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    SCOTT AND YEATS AT CHRISTIE’S MODERN BRITISH AND IRISH SALE

    Friday, June 5th, 2015
    William Scott, R.A. (1913-1989) Still Life

    William Scott, R.A. (1913-1989) Still Life  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £362,500

    A William Scott Still Life will highlight Irish entries at Christie’s Modern British and Irish Art evening sale in London on June 25.  It is estimated at £150,000-250,000.  The 40 lot auction is headed by Dame Barbara Hepworth’s Two Forms with White (Greek) estimated at £1.3 to 1.8 million. There are works by L.S. Lowry, Sir Stanley Spencer, Ben Nicholson, Sir Peter Blake, Patrick Caulfield and Mark Gertler.  Estimates for this sale range from £20,000 to £1.3 million.

    The day sale on June 26  features two works by Yeats, The Light of the Town (£40,000-60,000) and The Tops of the Mountains (£20,000-30,000).  There are 146 works in this sale with estimates starting at just £1,500.

    Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957) The Light of Towns

    Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)
    The Light of Towns UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £67,300

    Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957) The Tops of the Mountains

    Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)
    The Tops of the Mountains  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £25,000

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    DESK ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM VILE AT JAMES ADAM

    Friday, June 5th, 2015
    LATE GEORGE II MAHOGANY SERPENTINE FRONT GENTLEMAN'S WRITING DESK, circa 1755, attributed to William Vile

    LATE GEORGE II MAHOGANY SERPENTINE FRONT GENTLEMAN’S WRITING DESK, circa 1755, attributed to William Vile  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    An elegantly proportioned writing desk attributed to William Vile is the top lot at the James Adam  Sunday Interiors auction in Dublin on June 14.  The late George II serpentine fronted desk, made c1755, is estimated at 18,000-22,000.

    The sale is particularly strong in fine furniture, which comprise the top seven lots.  A fine Regency circular dining table possibly made by William Trotter of Edinburgh, is estimated at 15,000 -20,000 and an exceptionally well made George IV breakfront bookcase by James Winter & Sons estimated at 10,000 -15,000.

    Though William Vile is considered one of the best English cabinetmakers of the Georgian era his name is overshadowed by Thomas Chippendale.

    GEORGE IV MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE by James Winter & Sons (10,000-15,000).

    GEORGE IV MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE by James Winter & Sons (10,000-15,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 9,200 AT HAMMER

    REGENCY MAHOGANY CIRCULAR DINING TABLE (15,000-20,000)

    REGENCY MAHOGANY CIRCULAR DINING TABLE (15,000-20,000)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

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    SIGNED 1st EDITION OF ULYSSES AT BONHAMS

    Friday, June 5th, 2015
    The first edition of James Joyce's Ulysses at Bonhams.

    The first edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses at Bonhams.

    A signed first edition of  James Joyce’s Ulysses comes up at Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts sale in London on June 24. It is part of a large collection of Joyce’s work to be offered.  Ulysses is estimated at £60,000-80,000 and the collection has a combined upper estimate of £300,000.

    The author’s presentation copy printed on hand made paper was given to Lewis Galantiere, an American translator of French literature living in Paris. There he met Joyce and other leading literary figures of the day.  Dated February 11, 1922, this is the earliest known presentation copy apart from the one Joyce gave to his wife Nora on the day of publication, February 2, 1922, the author’s 40th birthday.  Printing was hampered by difficulties over the colour for the cover which Joyce wanted to match the blue of the Greek flag.

    In 1935 Henri Matisse was commissioned to illustrate an edition of Ulysses for subscribers to the Limited Edition Club in America.  Each of the 1,000 copies was signed by Matisse and 250 were also signed by Joyce.  A copy of the book signed by both men is estimated at £6,000-8,000.
    Other works include a first edition of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, (£20,000-30,000); a first edition of Dubliners,  (£3,000-4,000) and a first edition of the very scarce Gas from a Burner (£10,000-15,000) his bitingly satirical poem written in September 1912 about the destruction of 1,000 copies of Dubliners.   A signed copy of the first 1936 English printing of Ulysses, with the cover designed by Eric Gill, is estimated at £10,000-15,000.

