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ADAMS COUNTRY HOUSE COLLECTIONS AT TOWNLEY HALL

Sunday, October 9th, 2016

A three meter long mid-Georgian Chippendale serving table is among a number of highly collectible lots at Adams Country House Collections auction at Townley Hall, Drogheda on October 11. More than 600 lots will showcase Irish country house interior decoration. Irish Georgian furniture and some early portraits attributed to Robert Hunter, Sir Joshua Reynolds and Sir Anthony Van Dyke will create international interest. There is furniture and art, garden furniture, silver, porcelain, books, glass, carpets, prints and antique maps. Among other lots of fine furniture are a pair of inlaid and painted satinwood pier tables (30,000-50,000), a mahogany breakfront bookcase (10,000-15,000), an Irish yew secretaire (5,000-8,000), a large brass bound turf bucket (15,000-20,000), several pairs of Irish Georgian games tables and large Williams and Gibton dining tables.

A portrait by Robert Hunter of Robert King (1724-1755), MP for Boyle who became Baron Kingsborough at the age of 23, is estimated at 20,000-30,000. A portrait from the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds of John Byron, grandfather of the poet, is estimated at 35,000-45,000 and one of Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory attributed to van Dyke is estimated at 10,000-15,000. A view by William Sadler of Dublin Bay from the South is estimated at 8,000-10,000 and a painting of the Meath Hunt by Thomas Walker Bretland is estimated at 30,000-40,000. A c1767I Dublin silver freedom box by Bartholomew Stokes presented to Theophilus Jones is estimated at 10,000-15,000. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

A portrait of Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory attributed to Sir Anthony van Dyke (10,000-15,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 68,000 AT HAMMER

An exceptionally long George III Chippendale serving table (15,000-20,000) UPDATE:THIS MADE 15,000 AT HAMMER

A portrait of Capt. John Byron, grandfather to the poet, from the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds (35,000-45,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 32,000 AT HAMMER

Two Cork Glass Company decanters with moulded target stoppers with another decanter (2,000-3,000) UPDATE: THIS LOT MADE 1,700 AT HAMMER

Tags: adams, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Townley Hall
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SOTHEBY’S AUTUMN HONG KONG SALES ACHIEVE US$285 MILLION

Friday, October 7th, 2016

Fu Baoshi, Warriors on the Night March
Sold for: US$3,543,590

The five day autumn sales series at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong achieved US$285 million and exceeded the high estimate. The series brought major sales at Sotheby’s in Asia so far this year to US$690 million. The top lot of the series was a Qing dynasty Imperial Khotan green jade seal, which made US$11.7 million. Significantly the series attracted a new generation of bidders. Over 40% were under the age of 40. There were participants from 28 countries. All top lots in the sale of Fine Chinese Paintings found buyers. and top quality modern works performed with strength.

This was the highest value offering of Western Contemporary Art ever held in a major Hong Kong auction and there was an auction record for a work on paper by Keith Haring. Jean Michel Basquiat’s Infantry sold for US$5.98 million.

Kevin Ching, CEO, Sotheby’s Asia, said: “I am pleased that the total for major sales at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in 2016 matched that of 2015, demonstrating Asia’s resistance to uncertainty in some segments of the market. Collectors were selective, but demand for the most desirable pieces remained robust, leading to outstanding prices.”

(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for September 6, 2016)

Tags: Fu Baoshi, Sotheby's Hong Kong
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AN 18TH CENTURY SPORTING GUN FROM FRANCE AT TOWNLEY HALL

Thursday, October 6th, 2016

The 18th century French sporting gun. UPDATE: THIS MADE 10,000 AT HAMMER

An 18th flintlock sporting gun is one of the more unusual lots at the Country House Collections auction by James Adam at Townley Hall, Drogheda, Co. Louth on October 11. It was made by a gunmaker who managed to keep his head in revolutionary France. Nicholas-Noel Boutet was a director of the Versailles Rifle Manufactory. He was son of the Royal Gunsmith and had the title Gunmaker in Ordinary to the King. But during the Revolution he worked for Napoleon at the State of Arms company.

The gun, which is estimated at 8,000-12,000 is single stage barrel. The sighting ridge is engraved with a sunburst with crown and numbered No.38. There is a carved walnut stock extending fully to the muzzle, with ebon ramrod. The silver mounts are hallmarked and engraved with foliage. There is a leather cheek piece at the butt. The catalogue for the sale, which is online, lists 647 lots.

