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    TIARA MAKES HIGHEST AUCTION PRICE EVER FOR A PIECE OF EMERALD JEWELLERY

    Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

    A detail of the emerald tiara. (Click on image to enlarge)

    The highest price ever achieved for a tiara at auction was made at Sotheby’s in Geneva on May 17.  The most important emerald and diamond tiara to have appeared at auction in over 30 years sold for a $2.7 million over the top estimate price of  CHF 11,282,500/ $12,736,927.  This also represented an auction record for a piece of emerald jewellery.

    Six bidders competed for the magnificent and extremely rare emerald and diamond tiara, circa 1900, which was formerly in the Collection of Princess Katharina Henckel von Donnersmarck.  It had been estimated at $5-$10 million).

    The sale total for the entire sale of Magnificent and Noble Jewels was CHF 78,944,900/ $89,121,687 (est. CHF 41.9 – 69 million / $ 47.3 – 77.9 million).

    See antiquesandartireland.com posts for April 26 and March 25.

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    Ballagh’s Joyce and Magritte at de Veres

    Sunday, May 15th, 2011

    Robert Ballagh's l"Origine du Langue at de Veres. (click on image to enlarge) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    Louis le Brocquy's Cherub tapestry. (click on image to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE 45,000

    Robert Ballagh’s l’Origine du Langue shows René Magritte and James Joyce  seated at a window overlooking the corner of St. Stephen’s Green at the top of Grafton Street in the year 1904.  The Dublin meeting is imaginary (Magritte would have been just five or six years old at the time), the setting isn’t.  Estimated at 20,000 – 30,000 the acrylic on canvas is one of the more unusual subjects at the de Veres Irish Art evening auction at the D4 Hotel in Dubin on Tuesday, May 17.
    The sale is strong on sculpture, with examples by F.E. MacWilliam, Oisin Kelly, Rowan Gillespie, Imogen Stuart and John Behan.  Louis le Brocquy’s 1953 Aubusson tapestry entitled Cherub is another highlight. It was one of a number of tapestries commissioned in 1951 by Mrs. S.H. Stead-Ellis on the theme of The Garden of Eden.  It is estimated at 45,000-65,000.
    James Sinton Sleator succeeded Orpen as President of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1945.  This self-portrait is estimated at 4,000-6,000.

    UPDATE:  This sale realised 400,000 at hammer.  Around 70 per cent of lots found buyers.  The le Broquy tapestry was the top lot at 45,000, an oil on photographic base by Hughie O’Donoghue made 36,000,  a bronze by Rowan Gillespie made 18,500, an oil by Gerard Dillon made 13,000, a Bahamas painting by Tony O’Malley made 11,000 and an oil on canvas by Jill Dennis made 9,000.

    James Sinton Sleator self-portrait. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    Man and Wife by F.E. MacWilliam at de Veres. It is estimated at 10,000-15,000. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: THIS MADE 9,200

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    A FEW HUNDRED EURO IN DUBLIN, 170,000 AT SHEPPARDS

    Friday, May 13th, 2011

    This pair of turquoise ground famille rose bottle vases made a hammer price of 170,000 at Sheppards. (click on image to enlarge)

    A pair of Chinese porcelain vases, bought for a few hundred euro in an antique shop in Dublin ten years ago, sold for a hammer price of 170,000 at Sheppards in Durrow on May 12.  They were chased by three bidders on the telephone and one in the room.  The winning bid came from a Chinese client in London acting as agent for a client in mainland China.
    The hammer price of 170,000 for the pair of turquoise ground famille rose bottle vases becomes 200,855 when fees are added.  This was an Irish record for Chinese porcelain. The 24 cms high vases were described in the catalogue as having Daoguang iron-red six-character seal marks possibly republican.  The estimate had been 8,000-12,000.  The seller, who remained anonymous, said he was “super-excited”.
    See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for May 12, May 1 and April 28.

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    WARHOL’S LIZ TOPS CONTEMPORARY ART SALE AT PHILLIPS DE PURY

    Friday, May 13th, 2011

    Liz #5 (Early Colored Liz), 1963.

    Andy Warhol’s portrait of Elizabeth Taylor from 1963 made a within estimate price of $26.9 million at the Phillips de Pury contemporary art sale in New York on May 12.
    The silkscreen, ink and acrylic on linen – “Liz #5”  – measures 40″ x 40″. It topped a 50 lot sale in which 22 per cent of lots failed to sell.  This was one of 13 paintings in various colours Warhol made of Elizabeth Taylor.  It had been consigned by the hedge fund manager Steven Cohen.
    The sale, which brought in $98.8 million, was the second highest tally for a contemporary art sale at Phillips de Pury in New York.

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    CLOCK STRIKES THE RIGHT NOTE IN DURROW

    Thursday, May 12th, 2011

    This Edwardian and marquetry mahogany quarter-chiming long case clock, made 12,000 at Sheppards in Durrow.

    One of a pair of Sheraton style mahogany and marquetry cabinets, circa 1900, each with a serpentine top, which made 12,500 at hammer at Sheppards.

    Early results with hammer prices

    A George III period mahogany and brass bound oval shaped wine cellarette made 8,000.

    This George III period satinwood pier table with painted decoration made 1,650.

    A George III mahogany and boxwood inlaid cased stick barometer, by Corti, made 1,800.

    from the three day sale at Sheppards in Durrow on May 10, 11 and 12.

    See antiquesandartireland.com posts for May 1 and April 28.

    THIS Regency rosewood and cross banded Pembroke table made 1,600.

