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    WATERFORD CRYSTAL REPLICA OF THE SAME MAGUIRE CUP

    Monday, March 18th, 2024
    Waterford Crystal Replica of Sam Maguire Cup

    A Waterford Crystal replica of the Sam Maguire Cup comes up at a two day in person and online sale of 733 lots by Aidan Foley at the Castle Cinema, Oldcastle next Wednesday and Thursday, March 20 and 21. It is one of five made. One was presented to President Bill Clinton. The auction, in association with Niall Mullen, will include contents from Middleton Park House, Westmeath, formerly a wedding venue. The replica is estimated at €2,000-€4,000.  Viewing is underway in Oldcastle and the catalogue is online.

    KILMICHAEL AMBUSH RECALLED AT VICTOR MEE SALE

    Saturday, March 16th, 2024

    A full page account of the Kilmichael Ambush carried out by a Flying Column of the West Cork Brigade comes up as lot 87 at Victor Mee’s sale on March 19.  Complete with photographs and a hand drawing of the ambush site, where 36 IRA volunteers commanded by General Tom Barry ambushed and killed 16 members of the RIC in Kilmichael  in November 1920 the sepia coloured broadsheet newspaper page with some staining comes up as lot 87 and is estimated at €200-€400. The Battlefields and Silver Screen auction, with  523 lots,  offers military artefacts, Irish silver and film posters. A framed 19th century silk Fenian Sash is, at €2,000-€4,000, the most expensively estimated lot in a sale with everything from a Wanted poster for Billy the Kid to Georgian Irish silver sauce boats, a 19th century Dublin flintlock blunderbuss, the Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook of Easter 1916, a film poster for Jaws and original World War I enlistment posters.

    THE COMPLETE WORKS OF OSCAR WILDE FROM 1907

    Thursday, March 14th, 2024
    The Writings of Oscar Wilde – Keller-Farmer Co. 1907

    A finely bound limited-edition collection of The Writings Of Oscar Wilde from 1907 is available at Sotheby’s buy now platform priced at $5,500. The Wilde collection – a set of 15 – was published by Keller-Farmer Co., 1907 and is number 75 out of a limited edition of 200 seta. Profusely illustrated throughout the set is in very good condition.

    A BUSY WEEK FOR JAMES ADAM IN DUBLIN WITH THREE SALES

    Saturday, March 9th, 2024
    A Famille Verte “Lady with Children” Kangxi charger. UPDATE: THIS MADE 18,000 AT HAMMER

    A c1920 synthetic sapphire and diamond bracelet with an estimate of €7,000-€8,000 is the most expensively estimated lot at The Jewellery Box sale at James Adam on March 11. A Famille Verte Lady with Children charger (€8,000-€10,000) takes that honour at a sale entitled The Awakening Dragon on March 12.  It all adds up to a busy week for the Dublin firm, which will follow up on March 13 with an online picture sale to include a number of works to be sold without reserve. The most highly estimated art lots are Figures with Two Cottages by Markey Robinson and a bronze of Three Galloping Horses by Siobhan Bulfin, each estimated at  €3,000-€5,000.

    A CORK SILVER FREEDOM BOX AT NOONAN’S

    Tuesday, March 5th, 2024
    George IV Irish provincial silver-gilt City of Cork freedom box. UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,000 AT HAMMER

    This George IV Irish provincial silver-gilt City of Cork freedom box by Richard Garde comes up as lot 501 at Noonans in Mayfair, London on March 12. It is  engraved with a presentation inscription reading:  “The Freedom at Large of the City of Cork was unanimously voted to Liet. Gen. Lord Combermere. Commanding His Majesty’s Forces In Ireland. Sept. 18th, 1824.” The hinged cover is engraved with Cork City coat of arms with garter and the Latin motto ‘STATIO BENE FIDA CARINIS’ (a safe harbour for ships). It is flanked by thistles, flowers and harps, with coronets to the corners. The inscription is engraved on the base. There is an equestrian statue of Lord Combermere outside Chester Castle and the freedom box has remained in his family since. It is estimated at £3,000-£4,000.

