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Adams Blackrock sale in Dublin on July 12

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

This is a small selection of items from the sale in Dublin at Adams Blackrock on Tuesday, July 12 at 11 a.m. Just over 400 lots will come under the hammer. The catalogue is on-line at www.adamsblackrock.com.

Charles Brady, The Paint Brush, (1,800- 2,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE £1,850.

This Waterford crystal six branch chandelier is estimated at 1,000-1,500. UPDATE: THIS LOT WAS WITHDRAWN AND IS TO BE OFFERED AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER.

This 1940's sunburst mirror is estimated at 80-120. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

A George III cream jug (London 1763) estimated at 40-60. UPDATE: THIS MADE 140

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GUARDI’S MONUMENTAL VENETIAN MASTERPIECE MAKES £26,697,250

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Francesco Guardi's Venetian masterpiece made £26,697,250. (Click on image to enlarge)

Francesco Guardi’s monumental masterpiece Venice, a View of the Rialto Bridge, Looking North, from the Fondamenta del Carbon made £26,697,250 at Sotheby’s on July 6. This was a record as the second highest price paid for any Old Master painting at auction, a record for a Venetian view painting at auction and a record for Guardi. It was bought by an anonymous bidder in a sale which achieved a total of £47,640,900.

Correggio - Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist made £3,625,250. (Click to enlarge)

There were artist records for seven other paintings. Hans Schäufelein double-sided, tempera and oil altarpiece panel, The Dormition of the Virgin, realised £2,729,250; Madonna and child with the infant Saint John the Baptist by Antonio Allegri, better known as Correggio made £3,625,250; John de Critz the Elder oil on panel Portrait of James I made £199,250; Jacob Knyff’s painting Charles II and James, Duke of York, on board H.M.S. Triumph, with three royal yachts off Dover made £169,250; Francesco de Michele Triptych: Central panel: Saint Gregory the Great: left wing: Saint Catherine of Alexandria: right wing: Saint Jerome made £241,250; Vittore Ghislandi called Fra G algario Portrait of a young man in a green tunic made £325,250 and Anthonie Verstraelen A winter landscape with figures skating on a frozen river beside a village made £481,250.

Sir Anthony Van Dyck’s Portrait of a Carmelite monk, head and shoulders made £713,250 and A Bearded Man with Hands Raised by Van Dyck made £457,250. John Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral From The Meadows made £657,250.

A total of 50 of the 73 lots on offer found buyers in a sale that was sold 68.5% by lot and 91.6% by value.

John Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows made £657,250. (click to enlarge).

The auction shot with Henry Wyndham selling the Guardi.

The previous highest price for a Venetian view painting was £18.6 million for Canaletto’s Venice – The Grand Canal from Palazzo Balbi, at Sotheby’s London in July 2005. The previous auction record for a monumental view painting by Francesco Guardi was £9,889,937 at Sotheby’s in Monaco in 1989.

(All images copyright Sotheby’s) (See antiquesandartireland.com posts for June 21, June 19 and February 26.)

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GIMCRACK STILL WINNING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath made £22,441,250 at Christie's.

A racehorse famous in the 18th century is still winning in the 21st. Gimcrack (a word defined as a cheap and showy object) belied his name and proved his worth at Christie’s Old Masters evening sale in London on July 5 by making £22,441,250.

Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath, with a Trainer, a Stable-Lad, and a Jockey by George Stubbs (1724-1806) depicts one of the most popular and admired of all 18th century racehorses. The estimate was £20/30 million. As a result of this sale Stubbs now joins Rubens, Rembrandt, Turner and Pontormo as the only Old Master artists whose paintings have sold for more than £20 million at auction.

This Michelangelo drawing of a male nude made £3,177,250.

The Evening Sale of Old Master & British Paintings realised £49,766,050. It sold 67% by lot and 83% by value. The evening’s top price was paid for Gimcrack, a masterpiece of both British art and sporting painting. Bought by Piers Davies Fine Art on behalf of a client it is the third most valuable Old Master painting ever sold at auction. It was last sold at auction in 1951 when it realized £12,600.

A view of the saleroom. (Click on image to enlarge)

There was a world record price for Thomas Gainsborough when his Portait of Mrs. William Villebois made £6,537,250. A male nude drawing by Michaelangelo made £3,177,250 against an estimate of £3/5 million.

Christie’s reported that there was a noticeable demand from private clients. There was a particularly high level of interest and bidding from new clients, including a significant number from Asia. Another change in the market for Old Masters is the amount of collectors who buy across a range of categories, driven by quality. These collectors are, they say, adding a new energy to certain sectors of this field.

(See antiquesandartireland.com posts for May 31 and April 6).

