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PARIS SALE FROM HOMES OF PIERRE BERGE AND YSL

Friday, October 26th, 2018

More than 1,000 lots from the last residences of Pierre Bergé will come under the hammer at Sotheby’s in Paris from October 29-31. The sale by Sotheby’s and Pierre Bergé & Associés features a collection of works chosen by Pierre Bergé, many of which were acquired with Yves Saint Laurent. In the homes he created with Yves Saint Laurent, Bergé surrounded himself with art and decorative objects: four interiors, each with its own identity. On offer is property from the Paris townhouse at Rue Bonaparte, La Datcha on the estate of Chateau Gabriel in Normandy, Mas Theo in St. Remy and Villa Mabrouka in Tangiers.

Pierre Bergé was a committed philanthropist and wanted a portion of the proceeds from this auction and from the sale of other items to benefit the Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent in Paris and the Fondation Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech. Here is a small selection:

UPDATE: THE TWO DAY SALE REALISED 27,474,328 WITH 100% OF LOTS SOLD AND 95% EXCEEDING THE HIGH ESTIMATE.

Bernard Buffet
Autoportrait sur fond noir
1956

Claude Lalanne
Miroir de Tanger, unique, 1999

Tags: Pierre Berge, Sotheby's Paris, YSL
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FINE ENGLISH CHAIRS AT NEW YORK’S TEFAF FALL

Wednesday, October 24th, 2018

Thomas Chippendale – The Brocket Hill Saloon chairs

Amongst the stellar decorative works of art at TEFAF New York Fall are Thomas Chippendale’s Brocket Hill saloon chairs which once belonged to Sir Elton John. The re-gilded chairs are being shown at Ronald Phillips.

Gregg Baker Asian Art will bring a Japanese six fold screen with a panoramic, bird’s-eye view of Buzen and Bungo provinces (modern day Oita and Fukuoka prefectures) in northern Kyushu. It shows a map of the area, part of the Seto Inland Sea and various genre scenes minutely detailing local people’s life in the early 17th century. It dates to c1621-32.

The fair at the Park Avenue Armory runs from October 27 to October 31 and features 93 of the world’s leading antique dealers. The variety of collecting areas spans fine and decorative art from antiquity to 1920, as well as rare books and manuscripts, jewellery, portrait miniatures, arms and armoUr.

Tags: TEFFAF NEW YORK FALL, Thomas Chippendale
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE POSSESSIONS OF A PHYSICIST

Monday, October 22nd, 2018

Christie’s will offer 22 lots from the estate of legendary physicist Stephen Hawking in an online sale entitled “On the shoulders of giants” which will run from October 31 to November 8. They range from Hawkings own printed copies of his most important papers including his seminal “Black hole explosions” of 1974 to a selection of medals and awards. Estimates start as low as £100.

A copy of his best selling “A Brief History of Time” is signed with his thumbprint and there is a script from one of his appearances on The Simpsons. The last lot of the auction, one of his wheelchairs, will be sold to benefit the Stephen Hawking Foundation and the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Stephen Hawking died last March. UPDATE: The top lot of the sale is Stephen Hawking’s original dissertation which fetched £584,750. The 22 lots from his estate were 100% sold, realising £1,384,625, 7 times more than the pre-sale estimate. Further highlights include Stephen Hawking’s medals, which achieved £296,750 and one of his iconic wheelchairs which made £296,750 to benefit Stephen Hawking Foundation and the Motor Neurone Disease Association. These 3 lots are the most valuable lots achieved in a Christie’s online auction in 2018.

A bomber jacket UPDATE: THIS MADE £40,000

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WOODEN CHEST FROM FIRST STEAMSHIP CROSSING OF THE ATLANTIC

Saturday, October 20th, 2018

The iron bound wooden seaman’s chest. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 210

A possible memento of the first crossing of the Atlantic by steamship comes up at Hegarty’s sale in Bandon tomorrow afternoon. Lot 184 is an iron bound wooden coffer or seaman’s chest with rope handles believed to have been on The Sirius which completed the first steamship crossing in New York on April 10, 1838.

SS Sirius, built in 1837 for the London Cork route by the Saint George Steam Packet Company, was captained by Richard Roberts of Passage West, Cork. The next year she was chartered by the British and American Steam Navigation Company for two voyages to the US. Hegarty’s sale includes contents from Simla, a 19th century house overlooking the sea in Passage West, which was home to the Roberts family for almost 100 years.

