Archive for the ‘COLLECTIBLES’ Category
Thursday, August 27th, 2015
The Ormonde Money gold pistole.
A rare Irish gold coin could make up to £100,000 at Dix Noonan Webb in London on September 15. The Ormonde money gold pistole – Ireland’s only gold coinage – dates from the Great Rebellion of the 17th century. Only 11 are known to have survived and nine of these are in museums and public collections. Issued by the Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, they were used to pay the Royalist garrison in Dublin. The coins were minted using foreign currency, bullion, rings and chains. Ormonde was the representative of Charles I in Ireland.
This specimen is from the collection of Theo Bullmore, the British chartered accountant who rose to become managing partner in KPMG. It will be sold along with the rest of a collection of Irish coins of the Great Rebellion 1642-49 built up by Mr. Bullmore.
UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £78,000
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Thursday, August 27th, 2015
The Abba piano.
The “ABBA Piano”, the first major piece of ABBA material to be offered at auction, comes up at Sotheby’s in London on September 29. No other single instrument has featured more prominently in pop music since the 1970’s. From the opening refrain of ‘Mamma Mia’, to ‘Waterloo’, ‘Dancing Queen’ and ‘Money, Money, Money’, the sound of this piano has resonated throughout countless bedrooms, headphones and dancefloors across the world. The instrument on which ABBA recorded their best-loved songs is from the collection of Atlantis Grammofon (formerly known as Metronome Studios), where ABBA recorded their greatest hits. Estimated at £600,000-800,000, it is accompanied by a certificate of authentication signed by Benny Andersson in 2015.
“The Bolin Grand, one of a kind and a great source of inspiration while working in the recording studio during the ABBA sessions!” Benny Andersson said this year. It was originally built for American composer and jazz pianist Bill Evans (1929-1980) by the Swedish designer George Bolin (1912-1993). It was purchased by the Metronome Studios in Stockholm in 1967 and featured on virtually all ABBA recordings from 1973-77.
In 2000 John Lennon’s Steinway upright piano, on which he composed Imagine, sold for £1.67 million. The upright piano which featured in Rick’s Cafe Americain in the film Casablanca sold for $3.4 million last year.
UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Tags: ABBA, Bolin Grand, sotheby's
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
The Dylan lyrics
In 1962, in a small room above the legendary Gaslight Folk Club in Greenwich Village, New York, the 21-year-old Bob Dylan, hunched at a typewriter, wrote what is widely considered one of the greatest songs in the history of rock music. Fifty-three years later, the original type-written manuscript for the revolutionary, A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, has emerged for sale at Sotheby’s in London, where it is estimated to sell for £150,000-200,000.
Described by Rolling Stone magazine as “the greatest protest song by the greatest protest songwriter of his time”, it marks a key artistic breakthrough by the most influential songwriter alive today. The scratchings-out and revisions offer fresh insight into the creative process behind one of the world’s most loved songs.
The lyrics will be part of Sotheby’s “Rock & Pop” sale in London on September 29.
UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
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Sunday, August 23rd, 2015
A 19th century Dutch two door display cabinet and a selection of Waterford Crystal chandeliers are among the1,200 lots on offer at
R.J. Keighery’s City Auction Rooms in Waterford on August 24. The sale includes furniture, 150 lots of vintage Waterford Crystal, a collection of 1950’s toys, jewellery, paintings and rugs. The catalogue is online.
A Corgi 267 Batmobile (40-60).
A Dutch two door display cabinet (1,800-2,400)
Tags: DUTCH DISPLAY CABINET, R.J. KEIGHERY
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Thursday, August 20th, 2015
Fine art and memorabilia from the personal collection of television legend Samuel “Sam” Simon (1955-2015) – co-creator of The Simpsons – will come up across a series of auctions at Sotheby’s in New York this autumn. Sam Simon’s passions extended beyond television to include a notable career as a boxing manager, as well as a lasting legacy as a champion of animal rights. To that end, full proceeds from the sale of his collection will benefit the multi-platform Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation, which supports both animal welfare programs and poverty alleviation and disaster relief organisations. He was showrunner on Taxi and a writer/producer/director on countless pop culture icons of the small screen.
Sam Simon’s creative eye manifested itself in his extensive art collection, which spans an impressive range of styles, genres and mediums. The strong figurative vein that runs throughout the group is evidenced in paintings such as Thomas Hart Benton’s T.P. and Jake, in which the artist communicates the emotional connection between a boy and his dog in beautiful detail ($1.5/2.5 million). That work held such personal significance to Simon that it is pictured in the logo for the Sam Simon Foundation.
Thomas Hart Benton, T.P. and Jake.
