Gothic style cast iron garden benches, a set of Art Deco dining chairs made in Paris around 1927, a pair of brass bound peat buckets and a Sevres style porcelain writing slope all feature at Mealy’s sale in Castlecomer on July 31. Irish brass bound peat buckets are always in demand by collectors and there are two in this sale, estimated respectively at 2,000-2,200 and 2,000-2,500.
The top furniture lot is an oblong French Art Deco macassar ebony dining table (c1925-30) by Dominique Andre Domin and Marcel Genevriere. It is estimated at 8,000-12,000. There is a set of eight Art Deco dining chairs by Andre Arbus (3,000-5,000) and a heavily carved Chinese side table (2,000-3,000) among a furniture offering which includes side tables, chairs, sideboards, breakfast and dining tables and a pair of satinwood demi lune commodes (2,800-3,500).
Art includes a large bronze study of a wounded stag by Holme Cardwell (1813-1897) (2,500-3,500), a coastal scene by George Drummond Fish (250-300) and a number of Irish and English School works. There is porcelain, rugs, a set of four pewter tankards, a scale model of the Titanic, clocks and miniatures on offer.
French Art Deco macassar ebony dining table. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
A large brass bound mahogany peat bucket UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,200 AT HAMMER
A Sevres style porcelain top writing slope. UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,600 AT HAMMER
One of a pair of gothic style cast iron benches: UPDATE: THIS LOT MADE 2,000 AT HAMMER
A bag once nearly thrown out with the rubbish sold for $1.8 million at Sotheby’s in New York. It was the one Neil Armstrong used to collect the first ever samples of the moon.
This mallet salvaged from Liberty Hall is part of a collection of Easter Rising memorabilia at