Tags: Captain Richard Roberts, Hegarty's Bandon, The Sirius
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MUSEUM QUALITY IZNIK CHARGER AT SOTHEBY’S SALE

Monday, October 15th, 2018

The Iznik charger. UPDATE: THIS MADE £5.4 MILLION

A c1480 museum quality Iznik charger will lead the Arts of the Islamic World auction at Sotheby’s in London on October 24. One of the most important pieces of Iznik pottery remaining in private hands, the large intact dish, or charger, represents a significant discovery in the field of Ottoman art.

It belongs to the earliest group of Iznik – produced at the very advent of the art form during the reign of Mehmet II (‘the Conqueror’) – the finest examples of which are almost all held in museum collections across the globe. This small, and exceptionally rare, group of Iznik pottery is characterised by an intense, inky, blue-black colouring, which reflects the embryonic stage of firing control – roughly two decades before a brighter cobalt blue was accomplished.

Among the other highlights of the sale are Persian and Indian paintings, an exceptional costume album for Ottoman Turkey in the 19th century, two rare ninth century works on astronomy in one volume and a Company School portrait of a large white heron.

UPDATE: It sold for £5.4 million following a 20 minute nine way bidding battle and quadrupling the previous record for Iznik pottery. This was the top lot of the auction, which explored over 1000 years’ creation, spanning three continents to bring a total of £8,988,325.

Tags: Iznik charger, sotheby's
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REPUBLICAN SILVER CUP AT TOWNLEY SALE

Sunday, October 14th, 2018

Not least of the remarkable selection of lots at the Country House Collections sale of 730 lots by James Adam at Townley Hall near Drogheda on October 16 is a Republican silver two handled cup made by Egans of Cork at the height of the Civil War in 1922.

Republican silver is prized by collectors. Only about 80 objects were made by the renowned Cork silversmiths in the period to September 1922 when war conditions made it impossible to send silver to the Assay Office in Dublin. The Dublin writer and surgeon Oliver St. John Gogarty suggested a special hallmark to distinguish this particular period. So Egan’s made a punch based on the Arms of Cork showing a ship between two castles with two masts instead of three. The punch was destroyed when normal conditions resumed. The loving cup is estimated 10,000-15,000.

The highlight of the auction is the Armada table made from wood salvaged more than 400 years ago. As many as 27 Spanish ships were lost off the Irish coast in 1588. The catalogue cover is a 1760’s uniformed portrait of Capt. Edward O’Brien of Dromoland Castle by Robert Hunter (1715-1780). The estimate is 30,000-40,000. Two other lots of note from Dromoland are a set of Giant Irish Deer antlers and skull (30,000-50,000) and an iron bound 15th/16th century muniments chest (used for storing documents) at 8,000-12,000. A collection of nearly 50 lots of old Irish glass formed by Mrs. Noel Guinness of the banking family in the early part of the last century is highlighted by a late 18th century Waterford or Cork fruit bowl (1,500-2,500). There are decanters, preserve jars, serving dishes, milk jugs with estimates from 100 upwards.

An exceptional irish George II mahogany drop leaf table is estimated at 30,000-50,000, as is a pair of Irish George I walnut console tables. Among many other furniture lots of note are an Irish George II side table, a Louis Seize style ormolu and marquetry commode, a pair of Georgian style giltwood pier tables and mirrors in the manner of William Kent and a George IV pedestal sideboard.

(See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for September 15 and October 11, 2018)

Republican silver loving cup UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

18th century Waterford or Cork fruit bowl. UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,400 AT HAMMER

Tags: James Adam Dublin, Republican Silver, Townley Hall
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COUNTRY HOUSE COLLECTIONS SALE AT TOWNLEY HALL

Thursday, October 11th, 2018

The annual James Adam Country House Collection sale at Townley Hall near Drogheda features 730 highly collectible lots with items from Dromoland headed by the Armada Table estimated at 100,000-200,000. There is antique Irish furniture, art, silver, glass and a variety of collectibles, The catalogue is online and viewing gets underway on October 13. Here is a small selection:

(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for September 15, 2018)

