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ANTIQUE LIMERICK SILVER BOWL SELLS FOR 20,000

Friday, February 25th, 2011

The Limerick Silver bowl by John Robinson.

A Limerick silver bowl by John Robinson, made c1735 and stamped with the Arms of Molloy sold for 20,000 after the inaugural sale at Limerick Auction Rooms. The highlight of this first sale in Limerick, which up to now has not had its own auction rooms, was a collection of Provincial Irish silver.

There was some disappointment during the sale when the main pieces, a rare Queen Anne Kinsale cup circa 1710 by J&W Wall and the Limerick bowl failed to find buyers. The bowl was estimated at 20,00-25,000, the cup at 40,000-50,000. The Kinsale silver had attracted interest from around the country and the auctioneers even had an active bidder from a Boston museum. It is now under active negotiation. A Limerick silver serving spoon by Patrick Connell sold for 1,000. The bowl was bought by a private collector in Kildare with Limerick connections.

The Limerick sale demonstrated considerable local interest. It also underlines how potential collectors need to accustom themselves to buying at auction. There were large numbers at the viewing and the sale. Buyers were hesitant during the auction. This changed afterwards. The organisers were busy with buyers for several hours after the auction ended and a further 30 lots sold on the day after the sale.

See antiquesandartireland.com post for February 14.

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RARE CORK REPUBLICAN SILVER DISH AT WOODWARDS

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

This Republican Silver strawberry dish will feature at Woodwards auction on April 6. (click to enlarge)

A Cork Republican Silver strawberry dish is to be the centrepiece of the Woodwards spring auction on April 6. The rarity of Cork Republican Silver is such that only about 60 to 80 pieces are thought to have been made.

All were fashioned during the Irish Civil War period from July to September 1922. The Irish Civil War was raging and communication between the cities of Cork and Dublin was cut off. Cork was held by Republicans, Dublin by the Free State troops.

The Republican Silver mark.

Unable to send their silver to the Assay Office in Dublin yet determined to keep their silversmiths employed the venerable Cork firm of William Egan and Sons made their own stamp The firm had marks engraved, one a castle and the other a ship. It was not unlike the marks used by Cork silversmiths in the 17th and 18th centuries and not too dissimilar to the Coat of Arms of the City of Cork.

Silver made at this time in Cork was stamped with these marks and the initials of the firm, “WE”. When the situation became more normal and communications were restored Egans destroyed the Republican marks.

Woodwards will offer a Republic Silver strawberry dish, with the sides fluted in thirteen panels with wavy rims, bearing these Republican marks. The dish is eight and a quarter inches in diameter and weighs ten ounces. It is estimated to make 15,000-20,000 euro.

UPDATE: It was bid up to 9,500, now under negotiation.

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SOME BAUBLES FROM O’REILLY’S NEXT ANTIQUE JEWELLERY SALE

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

A diamond and sapphire cluster ring. (click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: IT MADE 16,000.

These are some of the lots that feature at the O’Reilly’s auction at Francis St., Dublin on Wednesday, March 2. The sapphire and diamond cluster ring is estimated at 17,000-18,000, the target ring is estimated at 6,500-7,500, the amethyst and diamond brooch is estimated at 1,200-1,500 and the Art Deco diamond and sapphire plaque brooch is estimated 4,500-5,000.

The sale features around 290 lots of jewellery as well as silver and fine art.

An antique diamond target ring at O'Reilly's on March 2. (click on image to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE 6,400

An amethyst and diamond brooch modelled as a bow at O'Reilly's. (click on image to enlarge) UDATE: IT MADE 1,200

An Art Deco diamond and sapphire plaque brooch. (click on image to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE 4,500

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PATRICK HENNESSY PORTRAITS AT WHYTE’S

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

Self portrait by Patrick Hennessy at Whyte's. (click on image to enlarge) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,200

A brace of portraits by Patrick Hennessy RHA (1915-1980) grace Whyte’s Irish and British art sale at the RDS in Dublin on March 14. One is a self portrait from 1936 exhibited at a Birmingham exhibition sponsored by Winsor and Newton Ltd. It is inscribed with an exhibition label with the artist’s address [9 Bridge Street, Arbroath, Angus] and price [£7-7-0] on reverse. It is now estimated at €2,500-€3,500.