Tags: james adam, Nicholas-Noel Boutet, Townley Hall
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20th CENTURY AND EUROPEAN DESIGN FURNITURE AND IRISH ART AT DE VERES

Saturday, October 1st, 2016

A large pineapple form champagne ice bucket by Mauro Manetti, Florence 1960 (300-500) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 650 AT HAMMER

An auction of 20th century and quality contemporary design furniture by de Veres takes place at the Royal College of Physicians, Kildare St., Dublin at 6 p.m. on October 4. There are Danish and Italian pieces from the 1950’s, ’60’s and ’70’s with work by designers like Finn Juhl, Arne Vodder, Niels Moller, Philippe Starck, Willy Rizzo, C + B Italia and Poltrona Frau. There will be some lots of modern Irish art with work by Hughie O’Donoghue, Patrick Scott, John Noel Smith, Sean McSweeney, Barrie Cooke and Felim Egan.

The catalogue cover lot is this large pineapple form champagne ice bucket by Mauro Manetti. Lot 27 is an unusual cocktail table with hinged burr walnut top that opens to reveal its contents. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

A BURR WALNUT METAMORPHIC COCKTAIL TABLE
IN WILLY RIZZO STYLE, FRENCH, 1970s (1,400-1,800) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,400 AT HAMMER

John Noel Smith b.1952
UNTITLED (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 2,600 AT HAMMER.

A DANISH ROSEWOOD MOBILE BAR,
by CFC Silkeborg, 1960s (400-600) UPDATE: THIS MADE 370 AT HAMMER

A PANTELLA STANDARD LAMP,
BY LOUIS POULSEN (300-500) UPDATE: THIS MADE 350 AT HAMMER

THE MT3 ROCKING CHAIR
BY RON ARAD FOR DRIADE (400-600) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 500 AT HAMMER

Tags: de Veres Dublin, Design, Finn Juhl, Willy Rizzo
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BLUE AND WHITE CUPS MAKE 23,000 AT SHEPPARDS

Friday, September 30th, 2016

This pair of chicken cups sold for 23,000 at hammer.

A pair of Chinese blue and white chicken cups sold for 23,000 on the third day of Sheppards four day auction at Loughton House, Co. Offaly. Bearing the retrospective six character Chenghua reign marks, Kangxi Period (1662-1722) they had been estimated at just 800-1,200. A gilt bronze Buddha dating from the 17th/18th century with a top estimate of 5,000 made a hammer price of 17,000 in a day that saw some good results for Oriental ceramic pieces. A Chinese blue and white Phoenix tail vase made 2,900; a pair of Chinese Qing polychrome bowls made 4,500; a Famille Rose bowl made 2,800; a small saucer dish with the seal mark of Qianlong made 3,400: a blue and white portrait plaque made 5,500; a Qing gourd vase made 5,000 and a pair of Famille Vert baluster bases made 6,000.

A north west Persian carpet sold for 5,400, a George IV brass bound wine cooler made 9,000, a c1720 inlaid serpentine chest made 3,000 and a Regency brass inlaid library table sold for 4,800 at hammer.

This c1720 serpentine chest made 3,000 at hammer.

This gilt bronze Buddha sold for 17,000

This George IV wine cooler made 9,000 at hammer.

Tags: Loughton House, Sheppards
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MUCH TO BRING COLLECTORS TO KILFANE HOUSE SALE AT THOMASTOWN

Thursday, September 29th, 2016

With everything from a fine Killarney wood table to a bronzed caryatid after Garnier Mealy’s antique and fine art sale at Kilfane House, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny at 11 a.m. on October 4 holds much to excite a cross section of collectors. This fascinating house contents sale will include some lots from the private collection of Sir Anthony O’Reilly at Castlemartin, Co. Kildare. Viewing gets underway at Kilfane on Saturday and there will be a shuttle bus service from The Longman of Kilfane, where the auction is to be held on Tuesday. There is a great selection of fine Irish furniture, gilt wood mirrors, art, bronzes, ceramics, glass, silver, rare books, rugs and garden furniture in an auction of over 600 lots. Both the sale and the catalogue are online. Here is a selection:

MID-18TH CENTURY IRISH SIDE TABLE (20,000-30,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

AFTER GARNIER
a bronzed cast iron and parcel gilt caryatid, holding a cornucopia (5,800-6,500) UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,500 AT HAMMER

18TH CENTURY CARVED IRISH GILTWOOD WALL MIRROR,
the rococo crest with C-scrolls (8,000-12,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 5,400 AT HAMMER

PIERRE LOUIS DÉTRIER (1822-1897),
after Giambologna (c. 1880), Nessus Abducting Deianara (5,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 4,200 AT HAMMER

20TH CENTURY COPY OF THE GILT METAL MOUNTED WALNUT CYPHON TUBE BAROMETER,
after the original by Thomas Thompkin, in the Royal collection at Hampton Court Palace (3,000-4,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,800 AT HAMMER

A Killarney centre table (8,500-10,500) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 7,000

Tags: Garnier, Kilfane House, Killarney wood, mealy's, Sir Anthony O'Reilly
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JOE BARRETT GAA MEDAL COLLECTION MAKES 40,000

Thursday, September 29th, 2016

The Joe Barrett medal collection.