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    ART AND LITERATURE ONLINE BOOK AUCTION

    Friday, June 5th, 2015
    Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland - The Four Masters, De Burca Rare Books, Dublin 1990 (400-600).

    Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland – The Four Masters, De Burca Rare Books, Dublin 1990 (400-600).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 550

    The 220 lot Art and Literature online book auction at Morgan O’Driscoll runs until June 8 at 6.30 p.m.  It features rarities like John Lavery and his work by Walter Shaw Sparrow, published in 1912 and estimated at 30-50 and Sean Scully at Galerie Lelong Paris 1997 (eleven colour plates)(30-50), Jack B. Yeats, His Watercolours, Drawing and Pastels by Hilary Pyle 1993 (50-70) and a signed limited edition of The Burial at Thebes by Seamus Heaney (500-700).  An 1839 edition of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens is estimated  at 1,200-1,800 and a 1902 edition of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle is estimated at  800-1,200.  The catalogue is online.

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    FIRST EDITION OF THE HOBBIT MAKES NEW WORLD RECORD

    Thursday, June 4th, 2015
    A letter in elvish.

    A letter in elvish.

    The first edition of The Hobbit.

    The first edition of The Hobbit.

    A first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” from 1937 sold for a new world record price of £137,000 at Sotheby’s in London today.  This more than doubled the pre-sale estimate of £50,000-70,000.

    Presented as a gift from the author to one of his first students at Leeds University in the 1920s, Miss Katherine (“Kitty”) Kilbride, it is inscribed with a handwritten note from the author in Elvish. The author continued to send letters, cards and books to her throughout his life.

    The presentation copy inscribed by the author as follows: “K.M. Kilbride, with greeting from J.R.R. Tolkien” and four lines in Elvish.  The Hobbit was first published in London by George Allen and Unwin Ltd. in 1937.  The previous world record for a first edition of the story was £50,000 set in 2008.

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    FROM CROKE PARK TO LADY DI AT WHYTE’S ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SALE

    Thursday, June 4th, 2015

    FROM Croke Park to Lady Di, Irish rugby to The Beatles, Whyte’s Eclectic Collector sale in Dublin on June 13 holds plenty of interest.  Rare Irish sporting medals, a collection of 5,000 postcards in 144 lots, three Princess Diana dolls by master maker Paul Crees, film and pop memorabilia including mementoes of The Beatles and the Rolling Stones make a wide ranging mix.  There are 531 lots on the catalogue.  The first 144 are postcards from a collection formed by Dublin based film producer and director Peter Holder.  He began it for the purpose of illustrating period scenes in Ireland for film productions.  Examples from Ancient Rome, Britain and America are among 100 lots of coins.  There are three Princess Diana dolls by Paul Crees with estimates from 1,000-2,500. Lot 368 is a medal presented to a member of Pierce O’Mahony’s club from Navan for the 1895 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship played on March 15, 1896.  It was the first final to be played in Jones’ Road, later Croke Park. The medal, together with a Leinster Football Championship 1895 medal is estimated at 5,000-7,000.  There is a collection of autographs spanning the past 70 years of Irish rugby and 65 lots of Rock, Pop and Cinema memorabilia.  The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

    UPDATE: The sale grossed €220,000, with 80% of lots sold. 400 bidders registered on line from North America, Europe, Australia, China, Japan, UAE and Qatar. Most of the lots sold in the room, which included dealers and collectors from Ireland, UK and USA.

    GAA Football. "Virtual Championship of All Ireland" 1895 and Leinster Championship 1895 gold medals (5,000-7,000).