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    WARHOL TOPS STELLAR CHRISTIE’S CONTEMPORARY SALE

    Thursday, May 12th, 2011

    The Andy Warhol self-portrait from 1963-64. (click on image to enlarge).

    FOUR photo booth images of Andy Warhol in blue

    The re-discovered Rothko from a private collection. (click on image to enlarge)

    made a record $38.4 million over a high estimate of $30 million at Christie’s post-war and contemporary sale in New York on May 11.

    The sale total of  $301,683,000 was the biggest tally for a New York evening contemporary sale since May 2008.  No less than 62 of the 65 lots on offer found buyers.  There were records for Cy Twombly and Richard Diebenkorn while a Cindy Sherman at $3.9 million fetched the highest price ever for a photograph at auction.

    The photo-booth style Warhol Self-Portrait, 1963-64 was the top lot and a new record for a Warhol self portrait.  At the same sale Warhol’s 1986 self portrait – the one with spiky hair – made  $27,522,500.
    A re-discovered Mark Rothko work, Untitled No. 17, signed and dated 1961, made $33,682,500.

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    MOST LOTS IN THIS GALWAY ART SALE HAVE NO RESERVE

    Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
    Dolan’s, the Galway based Irish art auction house which has established itself with regular sales around the country, have an auction at the Pillo (Marriott) Hotel in Galway at 4 p.m. on May 15.  The majority of the 225 lots on the catalogue are to be sold without reserve. Here is a small selection of what is on offer (click on any image to enlarge):

    Urban Village is the title of this limited edition lithograph by Chris Reid. Signed and dated 1970 with a Hendriks Gallery label it is estimated at 200-250. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    Heading down the Claddagh, an oil on board by Ivan Sutton, is estimated at 1,600-2,200. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    Summer's Day is the title of this work by Maurice Wilks. It is estimated at 1,800-2,500. UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,700

    Grapes and Cheese by David Ffrench le Roy has an estimate of 750-1,000. UPDATE: THIS MADE 700

    ELVIS AND YOUNG FAN Cleveland Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, November 23rd 1956 black and white photoprint by Lew Allen, is estimated at 700-800. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.

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    18th CENTURY IRISH ACTRESS WHO BECAME NOTORIOUS IN LONDON

    Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
    A portrait miniature of Irish 18th century actress Margaret “Peg” Woffington by the artist James Ferguson, is a highlight of Bonhams fine portrait miniatures sale in Knightsbridge, London, on May 25.  Born in Dublin in 1720 she started as a street singer before making her stage debut aged 10 as Polly Peachum in the ‘Beggars’ Opera’.   She made her name as an actress in Dublin.  In 1740 her success as Sir Harry Wildair in ‘The Constant Couple’ led to her London debut in Covent Garden.
    Considered a beauty she met and fell in love with David Garrick, the foremost actor of his day. She lived openly with Garrick. Other love affairs, including liaisons with Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley and the MP, Charles Hanbury Williams, were numerous and notorious. Woffington, who continued to act in London and in Dublin, managed to educate her sister Mary and pensioned their mother.  She left Garrick in 1744 and moved to Teddington.
    In 1757 she collapsed on stage. Illness prevented her from acting again.  Instead she built and endowned almhouses in Teddington. She died in 1760. The miniature is estimated at £1,500- 2,500.
    UPDATE:  It was sold for £4,800 including buyer’s premium.

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    SIXTEEN JACKIES, TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS

    Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

    Andy Warhol's Sixteen Jackies. (click on image to enlarge)

    Andy Warhol’s Sixteen Jackies made $20,242,500 at Sotheby’s contemporary art sale in New York on May 10.  The auction  brought in $128.1 million and 47 of the 58 lots were sold.

    In the early 1960s Warhol’s rows of soup cans and movie stars were screened within a single canvas. With the Jackie paintings the artist created numbers of small panels later assembled into large compositions for the first time.  He employed eight Jackie images from smiling wife to grieving widow with their mirror reversals through the press coverage of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy surrounding her husbands assassination.
    The images follow Jackie from her arrival at Dallas, through the motorcade, the assassination, the administration of the oath of office for the new President Johnson and the funeral in Washington.
    Jeff Koons’ Pink Panther, one of the most important works by the artist ever to have appeared at auction, sold for $16,882,500. The work last appeared at auction in 1999 when it made $1.8 million.  The porcelain sculpture is the artist’s proof from an edition of three, with the other examples in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
    Art of the last 30 years fared well. Six of the seven Warhol’s at the sale were sold, totalling over $31 million.
    The result followed the  $54.8 million achieved the previous night for the Allan Stone collection, bringing Sotheby’s overall two day total to $182,910,000.

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    IRISH ART SELLS AT O’DRISCOLL AUCTION IN CORK

    Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

    William Crozier HRHA (b.1930) 'Abstract' made 4,000

    Barrie Castle (1935-2006) ‘The Apple Picker’ made 1,500 at the Morgan O’Driscoll sale in Cork on May 9.

    William Conor RHA RUA ROI (1881-1968) 'Music Session' made 13,500 at the Morgan O'Driscoll sale in Cork.

    Joseph William Carey RUA (1859-1937) 'Creeslough, Donegal' made 575 at the Morgan O'Driscoll sale in Cork.

    Sean McSweeney HRHA (b.1935) 'Shoreline Trees' made 1,700 at the Morgan O'Driscoll sale in Cork.

    SOME results from the Morgan O’Driscoll Irish art auction in Cork on May 9.

    The sale was about 68 per cent sold.

    See antiquesandartireland.com post for April 30.

    (Click on any image to enlarge).

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