An 1827 edition of the Old Testament printed in Irish in Dublin and a 19th century ebonised credenza are among the highlights at a sale in Newcastlewest, Co. Limerick on November 11. The auction by O’Donovan and Associates will include a large collection of cinema posters from Latchfords Cinema in Newcastlewest in the 1960’s.
AN EBONISED CREDENZA AT O’DONOVANS
A CINEMA POSTER AT O’DONOVAN’S
Antique furniture, art, Oriental porcelain and collectibles all feature among a strong selection at the At Home sale at James Adam in Dublin at noon on November 12. Nearly 500 lots will come under the hammer. The catalogue is online. Here is a taste of what it contains:
A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE CELADON GLAZED HU-FORM VASES, Guangxu (1875-1908) (3,000-4,000) UPDATE: THESE MADE 21,000 AT HAMMER
ALFRED DE BREANSKI JUNIOR (1877-1955)
Autumn Morning in Co. Galway (6,000-8,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 6,000 AT HAMMER
A KILLARNEY ARBUTUS AND MARQUETRY INLAID FOLDING TOP CARD TABLE, mid-19th century, (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 6,600 AT HAMMER
A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE IV MAHOGANY FRAMED DINING CHAIRS (2,000-3,000) UPDATE: THESE MADE 3,400 AT HAMMER
A GEORGE II IRISH MAHOGANY BRASS BOUND PLATE BUCKET (500-800) UPDATE: THIS MADE 420 AT HAMMER
Nearly 1,000 lots will come under the hammer and the sale will be live on the internet. There is a George III style architectural fire surround and overmantle (2,400-2,600), some heavy cast iron garden benches and statuary, an Irish Georgian style reeded brass bound peat bucket, a Regency chaise longue, a long 19th century Irish pine kitchen table, a Cork silver soup ladle by Carden Terry and Jane Williams, a large Edwardian silver epergne, some jewellery and pistols a a c1920’s-30’s mechanical toy bank by Saalheimer and Strauss of Germany (1,500-2,000). The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:
A monkey band UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,200 AT HAMMER
A portrait of Daniel O’Connell UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,200 AT HAMMER
A bust of Daniel O’Connell UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 3,000
A German made toy mechanical bank from the 1920’s-30’s UPDATE; THIS MADE 8,500 AT HAMMER
Fonsie Mealy will offer a selection of lots from the Yeats family at his auction in Castlecomer on November 14. There are sketchbooks, furniture including the family bureau, silver, musical instruments and personal effects. The sale of around 700 lots will feature items from other estates including Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian furniture, stained glass and modern Irish art. The catalogue is online. Here is a sample.
JOHN BUTLER YEATS – SELF PORTRAIT (10,000-15,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 13,000 AT HAMMER
John Butler Yeats – A fine pen-and- ink Portrait of his son W.B. from 1886 (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 21,000 AT HAMMER
The winter sale at Mealy’s in Castlecomer, which takes place on November 7 and 8, features contents from a selection of country and city houses around Ireland. The auction will feature material formerly the property of Daniel O’Connell, the Liberator (1775-1847). Viewing gets underway in Castlecomer on November 5. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:
VICTORIA (DUBOURG) FANTIN-LATOUR, FRENCH 1840-1926, “Still Life, Roses in a Glass bowl, on a Marble Ledge (2,000-3,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,400 AT HAMMER
THE DANIEL O’CONNELL SILVER CRESTED SALVER, A LARGE HEAVY CHASED SILVER SALVER, by Richard Sawyer of Dublin 1839 (5,000-7,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,500 AT HAMMER
SERPENTINE-SHAPED NINETEENTH CENTURY FRENCH BRASS-MOUNTED PARQUETRY AND WALNUT LADIES WRITING TABLE (600-700) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,000 AT HAMMER
GEORGE III STYLE ARCHITECTURAL FIRE SURROUND AND OVERMANTEL (2,400-2,600) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
ROSEWOOD, WALNUT AND SATINWOOD-BANDED CABINET-ON-STAND (3,500-4,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,000 AT HAMMER
Derek Hill (1916-2000) – Portrait of Mary Robinson
Contents from the Mayo home of Ireland’s first woman President Mary Robinson will come under the hammer at Sheppards in Durrow on November 28 and 29 next. The contents of Massbrook include antique and contemporary furniture, art, glass, porcelain and collectible items. Around 200 lots from the estate will go under the hammer and the catalogue for the sale is being prepared. Among the lots to be sold are portraits of Mary Robinson and of her husband Nick by Derek Hill.