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GOYA DRAWING MAKES £2.2 MILLION AT CHRISTIE’S

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) Hutiles trabajos (Useful work) made £2,281,250. © Christie’s Images Limited 2011 (click on image to enlarge)

The top lot at Christie’s day sale of Old Master and Early British Drawing and Watercolours sale in London on July 5 was this brush and indian ink and wash, with scraping, brush and black ink framing lines, on ivory laid paper by Goya.

It sold for £2,281,250 against an estimate of £2/3 million. Altogether 130 lots were sold in an auction that brought in £6,309,788. It was 71% sold by lot and 95% sold by value.

From a private collection in France it had passed by descent to the artist’s son, Javier Goya y Bayeu (1784-1854), and by descent to his son Mariano Goya y Goicoechea, after 1854.

London’s Master Paintings Week is now in full swing. This is a collaboration between twenty-three leading galleries and three auction houses. It runs until July 8.

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VARIETY OF LOTS AT ADAMS IN DUBLIN ON JULY 12

Monday, July 4th, 2011

An interiors and collectibles sale at James Adam in Dublin on July 12 will feature more than 650 varied lots. There is furniture, silver, books of Irish historical interest, arms, medals, militaria, art, glass and toys. The entire catalogue is on-line at www.adams.ie

Here is a small selection from the catalogue:

A large George IV giltwood girandole convex mirror is estimated at 6,000-10,000. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

Sir Frederic William Burton RHA, Portrait of Mary Florence Vanderbyl, dated August 5, 1870 (2,000-4,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,200

This William IV rosewood breakfast table is estimated at 2,000-3,000. UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,000

A Victorian display cabinet with a large collection of stuffed birds and butterflies estimated at 800-1,200. UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,300

An Edwardian painted and inlaid occasional table estimated at 400-600. UPDATE: THIS MADE 450

This c1800 Irish sideboard is estimated at 2,000-3,000. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

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A LOT TO CHOOSE FROM AT MEALY’S

Friday, July 1st, 2011

An Irish longcase clock by Heroman of Dublin (8,500-9,500). UPDATE: UNSOLD AT THE AUCTION, UNDER ACTIVE NEGOTIATION AFTERWARDS.

Mealy’s two day fine and decorative art sale takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday July 5-6 at Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny. There is decorative art, furniture, carpets, art, garden furniture, light fittings, glassware and militaria.

Here is a small selection of some of the lots on offer. The entire catalogue is on-line at www.mealys.com

UPDATE: The sale brought in 300,000 at hammer. It was 80 per cent sold on day one, 65 per cent sold on day two giving an overall sell rate of 72 per cent. Mealy’s used lived internet bidding for the first time at this sale and found it spectacularly successful. There were 500 registered internet bidders from 57 countries. About 15 per cent of the entire auction went to internet bidders.

See antiquesandartireland.com post for June 27.

A 19th century Italian fruit walnut and marquetry commode at Mealy's. It is estimated at 3,000-5,000. (Click on image to enlarge) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,800

A c1900 card table in the style of E.W. Godwin (400-600). (Click on image to enlarge) UPDATE: THIS MADE 380

One of a pair of carved giltwood girandoles. (1,500-2,500). UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,400.

A pair of brass mounted walnut and rosewood encoignure (3,500-5,500). UPDATE: THESE WERE UNSOLD.

A kingwood and ormolu mounted gueridon (800-1,500). UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,700.

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BACON AGAIN SHOWS STRENGTH AT SOTHEBY’S RECORD BREAKING CONTEMPORARY SALE

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

The scene at Sotheby's contemporary evening sale.

Sotheby’s evening Contemporary Art sale on June 29 brought in £108,803,550 the highest total ever for such a sale in London. Francis Bacon’s Crouching Nude from 1961 was the top selling lot. It made £8,329,250.

The Duerckheim Collection of contemporary German art, which comprised the first 34 lots, realised £60,401,650. Almost every lot here was contested by multiple bidders. New artist records were established for Blinky Palermo, Sigmar Polke, Eugen Schönebeck, Markus Lüpertz and Georg Baselitz.

Andy Warhol’s electric pink acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas of Blondie’s lead singer Debbie Harry – the only major painting of renowned lead singer of the new wave and punk rock band ever to come to auction – sold for £3,737,250/ against an estimate of £3.5-5.5 million. An early Jean-Michel Basquiat painting, Untitled, made £5,417,250 to become the second highest priced lot.