    Richard Garde was registered at 18 Broad Lane, Cork, in 1824, and in 1833 at 17, Broad Lane. He was registered at Dublin in 1827, continuing until 1838.

    A BUSY WEEK FOR ALL SORTS OF COLLECTORS IN IRELAND

    Sunday, March 3rd, 2024
    A Harley Davidson at  Aidan Foley’s sale. UPDATE: THIS MADE 10,000 AT HAMMER

    Antique furniture at Woodwards, a working Sega arcade game, classic cars and motorbikes and pub memorabilia at a two days sale by Aidan Foley and a house contents auction by Sean Eacrett in Abbeyleix add up to a busy week for all sorts of collectors next week. In Cork Woodwards will be on view from this afternoon for their online sale of 300 lots on March 9.  With contents from house sales on Douglas Road and Monkstown it features lots like a Georgian inlaid sideboard (€2,000-€3,000), a set of eight ladder back dining chairs (€3,000-€4,000), a three pillar dining table by O’Connells of Cork (€1,000-€1,500), a Dutch marquetry bureau plat (€1,000-€2,000), a Vernis Martin display cabinet (€1,000-€1,600) and a five piece patio suite (€1,000-€1,500). There are no reserves.

    A Sheraton sideboard  at Woodwards. UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,600 AT HAMMER

    Aidan Foley’s online sale at 6 pm on March 5 and 6 is a one owner collection of over 800 lots of memorabilia for motor enthusiasts and collectors in general. With lots ranging from Toyota and Chrysler cars to a rare working Sega Rally Championship arcade game, a commercial quality Shell petrol pump tool cabinet, a 1988 Yamaha five valve genesis motorcycle, a gleaming Harley Davidson, miniature Dinky toys and lots of pub memorabilia this auction has already created plenty of interest. It is on view on March 3 and 4 at The Old Garage, Ballymacarbry, Co. Waterford. Meantime Sean Eacrett’s sale of more than 1,000 lots of furniture, paintings and collectibles from Heath House, Abbeyleix is headed by a large 19th century hunting table. The sale is at 10 am on March 4 at Abbeyleix Manor Hotel.

    THIS Mark II Escort Rally Car made 57,000 at hammer at Aidan Foley’s sale. It had just four rallies completed and came with full floating axle, bigger rack, new wrap around seats and new floor mounted pedal box.

    FROM SHOTGUNS AND SEVRES TO DESIGNER FURNITURE AT SHEPPARDS

    Saturday, March 2nd, 2024
    A pair of 12 bore back action Holland and Holland shotguns UPDATE: THIS LOT MADE 8,000 AT HAMMER

    A pair of cased 12 bore back action Holland and Holland shotguns, a pair of 19th Sevres guinea fowl which it would be downright foolish to shoot, a late 17th century Aubusson tapestry, a pair of Regency Cork side tables by tradition from the dispersal sale at Kilkenny Castle and a Duleek Irish carpet are among the appetising offerings at Sheppards three day sale in Durrow, Co. Laois on March 5, 6 and 7. There is an array of fine library furniture, lighting, Irish and European art, early tapestries, sculpture, silver and even a Killarney games table.

     One of a pair of Regency Cork side tables UPDATE: THIS LOT SOLD FOR 5,000 AT HAMMER

    The auction is led by an extensive landscape with travellers and cattle painted in 1828 by James Arthur O’Connor (€15,000-€25,000). The Holland and Holland shotguns are estimated at €14,000-€18,000, the Sevres guinea fowl at €3,000-€5,000.  The impressive pair of Cork Regency side tables with rectangular gadrooned tops, rounded corners, spiral turned legs and paw feet – by family tradition purchased at the dispersal sale of Kilkenny Castle in 1935 – are estimated at €4,000-€6,000. A late 17th century Aubusson tapestry with exotic birds, landscape and castle enclosed by an elaborate border is estimated at €3,000-€5,000 and the Duleek  Carpet after a design by CFA Voysey and manufactured in Donegal by Alexander Morto and Co. is estimated at €4,500-€6,500.  The Duleek range was retailed at Liberty’s in London and was included in their Irish Carpet Exhibition at the Grafton Gallery on Bond St. in 1903.