Mary Robinson served as president from 1990 to 1997. The family bought the Massbrook estate in 1994 and lived there when she left office. Mrs. Robinson served as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002.
A late 19th century Chinese dish with modelled nuts and seeds.
One of the more unusual lots at R.J. Keighery’s sale at the City Auction Rooms in Waterford on October 23 is a late 19th century Chinese dish of nuts and seeds. The finely modelled group of eight Yixing nuts and seeds carry means like fertility and good luck. Keighery’s say they are from the colleciton of the late Alvin Wilson of Hong Kong and Oxford and estimate the lot at 450-550.
The sale will feature pub mirrors and signs, a collection of vintage model cars, porcelain, jewellery. antique furniture and a Waterford Crystal claret decanter.
Shaun Leane for Alexander McQueen ‘Coiled Corset’ Courtesy of Chris Moore UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR $807,000
Original jewellery pieces for Alexander McQueen from the personal archive of London based designer Shaun Leane will come up at Sotheby’s in New York on December 4. They span his runway collections from autumn/winter 1996 to spring/summer 2008. The sale will feature over 45 bespoke pieces produced for beacons of the fashion industry, including Alexander McQueen and Givenchy, as well as style icons Daphne Guinness, Isabella Blow, Kate Moss and Sarah Jessica Parker. The selection on offer, including 30 pieces for McQueen, encapsulate the dynamism and diversity of Leane’s creative vision with works ranging from $2,000 to $400,000.
Among the highlights are the Coiled Corset for the Overlook Collection of 1999-2000. Inspired by the cult film The Shining it comprises 97 aluminium coils bent to fit the shape of the model. The corset is engraved with the names of Shaun Leane and Alexander McQueen. Leane’s jewellery is in the permanent collections of major museums include the Met in New York and the V and A in London.
A quote from McQueen as follows accompanies Sotheby’s press release: “Shaun has been a close friend and companion for many years. He captures the feeling of my work and the aesthetic of the time we live in…full of structure and finesse, crafted to perfection.”
UPDATE: The Personal Archive of Shaun Leane totaled $2.6 million, outshining the sale’s high estimate of $2 million. The dedicated auction of over 40 works created by British jewellery designer Shaun Leane offered collectors and enthusiasts a unique opportunity to acquire pieces of fashion history – many of which debuted in Alexander McQueen’s runway.
THIS PAIR OF MASSIVE MID 19TH CENTURY ORMOLU MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN VASES MADE 33,000
The James Adam Country House Collections sale at Townley Hall near Drogheda this week grossed over two million. The timed internet auction worked very well and grossed just over 50,000.
There were bidders from the US, Hong Kong, Germany, Holland, the UK and Ireland north and south.
Hammer prices for the top lots were as follows: George Barrets Mountainous Wooded River Landscape (200,000); a giltwood pier mirror by John and Francis Booker (50,000); a c1750 Irish armorial side table (40,000): Wooded landscape with figure by Solomon Delane (38,000); a pair of massive mid 19th century porcelain vases (33,000); a Ming revival blue and white moon flask, Yongzheng (32,000); an Irish Regency four pillar dining table (28,000); Games Still Life by Raoul Hynckes (26,000): George III giltwood overmantle mirror (25,000) and Portrait of a Lady by Sir Francis Grant (22,000).
(See posts on antiqueandartireland.com for October 8 and October 5, 2017)
There is a Victorian sideboard from the Cornish house where Daphne du Maurier lived for decades and inspired her novel Rebecca. It is estimated at 10,000. There is a similar estimate on a Great Irish Deer set of antlers. The auction is at Townley Hall near Drogheda. A section of nearly 200 lots at the end of the catalogue is being offered online and by written bids only. These include the Moyne collection of miniatures, antiquarian prints and books. They will come up at a timed internet auction which will run to 6 p.m. on October 11.
George Barret (c.1728-1784) A Mountainous Wooded River Landscape with Waterfall and Three Figures UPDATE: THS MADE 200,000 AT HAMMER
A giltwood pier mirror by John and Francis Booker UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 50,000 AT HAMMER
A Killarney marquetry davenport UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
A Victorian sideboard from the Cornish house Daphne du Maurier lived in which inspired her novel Rebecca. UPDATE: THIS MADE 11,000 AT HAMMER