The Joe Barrett GAA medal collection was the top lot at Fonsie Mealy’s Rare Books and Collectors sale in Kilkenny on September 28. In 1929 Joe Barrett was the first Kerryman to lift the Sam Maguire trophy and his medal collection sold for a hammer price of 40,000. It went to a private collector in Kerry. The Phil Shanahan of Toomevara GAA medal collection went for 19,000. A facsimile of the Book of Kells made 5,000 and a Seamus Heaney handwritten foolscap manuscript critique of Celtic Art, an introduction by Ian Finlay made 2,000. A pamphlet presented by Heaney to Sean White complete with a three verse poem in Heaney’s own handwriting made 1,700 and an 1840 edition of The Ancient Music of Ireland edited by Bunting made sold for 1,600.

Stirrings Still by Samuel Beckett, with illustrations by Louis le Brocquy and signed by both sold for 1,500. A 1935 limited edition of Ulysses by James Joyce with illustrations by Henri Matisse signed by the artist sold for 1,400.

(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for September 23, 2016)

Tags: Fonsie Mealy, Henri Matisse, James Joyce, Joe Barrett medal collection, Louis le Brocquy, Samuel Beckett
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TOP SILVER LOTS FAIL TO FIND BUYERS AT SHEPPARDS

Wednesday, September 28th, 2016

This pair of c1735 candlesticks by Paul de Lamerie sold for 4,000 at hammer.

The top silver lots did not get away at Sheppards sale at Loughton House, Moneygall, Co. Offaly today. A pair of 1741 Irish silver covered ewers by Thomas Walker, Dublin estimated at 60,000-80,000 failed to find a buyer. A rare bullet shaped Cork Republican silver teapot, one of only two known, suffered a similar fate. Marked with the stamp only used during three months of the Irish Civil War from July to September 1922 when the Cork firm was unable to set items to the Assay Office in Dublin, it had been estimated at 15,000-25,000.

A pair of silver candlesticks made in 1735 by Paul de Lamerie sold at the top estimate of 4,000. This is the second day of the four day auction at Loughton House, which features Irish furniture, garden statuary, a library and archives, historic portraits and vintage and classic cars.

(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for September 20, 2016)

Tags: Paul de Lamerie, Sheppards, silver
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UNPUBLISHED SKETCH LEAF FOR EMPEROR CONCERTO AT SOTHEBY’S

Saturday, September 24th, 2016

An unpublished sketch-leaf for Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto. UPDATE: THIS MADE £377,000

A previously undocumented and unpublished sketch-leaf for Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto comes up at Sotheby’s in London on October 20. Offered on the open market for the first time in a sale entitled “The Library of an English Bibliophile, Part VI”, this sketch-leaf is one of the earliest for this great work, possibly containing Beethoven’s first draft of its famous themes. Most of the surviving drafts for the Fifth Piano Concerto are in two sketch-books in the Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Berlin.

Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto in E Flat Major, Op. 73 is dedicated to Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1788-1831), the brother of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor and Beethoven’s great friend, patron and pupil. The Archduke began taking lessons from Beethoven aged 15 or 16 and he was the only pupil that Beethoven taught composition to. It is estimated at £150,000-200,000. UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR £377,000

Tags: Emperor Concerto, Ludwig van Beethoven, sotheby's
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FONSIE MEALY SALE BRIMFUL OF INTEREST

Friday, September 23rd, 2016

First editions, literature, Republican and political items, sporting medals and all sorts of memorabilia will come up at Fonsie Mealy’s Rare Book and Collectors’s sale at the Ormonde Hotel in Kilkenny on September 28. More than 800 lots will come under the hammer. Lot 733 is a head and shoulders portrait of Archbishop Thomas William Croke (1824-1902), after whom Croke Park in Dublin is named. He was the second catholic bishop of the Diocese of Auckland in New Zealand and later Archbishop of Cashel and Emly in Ireland. The portrait, by P. MacEgan, is estimated at 800-1,200. A limited edition of The Playboy of the Western World with illustrations by Louis le Brocquy is estimated at 180-260 and a Marrowbone Lane combatants medal from 1916 is estimated at 2,000-3,000. There is an estimate of 300-400 on a selection of Irish political postcards and a programme for the 1978 rugby match at Thomond Park where Munster conquered the All-Blacks is estimated at 400-600. There is everything from signed first editions by Seamus Heaney to the Military Cross awarded to Tipperary chaplain Edmund Canon after an action at Ypres in 1917 (1,000-1,500) in a sale that is brimful of interest.