    A detail from the Duleek Irish carpet. UPDATE: THIS MADE 4,600 AT HAMMER

    If hunting and shooting is not your thing and if impressive Regency tables from Kilkenny Castle might not fit cosily into your favourite room there is still much to catch the eye at all price points in the selection available. With more than 1,300 lots the sale offers rare and unusual pieces which might be hard to come by across.   A designer fabric upholstered chest with seven drawers is estimated at just €300-€500 and among the other lots in this price range you could opt for is a Regency work table, a designer upholstered wing back armchair, an Art Deco style rosewood cabinet, an 18th century circular tea table or a Neo-Classical Edwardian log urn. There is across the board variety from African masks and Chinese porcelain and furniture to jewellery and musical instruments including a Bechstein baby grand piano.  Collectibles include a Los Angeles Lakers jersey signed by Kobe Bryant, an 18th century painted fan, a Galway longcase clock, a 19th century French clock garniture and an Egyptian brass hubbly bubbly. Viewing for this sale, which includes the contents of historic Moyaliffe House, at Ballycahill, Co. Tipperary, gets underway in Durrow today and the catalogue is online.

    A designer fabric upholstered chest of seven drawers. UPDATE: THIS MADE 300 AT HAMMER

    ANYONE FOR A LARGE HUNT TABLE?

    Friday, March 1st, 2024
    19th century mahogany hunt table. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 5,500

    This large hunt table with cabriole legs and ball and claw feet is the top lot at Sean Eacrett’s sale of house contents from Heath House, Abbeyleix on March 4. It is estimated at €5,000-€8,000. More than 1,000 lots will come under the hammer. Viewing is now underway at the house and the sale will be held at Abbeyleix Manor Hotel. The auction offers antique furniture, art, decorative arts and a wide variety of collections. The catalogue is online.

    ART, WHISKEY AND A DOLL’S HOUSE AT DOLAN’S

    Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
    ARTHUR MADERSON – FISH AND CHIP VAN, TALLOW HORSE FAIR. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    This large oil by Arthur Maderson comes up at Dolan’s timed online Irish art, whiskeys and antiques auction which runs online until March 4. There is art by Mark O’Neill, Charles Lamb, Patrick Hennessy, Cecil Maguire, Graham Knuttel, Harry Kernoff, John Brobel, Arthur Armstrong, Elizabeth Brophy, Peter Curling, Susan Cronin and many more artists along with a selection of Very Rare Midleton Whiskeys as well as coins, stamps and collectibles like a Victorian doll’s house modelled as a school house (900-1,200). The Maderson is estimated at 18,000-22,000.

    A Victorian Doll’s House modelled as a school house. UPDATE: THIS MADE 750

    IRISH HALFPENNY SELLS FOR £5,500 AT NOONANS

    Monday, February 26th, 2024
    IRISH HALFPENNY 1806

    An 1806 Irish halfpenny was the top lot at Noonan’s sale of British trade tokens, tickets and passes. It made a hammer price of £5,500 over a top estimate of £1,000. It went to a collector in Ireland. The final part of the Irish Tokens from the Collection of the late Barry Woodside achieved a hammer total of £17,895 with two notable examples being a farthing from Newcastle, County Limerick, engraved Florence O’Connell, Irish Woollen Warehouse, Bridge St. which made £2,600 at hammer of a top estimate of £200 and a token saying George Lynch, Elephant House, Lr. Sackville Street Portmanteau Manufacturer which made £2,200 against a top estimate of £100. They went to Irish collectors. An 18th century token from Munster with a bust of Bryen Boiromhe, King of Munster made £1,400 against an estimate of £300-400. It was bought by a collector in the USA.