The second is a 1939 portrait of Liv Hempel, daughter of the German Ambassador to Ireland. It was made at De Vesci Terrace in Dun Laoghaire, the ministerial residence of Eduard Hempel (1887–1972) who was Adolf Hitler’s representative in Dublin between 1937 and 1945. During his eight year tenure Hempel sent thousands of reports to Berlin by telegraph and shortwave radio. He had to surrender the transmitter in December 1943 at the insistence of the Department of External Affairs, and under pressure from the United States and United Kingdom. Hempel was granted asylum in Ireland at the end of the war. He returned to Germany in 1949. This portrait is estimated at €2,000-€3,000.

Liv Hempel by Patrick Hennessy at Whyte's. (click on image to enlarge) UPDATE: THIS MADE 4,800

The artist Patrick Hennessy was born in Co. Cork. He won a scholarship to Dundee College of Art and a further scholarship allowed him study in Paris and Rome. In 1939, he exhibited a self-portrait and a still-life at the Royal Scottish Academy and returned to Ireland as a professional painter, dividing his time between Cork and Dublin. In 1956, Hennessy had his first solo exhibition in London, displaying nearly 40 paintings, including several portraits. In 1957, the Ritchie Hendriks Gallery staged an exhibition of his flower paintings. More shows followed in Dublin, Chicago and Cork. Meantime, Hennessy continued to make trips abroad. He made regular visits to Paris, Normandy, the Dordogne, as well as Belgium, Holland and Spain. He also toured Italy and Greece.

Farewell to Ireland by Patrick Hennessy which shows President John F. Kennedy boarding Air Force One at Shannon Airport on June 29th, 1963 after a visit to his ancestral homeland is currently on sale at the M.S. Rau Gallery in New Orleans priced at $98,950.

His work is in a number of public and private collections, including: University College, Dublin; Hugh Lane Art Gallery; Irish Museum of Modern Art; National Gallery of Ireland; Office of Public Works; Crawford Art Gallery; Limerick City Art Gallery and Limerick University National Self-Portrait Collection.

(See antiquesandartireland.com post for January 27)

UPDATE: THE PAINTINGS SOLD FOR 2,200 AND 4,800 RESPECTIVELY.

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STELLAR LINE UP AT SOTHEBY’S IRISH SALE

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Beckett by le Brocquy at Sotheby's. (Click on image to enlarge) UPDATE: It made £75,650

THERE is a stellar line up at Sotheby’s Irish Sale in London on March 29. It features rare works never seen on the market before by artists like Sir John Lavery, Roderic O’Conor and Mary Swanzy. There are 13 works by Louis le Brocquy and the sale includes Basil Blackshaw, John Shinnors, William Scott, Colin Middleton and Sean Scully.

John Lavery’s portrait of Lady Gwendoline Churchill, A Lady in Brown, is at auction for the first time. It is believed the painting was probably executed in the summer of 1915. O’Conor’s Landscape, Cassis, has re-surfaced from a private American collection and features one of the smaller peaks of the limestone cliffs of Le Cap Canail.

Sunlit Landscape by Mary Swanzy is a dazzling modernist piece. It is part of a series of lyrical Provencal cubist landscapes produced following a stay at Grasse in the South of France in the winter of 1926-1927 and is estimated at £60,000-80,000.

Daniel O’Neill is represented in the sale with one of the most expressive and affecting works by the artist to ever appear at auction. On Reading Dear Theo is a portrait of Vincent van

Gogh. The composition and treatment clearly reference van Gogh’s landscapes. It is estimated at £30,000-50,000. Headlining the le Brocquy works is an image of Samuel Beckett (Opus 473), an

oil on canvas estimated at £60,000-80,000.

There is a group of four still lives by William Scott and the art auction offers a strong selection of contemporary works.

See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for February 16 and February 2.

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IRISH WOMEN ARTISTS AT SHEPPARDS MARCH AUCTION

Sunday, February 20th, 2011

Cherry Brandon (1931-2007) mixed media on silk. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: THIS PIECE DID NOT SELL.

