally rich group of Italian decorative arts, chinoiserie masterpieces and a number of items reflecting Alan Rubin’s passion for early music. Alan Rubin said: “This sale marks a new chapter for Pelham Galleries which will now be run from our Paris gallery. The sale includes a number of pieces never previously offered to the public, some acquired by my family over sixty years ago. I hope they will give as much pleasure to their new owners as they have given to me.”

    The flight en montgolfiere of Pilatre do Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes over Paris November 1783 (£12,000-18,000).

    The flight en montgolfiere of Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis d’Arlandes over Paris November 1783 (£12,000-18,000).

    Early George III mahogany hall bench, c1760, attributed to William an John Linnell.

    Early George III mahogany hall bench, c1760, attributed to William and John Linnell.

    A consulat armchair c1796-1803 similar to the one in the Chateau de Malmaison where Napolean lived with Josephine.

    A consulat armchair c1796-1803 similar to the one in the Chateau de Malmaison where Napolean lived with Josephine(£30,000-50,000).

    A pair of George III painted and parcel gilt satinwood pier tables c1795 which adorned the Blue Room of the White House between 1972 and 2002 (£100,000-150,000).

    A pair of George III painted and parcel gilt satinwood pier tables c1795 which adorned the Blue Room of the White House between 1972 and 2002 (£100,000-150,000).

    One of a pair of micro mosaics by Giacomo Raffaelli (1753-1856) from the Hamilton Palace Collection (£50,000-100,000).

    One of a pair of micro mosaics by Giacomo Raffaelli (1753-1856) from the Hamilton Palace Collection (£50,000-100,000).

     

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