Headlining the Duerckheim collection were a number of paintings by Sigmar Polke. His record was broken three times in quick succession. Dschungel, the largest of the Rasterbilder (dot paintings) from the 1960s ever to appear for public sale, made £5,753,250. A new record was set for Georg Baselitz when Spekulatius from the celebrated ‘Hero’ series sold for £3,233,250. Baselitz’s Grosse Nacht made £2,393,250. There was exceptional prices for Gerhard Richter whose 1024 Farben from 1974 more than doubled its pre-sale high estimate to make £4,297,250. Buyers from 14 countries took part in an auction which was 89.8% sold by lot and 93.9% by value. No less than 29 works sold for over £1 million, and 45 lots made over $1 million.

See antiquesandartireland.com posts for April 26 and June 7.

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WORLDWIDE TOUR OF ELIZABETH TAYLOR’S JEWELLERY, FASHION AND ART FROM SEPTEMBER

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

A worldwide tour of Elizabeth Taylor’s jewellery, fashion and art is to start in September. Christie’s, which is co-ordinating the event, will organise a ten day exhibition at the Rockefeller Center in New York from December 3. This will be followed by four consecutive days of auctions from December 13-16. In the interim there will be stops in Moscow, London, Los Angeles, Dubai, Geneva, Paris, and Hong Kong.

Marc Porter, Chairman and President of Christie’s Americas, said: “The global tour and exhibition of her collection at Christie’s will be a window into the world of a true icon, a rare woman who was at once an international film and fashion star, loving mother, successful businesswoman, and generous humanitarian”. A portion of the monies generated by exhibition admissions, events and publications related to the sales will be donated to The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF).

Christie’s will open the series with an evening sale of her most magnificent jewels on December 13, followed by two additional jewellery sessions on December 14. Elizabeth Taylor’s vast collection of haute couture – the designers Valentino, Gianni Versace and Gianfranco Ferré were among her friends – as well as ready-to-wear fashion, handbags and accessories will be offered over two days. A final session on December 16 will be devoted to important furniture, 20th century decorative arts, and film memorabilia from her Bel Air home.

Elizabeth Taylor’s collection of Impressionist & Modern Art will be offered at Christie’s London in February 2012.

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BACON TOPS CHRISTIE’S POST WAR AND CONTEMPORARY EVENING SALE

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Study for a Portrait made £17,961,250. (Click on image to enlarge). Copyright Christie's.

Study for a Portrait by Irish born Francis Bacon was the top lot at Christie’s Post War and Contemporary Art evening auction on June 28. It made £17,961,250. Bought by an anonymous telephone bidder it had been estimated to make around £11 million.

The work was previously owned by Rodrigo Moynihan, a pioneer of abstract painting in the 1930’s, and the Irish artist Louis Le Brocquy.

An untitled work by Damien Hirst executed in 1996 of butterflies and household gloss paint on canvas sold for £601,250.

Damien Hirst (b. 1965) Untitled made £601,250 at Christie's. (Click on image to enlarge), Copyright Christie's Images.

The sale realised £78,817,050. This was the second highest total for the category. A total of 19 lots sold for over £1 million (25 over $1 million). Buyers came from 16 different countries and the breakdown was 59% Europe including UK, 26% Americas and 15% Asia. Artist records were set for Juan Muñoz, Ron Mueck, Paula Rego, Domenico Gnoli and Miquel Barceló, who set a record for any living Spanish artist.

Red Boat (Imaginary Boys), 2003-04, by Peter Doig (b.1959) sold for £6,201,250; Faena de muleta, 1990, by Miquel Barceló (b.1957) sold for £3,961,250 and seven works from the collection of Kay Saatchi sold for a total of £3,992,750.

See antiquesandartireland.com posts for June 27, May 24 and March 31.

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IRISH FURNITURE AND ART AT LYNES AND LYNES

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Irish furniture and art work will feature at a carefully selected sale at Lynes and Lynes on Saturday, July 2 at noon. Lynes and Lynes have re-located from Cork city centre to Eastlink Business Park at Carrigtwohill in east Cork.

This is a sale of under 150 lots. Here is a small selection of what is on offer. The catalogue is on-line at www.lynesandlynes.com

This Irish antique mahogany hall bench of curved shape, circa 1860 is estimated at 1,500-2,000. (Click on image to enlarge) UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,400

George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson 1806-1884 Naval Squadron in Cork harbour 1862, estimated at 10,000-15,000. (Click to enlarge) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD, BUT UNDER NEGOTIATION AFTERWARDS.

A Regency two door bookcase fitted with drawers c1840 estimated at 2,000-3,000. (Click to enlarge) UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,500

A Regency mahogany bookcase with brass trellis doors and panelled sides, circa 1830, estimated at 3,000-5,000. (Click to enlarge). UPDATE: SOLD AFTER AUCTION FOR 3,000

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