THE DROMOLAND CASTLE MEGALOCEROS GIGANTEUS. Giant Irish Deer antlers and skull, c. 12,000 – 8,000 BC (30,000-50,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 47,000 AT HAMMER

A 19TH CENTURY CARVED GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

A FINE GOTHIC REVIVAL MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE (8,000-12,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 12,000 AT HAMMER

AN IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY BRASS BOUND TURF BUCKET (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,000 AT HAMMER

A 19TH CENTURY GOTHIC REVIVAL STONE WELL-HEAD (5,000-7,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 10,000

Tags: Great Irish Deer, James Adam Dublin, Townley Hall
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DESIGN AND CONTEMPORARY ART AT DE VERES

Wednesday, October 10th, 2018

An auction of modern design furniture and contemporary art takes place at de Veres in Dublin on October 14. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

Gwen O’Dowd
CLADACH SERIES (2005) (1,000-2,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,100 AT HAMMER

A CHROME BAUHAUS DRINKS TROLLEY,
BY OLIVER BERNARD FOR PEL (300-500) UPDATE: THIS MADE 300 AT HAMMER

Patrick Scott HRHA, 1921-2014 TABLE FOR MEDITATION (6,000-9,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,500 AT HAMMER

A ROSEWOOD OVAL DINING TABLE, DANISH, 1970s (600-900) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

A PAIR OF ITALIAN TUB CHAIRS ATTRIBUTED TO GIORGETTI, MILAN (800-1,200) UPDATE: THESE MADE 1400 AT HAMMER

Tags: Bauhaus, de Veres Dublin, Patrick Scott
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VICTORIAN SUIT OF ARMOUR AT WOODWARDS

Tuesday, October 9th, 2018

Something you don’t happen across every day – a Victorian suit of armour – comes up at Woodwards in Cork on October 13 with an estimate of 400-800. Prime lots at the auction include a pair of garden benches by Pierce of Wexford (1,500-2,000), a Victorian dining table (1,000-1,500), a set of ten Regency design dining chairs (600-1,000) and a pair of Art Deco chandeliers (500-1,000). The catalogue is online. Here is a sample:

Victorian suit of armour

Early evening, France by Arthur Maderson

Tags: Victorian suit of armour, Woodwards Cork
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19th CENTURY CHAIRS WITH O’BRIEN FAMILY CREST AT FONSIE MEALY

Sunday, October 7th, 2018

A rare set of 19th century mahogany side chairs at Fonsie Mealy’s sale in Castlecomer at 10.30 am on October 10 is billed by the auctioneer as the most important seated furniture to come to market in recent times. The 10 chairs bear the crest of the O’Brien family of Dromoland Castle and are estimated at 10,000-15,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s 800 lot sale includes a number of items from Dromoland but the highlight from that collection – a 430 year old table made from wood from the Spanish Armada – will come up as lot 101 at the James Adam Country House Collections sale at Townley Hall, Drogheda on October 16 with an estimate of 100,000-200,000.

At Fonsie Mealy’s an over sized Killarney wood davenport from the Great Exhibition of Manufacturers, Machinery and Fine Arts at the RDS in 1864 from the Corcoran family is estimated at 7,000-9,000. Among the artists whose work will feature are Louis le Brocquy, Gerard Dillon, William Crozier, Mildred Anne Butler, Kenneth Webb, George Campbell and Hughie O’Donoghue.

A full length portrait of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (1610-1688) from Peter Lely and the studio of Peter Lely is estimated at 25,000-35,000. It was formerly in the collection of the Earls of Shrewsbury. A full length oortrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington by John Jackson (1778-1831) is estimated at 15,000-20,000. Among the pieces from Dromoland are an 18th century sundial (4,000-6,000) complete with its original receipt from T. Crowther and Son, London issued to Lady Inchiquin.

(See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for September 15 and October 5, 2018)

UPDATE: The auction totalled more than 350,000 on the hammer and was 80% sold.

19th century chairs with the crest of the O’Brien family of Dromoland Castle UPDATE: THESE MADE 19,000 AT HAMMER

An oversized exhibition Killarney davenport UPDATE: THIS MADE 14,000 AT HAMMER

18th century sundial UPDATE: THIS MADE 11,000 AT HAMMER

Tags: Dromoland Castle, Fonsie Mealy, Killarney furniture
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