    GAA Football. “Virtual Championship of All Ireland” 1895 and Leinster Championship 1895 gold medals (5,000-7,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 7,200

    Paul McCartney, Hofner Bass Guitar, signed (2,000-3,000).

    Paul McCartney, Hofner Bass Guitar, signed (2,000-3,000).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 4,000 AT HAMMER

    Andy Warhol signed Candles Condensed Wax (With Added Wick) Soup (500-700).

    Andy Warhol signed Candles Condensed Wax (With Added Wick) Soup (500-700).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 700 AT HAMMER

    Irish Life - studies of people postcards (24) (80-120).

    Irish Life – studies of people postcards (24) (80-120).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 200 AT HAMMER

    Thunderball cinema poster. 1965 (2,000-3,000).

    Thunderball cinema poster. 1965 (2,000-3,000).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 2,100 AT HAMMER

    Paul Crees, HRH Diana Princess of Wales wearing silk bridal gown by Elizabeth Emanuel (2,000-2,500).

    Paul Crees, HRH Diana Princess of Wales wearing silk bridal gown by Elizabeth Emanuel (2,000-2,500).  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

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    CAPTIVATING KLIMT PORTRAIT AT SOTHEBY’S

    Thursday, June 4th, 2015
    Property from the Fels?ványi Collection Gustav Klimt Bildnis Gertrud Loew (Gertha Fels?ványi) / (Portrait of Gertrud Loew -Gertha Fels?ványi) signed Gustav Klimt and dated 1902 (upper left)

    Gustav Klimt
    Bildnis Gertrud Loew (Gertha Felsoványi)  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £24.8 MILLION

    Gustav Klimt’s captivating portrait Bildnis Gertrud Loew comes up at Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern evening sale in London on June 24.  This follows a settlement between the Felsöványi family and The Klimt Foundation. Dating from 1902 it is estimated at £12-18 million.  It depicts Gertrud Loew, later known by her married name Gertha Felsöványi, a member of fin-de-siècle Viennese society, wreathed in diaphanous folds of gossamer fabric.

    Helena Newman, Sotheby’s Co-Head of Impressionist & Modern Art Worldwide said: “Bildnis Gertrud Loew, from a crucial period in the artist’s career, is one his finest portraits to appear at auction in over twenty years.”

    Gertrud Felsöványi’s granddaughter on behalf of family heirs, said: “This portrait portrays the brave and determined nature of my grandmother. Her strength of character and beauty lives on in this visual embodiment. My father, Anthony Felsöványi, last saw this painting in June 1938 when he left the family home for the last time to depart for America. At that time my grandmother had been advised to leave her family home to live in a less grand home to try to avoid the attention of the Nazis, given her Jewish ancestry. Eventually, under duress, in 1939 she left Vienna altogether to join my father in America, having left all of her belongings behind – including this painting. Her home had been taken over as a Nazi headquarters and she had left her valuable belongings with friends and acquaintances. After the war, she never returned to Vienna. Only my father’s sister did, with the hope of retrieving some of their belongings, but to no avail. My father said that my grandmother never again mentioned the painting or the valuable belongings she had left behind”.

     

    UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £24.8 MILLION.  The sale followed a ten minute bidding battle. It was the second highest price paid for a Klimt portrait at auction.

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    MONET, PICASSO, MARC AT CHRISTIE’S LONDON SALE

    Thursday, June 4th, 2015

    A total of 52 covetable works to inspire collectors worldwide come up at  Christie’s Impressionist and Modern  Art evening sale in London on June 23.  Estimates range from £250,000 to £9 million for works by Monet, Picasso, Sisley, Rodin,  van Dongen, Marc, Signac, Magritte and Miro.  Franz Marc’s Gemsen from 1911 is at auction for the very first time with an estimate of £1.8-2.5 million. The artist sought to create an image of the world in harmony which led to increasingly abstracted elements in his art from 1911, the year he founded Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) with Kandinsky.  The top lot in the sale is Iris Mauves by Claude Monet which dates from 1914-1917. It is estimated at £6-9 million.  Here is a small selection:

    Franz Marc (1880-1916) Gemsen (£1.8-2.5 MILLION) © Christie’s Images Limited 2015

    Franz Marc (1880-1916)
    Gemsen (£1.8-2.5 MILLION) © Christie’s Images Limited 2015

    Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Tête (£4.8-6.5 MILLION) © Christie’s Images Limited 2015

    Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
    Tête (£4.8-6.5 MILLION) © Christie’s Images Limited 2015

    Claude Monet (1840-1926) Iris mauves (£6-9 MILLION) © Christie’s Images Limited 2015

    Claude Monet (1840-1926) Iris mauves (£6-9 MILLION) © Christie’s Images Limited 2015

    THE PROPERTY OF THE MUSÉE RODIN, PARIS Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) Aphrodite, grand modèle (£600,000-800,000). © Christie’s Images Limited 2015

    THE PROPERTY OF THE MUSÉE RODIN, PARIS
    Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) Aphrodite, grand modèle (£600,000-800,000). © Christie’s Images Limited 2015

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    MOST VALUABLE JEWELLERY AUCTION EVER HELD IN ASIA

    Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015
    This Burmese ruby and diamond necklace by Etcetera made US$13,006,656.

    This Burmese ruby and diamond necklace by Etcetera made US$13,006,656, a world auction record price for a ruby necklace.

    The most valuable jewellery auction ever held in Asia brought in US$117,892,395 at Christie’s. The top lot in the Hong Kong magnificent jewels sale was a Burmese ruby and diamond necklace of 120 carats, by Etcetera.  It made US$13,006,656.

    “Christie’s Hong Kong established a new record for the most valuable jewellery auction ever held in Asia. The family collection of K’ung Hsiang-Hsi sold for US$14.6 m, 7 times its low estimate. More records were achieved for a ruby necklace, a Kashmir sapphire and a jadeite cabochon and collectors were mesmerized all through the day bidding in any increment and as long as it took to try and acquire anything at the sale,” said Vickie Sek, Director of Christie’s Asia Jewellery Department.

    A circular cut Kashmir sapphire of 10.33 carats sold for US$2,483,136, a world record per carat price of US$240,381. A jadeite cabochon pendant sold for US$5,676,480, a world auction record for a single jadeite cabochon.

    UPDATE:  Christie’s Hong Kong auction series achieved US$417.6 million and established 60 auction records across various categories. Buyers from mainland China continued to be active, and were joined this year by collectors from Singapore and Taiwan, who competed for 5 days in 16 auctions.

     

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    MANET’S Le Bar aux Folies-Bergère AT SOTHEBY’S

    Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015
    ÉDOUARD MANET (1832 – 1883) LE BAR AUX FOLIES BERGÈRE

    ÉDOUARD MANET (1832 – 1883)
    LE BAR AUX FOLIES BERGÈRE  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £16.9 MILLION

    Manet’s first version of The Bar at the Folies Bergere comes up at Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art sale in London on June 24.  Depicting one of his most iconic subjects Le Bar aux Folies-Bergère of 1881 by Édouard Manet is estimated at £15-20 million.  The painting remained in the artist’s personal collection up until his death, after which it went to his dealer Paul Durand-Ruel. It  was shown to the public in 1905 in the now legendary exhibition at the Grafton Galleries, London, which introduced the British public to Impressionism. Since then the work has been exhibited extensively internationally and most recently featured as one of the highlights of the National Gallery’s blockbuster exhibition in London Inventing Impressionism: Paul Durand-Ruel and the Modern Art Market.

    The second and final version of the work is at The Courtauld Institute in London.

    UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £16.9 MILLION.  The same work made £4.4 million when sold at Sotheby’s in 1994.

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