Auguste Rodin, Balzac en robe de dominic
Circa 1990 The Simpsons Data East Pinball Machine
An interior shot of Sam Simon’s house in Los Angeles.
Mel Ramos, Val Veeta
Simon’s Personal The Simpsons Jacket
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2015
A magnificent companion pair to the Blake of London commodes in the Frick Collection will come up at Sotheby’s in New York on October 15. The estimate is $300,000-500,000. Sotheby’s auctions of 19th Century Furniture & Decorative Arts in New York will feature both a dedicated single-owner sale from a distinguished Asian collection and a various owners auction. The collection was formed over 50 years with the help of renowned dealers in London and Paris. There are 18th and 19th century pieces based on royal and aristocratic models of the ancien regime as well as creations from Francois Linke and Leon Message.
The Frick Commodes’ Companion Pair Boulle Style Marquetry Commodes by George-Henry Blake (19th Century Furniture & Decorative Arts)
A Large Louis XVI ormolu mantle clock, Paris c1765 – (Property from a Distinguished Private Asian Collection) ($25,000-35,000).
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2015
Bargain hunters will find much of interest at the Attic sale at James Adam in Dublin on August 25. The catalogue, which is online, lists 332 lots. This is an auction which offers lots of opportunities to someone wishing to start a collection. All will be sold without reserves and estimates are modest. Here is a small selection:
Michael Coleman – Blue Abstract (100-200). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
A Victorian fold over card table (150-250). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 140 AT HAMMER.
A Chinese cherrywood nest of tables (100-150). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 60 AT HAMMER.
A 19th century gilt wood and gesso over mantle mirror (300-400). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 320
A George III chest of drawers (200-300). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 350 AT HAMMER.
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Friday, August 14th, 2015
A carved oak St. Catherine formerly in the collection of William Randolph Hearst is among the lots from the estate of German American actress Luise Rainer (1910-2014) to be offered by Juliens Auctions in Beverly Hills on October 1. It is estimated at $3,000-5,000. Once known as the new Garbo, Luise Rainer was the first actress to win back-to-back Academy Awards, the first in 1936 for her performance as Anna Held in The Great Ziegfeld and the second in 1937 for her performance as O-Lan in The Good Earth. Her collection features European antiques, Old Master and Contemporary art, career memorabilia, furniture and personal effects from her longtime home in London’s Eaton Square.
Carved oak statue of St. Catherine ($3,000-5,000).
Embellished evening bags ($100-200)
Sculpture – George Kolbe (German 1877-1947) ($30.000-40,000)
Icon, Russian School, 17th century ($4,000-6,000).
An 18th century bureau secretary bookcase ($6,000-8,000).
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Sunday, August 9th, 2015
An Irish George III stool with cabriole legs and a George II circular wine table with birdcage movement originally purchased at the Adare Manor auction in June 1982 will come up at
Hegarty’s auction in Bandon on August 11. Hegarty’s have not put an estimate on lots 329 and 330 on their online catalogue. The sale features a coin, jewellery and silver collection. The highlight here is a proof 22 carat gold medal commemorating the 900th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings by Spink and Sons, London, 1966. The medal weighs six ounces and is estimated at 5,000-7,000.
A 1966 proof gold medal by Spink, London commemorating the 900th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings (5,000-7,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 4,100 AT HAMMER
Irish mahogany footstool, purchased from the Adare Manor collection auction. UPDATE: THIS MADE 850 AT HAMMER
An 18th century Irish mahogany bird cage wine table, 1760, with one-piece top, of exceptional quality, purchased from the Adare Manor collection auction UPDATE: THIS MADE 950 AT HAMMER
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2015
Paintings, drawings, furniture and historical memorabilia from the French royal family will come up at Sotheby’s in Paris on September 29. The sale from the collections of the late Comte de Paris (1909-1999) and Comtesse de Paris (1911-2003) is from the dynasty that reigned over France for nearly a thousand years. There are 200 lots from various residences of the Orléans family, the cadet branch, which later became the eldest branch of the Royal House of France. In 1848, during the July Revolution which ended the reign of Louis-Philippe, they went with the royal family into exile, firstly to Claremont House in England, then to the Manoir d’Anjou in Belgium, and then to Portugal. They returned to France in the 1950s when the exile act barring pretenders to the French throne from French territory was repealed. They have always remained the private property of the descendants of King Louis-Philippe. The works have been housed since 1974 by the Fondation Saint-Louis and were restored to the heirs of the Comte and Comtesse de Paris by a district court ruling in 2013.
Louis-Phillippe, duc de Valois au Berceau by Nicolas Bernard Lepicie (150,000-200,000).
an 1821 portrait by Horace Vernet of the Duc de Chartres (50,000-70,000).
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