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    AN ELEPHANT BIRD EGG AT SOTHEBY’S

    Monday, April 27th, 2015
    An intact and complete Elephant Bird Egg, Madagascar, 17th-century or earlier. Copyright Sotheby’s.

    An intact and complete Elephant Bird Egg, Madagascar, 17th-century or earlier. Copyright Sotheby’s.

    An elephant bird egg, measuring over 30 centimeters high, comes up at Sotheby’s in London on April 30.  The extremely rare egg – believed to be over 400 years old – is from the largest bird ever to live on the planet.

    Now extinct, the great elephant bird – a giant flightless bird indigenous to the island of Madagascar – measured over three metres tall, and weighed over half a ton.

    The elephant bird became extinct at some point between the 13th and 17th centuries, so this perfectly intact example could be up to 800 years old.

    Due to their colossal size and rarity the eggs became sought-after in the late 19th century.  This one is from the collection of  Swiss carriage-maker and businessman Otto Alfred Heimburger.

    Estimated at £30,000-50,000 the egg is part of a Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History auction.

    UPDATE: This was unsold but a reassembled sold for £2,215

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    A FABERGE CIGARETTE CASE AT DURROW AUCTION

    Saturday, April 25th, 2015
    A Faberge cigarette case, an early 20th century flying machine and an Elizabethan refectory table are among the lots on offer at Sheppards two day sale in Durrow, Co. Laois on April 28 and 29. The sale offers 1,300 lots of period furniture, fine art, decorative art, jewellery and garden statuary.  There are examples of Sevres porcelain, a collection of Louis Vuitton bags, a nude by Paul Sieffert, marble and stone garden statuary, musical instruments, carpets, rugs, jewellery and even a flying machine powered by a Villiers engine from the 1920’s.
    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for April 17, 2015).

    ITALIAN MINIATURE AND ORMOLU MOUNTED EBONY JEWELLERY CASKET (6,000-9,000)

    ITALIAN MINIATURE AND ORMOLU MOUNTED EBONY JEWELLERY CASKET (6,000-9,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 8,500

    An early 20th century flying machine (3,000-5,000)

    An early 20th century flying machine (3,000-5,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,400

    An Elizabethan carved oak refectory table 16th century and later (6,000-9,000).

    An Elizabethan carved oak refectory table 16th century and later (6,000-9,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 6,500

    A presentation Faberge silver cigarette case (1,000-1,500).

    A presentation Faberge silver cigarette case (1,000-1,500).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,000

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    MORE THAN 300 LOTS OF ART AND COLLECTIBLES AT DOLAN’S

    Friday, April 24th, 2015

    More than 300 lots of art, antiques and collectibles will come under the hammer at Dolan’s Bank Holiday Sunday sale at Kelly’s Hotel in Rosslare, Co. Wexford on May 3. The catalogue is on-line.  Here is a small selection from the art on offer:

    David ffrench le Roy b.1971 SPRING FLOWERS (700-850)

    David ffrench le Roy
    b.1971
    SPRING FLOWERS (700-850)  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 800

    Brian Ballard RUA YELLOW ROSES (950-1,250)

    Brian Ballard RUA
    YELLOW ROSES (950-1,250)  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,475

    James le Jeune RHA 1910 - 1983 CHILDREN ON THE BEACH (3,500-4,500)

    James le Jeune RHA
    1910 – 1983
    CHILDREN ON
    THE BEACH (3,500-4,500)  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 4,600

    Mainie Jellett 1897 - 1944 THE WAVE (4,500-5,000)

    Mainie Jellett
    1897 – 1944
    THE WAVE (4,500-5,000)

    Markey Robinson 1918 - 1999 WATCHING THE BOATS (!,200-1,400).

    Markey Robinson
    1918 – 1999
    WATCHING THE BOATS (!,200-1,400).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,000

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    DESIGN AND ART AT DE VERES DUBLIN AUCTION

    Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015

    The design and art auction at de Veres at Kildare St. in Dublin on April 28 offers a mix of 20th  century design furniture including a number of Danish pieces.  The sale will also include about 40 lots of Irish art, among them several larger canvasses such as Brian Bourke’s diptych entitled East Manhattan and John Shinnors’ Black Skirt Still Life. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection.

