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    COLLECTION OF MRS. HENRY FORD II AT CHRISTIE’S

    Monday, February 8th, 2021

    Around 650 lots from the collection of Mrs. Henry Ford II will be offered at sale by Christie’s in New York and London on March 30 and April 20 next. Contents from her Palm Beach home will be offered in New York, the London sale will be composed of lots from her English residences in London’s Eaton Square and Turville Grange in Buckinghamshire. The sales are expected to bring in more than $5 million. Kathleen Fords Impressionist paintings and jewellery were sold at Christie’s in New York last December. Henri de Toulouse Lautrec’s Pierreuse from her collection achieved the top price of $9.062 million at Christie’s live streamed 20th Century Sale: Hong Kong to New York.

    Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) – Pierreuse

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    ONLINE ONLY AUCTION AT WOODWARDS ON FEBRUARY 13

    Saturday, February 6th, 2021

    An Edwardian dolls house, a marble topped giltwood console table and a Victorian rosewood work table are among the lots at Woodwards online only auction of antiques, fine art and collectibles ON February 13.  This first sale of 2021 by the Cork auctioneers will include three house contents from residences in Douglas and Carrigaline. The selection on offer includes  an inlaid walnut demi lune card table (€500-€800), a William IV breakfast table (€400-€500), a set of Georgian dining chairs (€400-€600), a large Iranian rug (€400-€600), a Georgian Pembroke table (€200-€400), a Coalbrookdale garden seat (€600-€800), a Georgian bureau bookcase (€400-€600), an Edwardian tea table (€200-€400) and a longcase clock by Sterling, Limerick (€400-€600).  The dolls house is estimated at €300-€400, the Louis XV style console table at €400-€600 and the worktable at €300-€400. The auction will include a selection of mirrors, glassware, marine items, porcelian and paintings.

    Edwardian dolls house UPDATE: THIS MADE 310 AT HAMMER

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    TIMED ONLINE AUCTION AT HEGARTY’S OF BANDON

    Friday, February 5th, 2021

    One of a pair of Art Deco style club armchairs at Hegarty’s timed online auction which runs from now until February 9. There is art, jewellery, glass and collectibles among more than 340 lots. The armchairs are estimated at 3,000-4,000 and the catalogue for the sale is online. UPDATE: THE ARMCHAIRS SOLD FOR 2,500 AT HAMMER

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    ANTIQUE FURNITURE FINDING BUYERS AT SHEPPARDS

    Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021

    An 18th century mahogany Chippendale bookcase was the top lot at the opening morning session of Sheppards three day sale of Belmont House and other important clients in Durrow today. It made a hammer price of 2,700 in a session where antique furniture attracted much competitive bidding. A George I walnut and herringbone inlaid low boy made 1,300 at hammer, an Irish 18th century silver table made 1,500, a Regency side table made 1,300, a Regency coffee table made 1,500, a 19th. century gilt over mantle made 1,100, a 19th century walnut centre table made 1,450, a Regency centre table made 1,700 and a satinwood and painted pier cabinet made 1,700. Waterfall, a tapestry wall hanging by Pauline Bewick made a hammer price of 5,600 in the afternoon session.

    18th century Chippendale bookcase made 2,700

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    DECORATIVE ANTIQUE FAIR RUNS AS AUCTION AT BONHAMS

    Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021

    This late 19th century French brass six sided hall lantern from Hudson Antiques is part of the Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair. This year the fair is taking the form of an online auction with 345 lots at Bonhams which runs until February 12. Lot 57 is estimated at £1,600-2,200.

    After the auction successful buyers will be contacted by Bonhams to see if they would like to collect their purchased lots from the vendors premises or from Cadogan Tate in Park Royal, London. Oversized items such as garden sculpture which require heavy lifting equipment will only be available for collection from the vendors premises.

    The lamp measures 53 cms x 53 cms x 53cms deep

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    APPROACH ST. VALENTINE’S DAY WITH STYLE AND THE IADA

    Monday, February 1st, 2021

    It is only the first of the month but the Irish Antique Dealers Association (IADA) suggest that it is time to start thinking about Valentine’s Day. With the usual options unavailable during lockdown members suggest that it is time to look for a timeless and unusual Valentine gift for that special someone. Members have curated a selection of possible gifts from art and furniture to collectibles and jewellery, and these can be viewed on www.iada.ie

    German Art Deco bronze, signed by Hermann Nonnenmacher, c1930, 20cm, priced at €2,800 courtesy of Niall Mullen Antiques.

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    THREE DAYS OF SALES AT SHEPPARDS

    Saturday, January 30th, 2021

    Oriental objects, antique furniture, jewellery, vintage fashion, wine and art including a triptych portrait of Vicky Phelan will feature at Sheppards three day online sale next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (February 3, 4 and 5).  The Phelan portrait by Tullamore based artist Vincent Devine will be auctioned for the charity Heroes Aid which supports frontline Covid-19 workers.More than 1,300 lots will come under the hammer including a Chenghua (1447-1487) blue and white bowl (€20,000-€30,000), a 19th century bone barleycorn chess set (€400-€600), an oil on canvas of Cleopatra after Guido Reni in a carved gilded Florentine frame (€4,000-€6,000), garden furniture including cast iron seats, some Cork glass and a 19th century pine kitchen table.  The catalogue for Belmont House and other important clients is online at www.sheppards.ie

    UPDATE: THE portrait of Vicky Phelan sold for 46,500 at hammer, the bone barleycorn chess set made 700 and the painting after Guido Reni made 2,800.

    Chinese Ming blue and white bowl (€20,000-€30,000). UODATE: THIS MADE 18,000 AT HAMMER

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    TRAPANI PRICKET STICKS FROM GUTFREUND COLLECTION

    Thursday, January 28th, 2021

    This c1720 pair of Italian (Trapani) gilt copper and copper mounted pricket sticks sold for $243,750 at Christie’s sale of the collection of Mr. and Mrs. John H Gutfreund in New York. They had been estimated at $60,000-100,000. Trapani, in Sicily was a famous centre of coral-work production between the 16th and the 18th centuries. Famously expensive and collected or exchanged as diplomatic gifts between European nobility, coral-work form Trapani generally combines a gilt-copper ground with enamel embellishments and was fashioned into a variety of religious and secular items. The two day sale of the Gutfreund collection totalled $6.2 million.

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    A THREE DAY SALE AT SHEPPARDS ONLINE

    Thursday, January 28th, 2021

    Belmont House and other important clients is the title of a three day online sale by Sheppards of Durrow on February 3, 4 and 5. The auction will feature a large range of antique furniture, art, jewellery and collectibles among more than 1300 lots. The catalogue is online.

    some of the lots from Belmont House

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    JANUARY DECORATIVE INTERIORS ONLINE SALE CONTINUES

    Wednesday, January 27th, 2021

    This William IV burr walnut and ebony inlaid card table sold for a hammer price of 800 at Victor Mee’s January decorative interiors sale yesterday. The auction of 1,140 lots continues today and can be followed on easyliveauction.com

    WILLIAM IV CARD TABLE IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS

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