Eva Hamilton (1880-1959), Interior with flowers on table. (click on image to enlarge) UPDATE: THIS PIECE DID NOT SELL

Irish women artists Cherry Brandon and Eva Hamilton from successive generations feature at Sheppards two day sale in Durrow, Co. Laois. Brandon, who was based in Co. Laois, worked as a media artist, international textile and fashion designer and illustrator. Giorgio Armani was one of the people she worked for and the signed mixed media on silk illustrated on the left from her Banana Collection is a sample of her work for the noted Italian designer. It is estimated at 5,000-8,000 and is one of a number of her works in the sale.

Eva Hamilton’s Interior with flowers on table also features on the first day of the auction. Known for her portraits, landscapes and watercolours she was represented in the 1930 Exhibition of Irish Art at Brussels. The oil on canvas on the right is estimated at 2,000-3,000.

The Sheppards sale, entitled Paradigms and the Unexpected, features jewellery, oriental rugs and carpets, prints, paintings, silver, porcelian and furniture. It takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 1 and 2, at 10.30 a.m. on each day.

UPDATE: Sheppards had a successful auction at which about 85 per cent of the lots on offer found buyers.

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FEBRUARY SALES AT CHRISTIE’S AND SOTHEBY’S AMOUNT TO £423.6 MILLION

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

THE recovery in art market prices continued over the London selling season in February. According to our calculations Sotheby’s and Christie’s sold £423.6 million worth of Impressionist, Modern, Contemporary, Post-War and Surreal art over the past fortnight.

Aided by an incredible private owner sale entitled Looking Closely, with 60 works by some of the greatest of all modern and contemporary masters, Sotheby’s led with a sales total of £242,109,075. This is the second highest total for any sales season ever held at Sotheby’s in London. Their sales featured property from 39 countries and attracted buyers from 47 countries spanning 5 continents. The total at Christie’s series of sales amounted to £181.5 million.

These results support a growing view that the international recovery in art market prices can be sustained.

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SELECTION FROM HEGARTY’S AUCTION IN BANDON

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

Here is a sample of lots coming up at Hegarty’s sale in Bandon , Co. Cork on Sunday, February 27 at 4 p.m. This is a sale of more than 350 lots including furntiure, art, ceramics, jewellery and silver.

This Georgian knife box is estimated at 800-1,200. (click to enlarge)

An early 20th century majolica stick stand with heron, estimated at 800-1,200. (click to enlarge)

An Edwardian inlaid envelope foldover card table (1,000-1,500). Click to enlarge.

This Wedgwood cheese dish and cover, with hairline crack to base, is estimated at 300-500. (click to enlarge)

A Victorian walnut dome topped brass-bound stationery box estimated at 250-350. (click to enlarge)

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Hoi An CARGO PIECES AT CO. CLARE SALE

Friday, February 18th, 2011

An opium box complete with certificate of authenticity. (click on image to enlarge)

A number of items from the Hoi An cargo feature

Hoi An bowl. (click on image to enlarge)

at John Dunphy’s auction in Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare on February 22. There are a couple of opium boxes, a blue and white ginger jar, a blue and while porcelain elephant, a monkey mother and baby and a rice bowl among 1,000 lots. All carry certificates of authenticity.

Discovered in a shipwreck off Vietnam in the 1990’s much of the cargo was sold in San Francisco. Museum curators competed for the best pieces, but there was a lot on offer and some remained unsold. Hoi An pieces regularly turn up on e-Bay. The pieces to be sold in Ireland range in estimate from 250 to 600.

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SEAN SCULLY AT SOTHEBY’S CONTEMPORARY SALES

Friday, February 18th, 2011

Enter Yellow is the title of this 1999 work by Sean Scully (click on image to enlarge)

Small Grey Wall by Scullly dates from 2002. (click on image to enlarge)

Enter Yellow by the Irish artist Sean Scully made a hammer price of £409,250 at Sotheby’s Contemporary art evening auction in London on February 15. It had been estimated at £300,000-500,000.

The following day Scully, who draws inspiration from the low stone walls of the west of Ireland, had another work at Sotheby’s day sale. His work entitled Small Grey Wall, signed and dated 2002, made a hammer price with buyer’s premium of £289,250. It had been estimated at £200,000-300,000.

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