    Sir Norman Foster THE NOMOS TABLE FOR TECNO, ITALY, (1,500-2,000)

    Sir Norman Foster
    THE NOMOS TABLE
    FOR TECNO, ITALY, (1,500-2,000)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    THE SIESTA CHAIR AND STOOL, BY INGMAR RELLING FOR WESTNOFA (500-700)

    THE SIESTA CHAIR AND STOOL,
    BY INGMAR RELLING FOR WESTNOFA (500-700)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 600

    An elliptical coffee table by Cini Boeri (600-900).

    An elliptical coffee table by Cini Boeri (600-900). UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,600

    A c1965 Danish rosewood sideboard by Bernard Pedersen and Sons, Copenhagen (2,000-3,000).

    A c1965 Danish rosewood sideboard by Bernard Pedersen and Sons, Copenhagen (2,000-3,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,400

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    A PERFECT 100 CARAT DIAMOND MAKES $22.1 MILLION

    Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
    The perfect stone.

    The perfect stone.

    An extraordinary 100.20-carat ‘Perfect Diamond’ in a classic Emerald-cut sold for $22.1 million at Sotheby’s NewYork headquarters. Diamonds of this exceptional quality – D color and Internally Flawless clarity – are incredibly rare, and are considered ‘perfect’.  What distinguishes the present example within this rarefied league is its beautiful shape: it is the largest perfect diamond with a classic Emerald-cut ever to be sold at auction.

    Only six perfect diamonds weighing over 100 carats have sold at auction in the last 25 years.  The sale of magnificent jewels totaled $65.1 million. Ten jewels sold for more than $1 million, including four sold to online bidders.

     

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for February 13, 2015).

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    HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS OF CHINA

    Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015

    A series of rare photographs and maps of China will be offered for sale at Sotheby’s sale of Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History in London on April 30.  Created nearly 150 years ago, they include some of the earliest images of the country, bringing to light a historic China and illuminating a landscape now changed beyond recognition.  Highlights include: a rare large-scale historic Chinese woodcut map of Beijing; 60 photographs of 1870s Xiamen; 100 of 1870’s Ningbo and over 100 of 1860’s Beijing.

    Photographs of historic China are highly desired by collectors around the globe.  The auction record for any historic photographs of the region currently stands at £349,250 for a rare album of photographs by John Thomson titled Foochow and the River Min which sold at Sotheby’s on 15 November 2012.  One of an edition of only 46, this album was offered for sale by descendants of the original tea-merchant owner, Oliver Latham, who won the album in a pigeon match in Foochow in April 1873.

    One of 60 photographs of 1870's Xiamen (£40,000-60,000).

    One of 60 photographs of 1870’s Xiamen (£40,000-60,000).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £50,000

    A complete map of Shun Tian.

    A rare historic map of Beijing (£40,000-60,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £37,500

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    GREAT COLLECTION OF TIFFANY AT SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK

    Tuesday, April 21st, 2015

    One of the greatest collections of Tiffany and prewar design to appear at auction will come up at Sotheby’s in New York on May 19.  The sale  of the Warshawsky collection, assembled by the Chicago based Ray Warshawsky from the late 1960’s to the early 1990’s, features works of rich quality and luminosity of colour.  He assembled an encyclopedic collection of Tiffany which spans every artistic discipline of the firms production.

    UPDATE: The Collection totalled $7,951,125 with 98.6% of all lots sold. Fierce demand for the collection’s many treasures drove more than three-quarters of all 138 lots on offer to exceed their pre-sale high estimates.

    Tiffany Studios - Elaborate Peony Lamp c1910 ($600,000-900,000).

    Tiffany Studios – Elaborate Peony Lamp c1910 ($600,000-900,000).  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

     

    Tiffany Studios River of Life Window, (1915) ($200,000-300,000).

    Tiffany Studios River of Life Window, (1915) ($200,000-300,000).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR $394,000

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    AN AUCTION OF CONTENTS FROM A CAHIR CONVENT

    Sunday, April 19th, 2015
    In the 1990’s in Ireland sales of contents from convents and monasteries were almost commonplace. They are more unusual now but Charleville, Co. Cork based P.J. O’Gorman will offer contents from the Convent of Mercy in Cahir, Co. Tipperary on April 25 at noon.  The auction will take place at the convent, which has been in operation in this location since 1881. Antique furnitures in these sales tends to have been well maintained and in good condition.  Prime lots this time include a four door Regency breakfront secretaire bookcase and a mahogany pedestal desk.  There are Victorian two and three door bookcases, sets of Victorian dining chairs, chaises longues, Victorian sideboards, a walnut davenport, church pews, religious prints, statues, porcelain, glass, brass candlesticks and plated silver among more than 500 lots.

    A Regency secrétaire four door bookcase.

    A Regency secrétaire four door bookcase.  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 3,600

    A mahogany cylinder pedestal bureau.

       A mahogany cylinder pedestal bureau.  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 800

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    SHEPPARDS TWO DAY SALE IN DURROW, CO. LAOIS

    Friday, April 17th, 2015

    Period furniture, fine art, decorative art, jewellery and garden statuary will all come under the hammer at Sheppards two day sale in Durrow, Co. Laois on April 28 and 29.  A total of 1,300 lots will come under the hammer. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

    This Italian violin of the Milan school, estimated at 4,000-6,000, sold for 9,400

    This Italian violin of the Milan school, estimated at 4,000-6,000, sold for 9,400

    Paul Sieffert (1874-1957) Study of a female nude, oil on canvas (12,000-16,000).

    Paul Sieffert (1874-1957) Study of a female nude, oil on canvas (12,000-16,000).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 19,000

    A c1790 satinwood and marquetry side table (3,000-5,000)

    A c1790 satinwood and marquetry side table (3,000-5,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 4,800

    Pair of Edwardian brass hall lanterns (2,500-3,500).

    Pair of Edwardian brass hall lanterns (2,500-3,500).  UPDATE: THESE DID NOT SELL.

    18th century French emerald ring (approx 5 carat) with 20 baguette cut diamonds set in yellow gold (6,000-8,000).

    18th century French emerald ring (approx 5 carat) with 20 baguette cut diamonds set in yellow gold (6,000-8,000).  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    A 19th century Italian sculpted stone cherub (1,400-1,800).

    A 19th century Italian sculpted stone cherub (1,400-1,800).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,000

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    RICH PICKINGS AT COURTOWN HOUSE SALE IN CO. KILDARE

    Wednesday, April 15th, 2015

    The James Adam on the premises house contents auction at Courtown House and Stud, Kilcock, Co. Kildare on April 22 offers some expensively estimated fine furniture of interest to international collectors. But there are plenty of pickings for serious collectors of more modest means.  Here is a small selection.  The catalogue is online. (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for April 8, 2015).

    A British public telephone box with Royal cypher (1,000-1,500).

    A British public telephone box with Royal cypher (1,000-1,500).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,800

    A suite of three Irish George III silver salvers, Dublin 1782 (12,000-16,000)

    A suite of three Irish George III silver salvers, Dublin 1782 (12,000-16,000)  UPDATE: THESE WERE UNSOLD

    An Irish George II gilt wood mirror with later carved eagle (6,000-10,000).

    An Irish George II gilt wood mirror with later carved eagle (6,000-10,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 6,000

    An Irish George III carved gilt wood and rosewood console table (4,000-6,000).

    An Irish George III carved gilt wood and rosewood console table (4,000-6,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,800 AT HAMMER

    An Irish William IV tea poy by William and Gibton (800-1,200).

    An Irish William IV tea poy by William and Gibton (800-1,200).  UPDATE; THIS MADE 750 AT HAMMER

    A gilt metal standard lamp in Rococo revival style (500-800).

    A gilt metal standard lamp in Rococo revival style (500-800).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 300 AT HAMMER

    A Palladian revival carved gilt wood side table (5,000-7,000).

    A Palladian revival carved gilt wood side table (5,000-7,000).  UPDATE; THIS MADE 5,000 AT HAMMER

    A 19th century carved gilt wood sofa in Louis XVI style (3,000-5,000).

    A 19th century carved gilt wood sofa in Louis XVI style (3,000-5,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,800 AT HAMMER

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