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ASHFORD CASTLE AUCTION A SELL OUT

Friday, July 25th, 2014

This specimen table was the top lot at the Ashford Castle sale. It made 5,000.

The auction of 1,000 lots of contents from Ashford Castle, one of Ireland’s most luxurious hotels, was a sellout this week. The sale, on location at Cong in Co. Mayo, was 100 per cent sold. Auctioneer Aidan Foley reported that more than 4,000 people turned up for the one day viewing on Tuesday and there were 1,000 bidders at the auction on Wednesday. On offer were contents from the castle, which is undergoing a major refurbishment. There was everything from kitchen equipment to soft furnishings to porcelain, lamps, Imari chargers and some antique furniture lots. Nearly everything sold for above estimate. The top lot was a marble specimen table which sold for 5,000.

(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for July 14, 2014)

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EARLY IRISH GEORGIAN DINING TABLE AT LYNES AND LYNES

Sunday, July 20th, 2014

An early Irish Georgian section dining table comes up at the Lynes and Lynes auction in Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork on July 26. It dates to around 1740-60 and is estimated at 2,000-2,500. A pair of c1830 Irish side cabinets with marble tops carry an estimate of 4,000-6,000. There is an Irish four poster bed by Williams and Gibton c1820 (1,500-2,000) and a seven foot long Irish hunt table (3,500-4,500). Collectibles include a signed copy of The Music of Freedom by patriot, author and playwright Terence MacSwiney – who died on hunger strike in Brixton Prison in 1920 while Lord Mayor of Cork. Printed by The Risen Gaedhael Press in Cork it dates to 1907 and is estimated at just 60-80. The catalogue for the auction is online. Here is a small selection:

A figured mahogany Irish hunt table (seven feet) (3,500-4,500). UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,700

A Irish four poster bed c1820 (1,500-2,500). UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,150

Terence MacSwiney. The Music of Freedom (60-80). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 640

A Regency sofa table (1.000-1,500) UPDATE: TIS SOLD FOR 1,000

Early Irish Georgian dining table (2,000-2,500) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.

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NO RESERVE SALE OF CONTENTS FROM ASHFORD CASTLE

Monday, July 14th, 2014

A selection of lots to be offered.

Around 1,000 lots from one of the most luxurious hotels in Ireland, Ashford Castle at Cong in Co. Mayo, will be offered for sale by Doneraile based auctioneer Aidan Foley in the grounds of the castle on July 23. The new owners of Ashford, the South African led Red Carnation Group of boutique hotels, are involved in a major refurbishment. The no reserve auction will feature antique furniture, garden furniture, soft furnishings, mirrors, chairs, stainless steel kitchen work tables and sanitary ware removed from the castle, which continues in operation.

Ashford was sold last year for 20 million. It was voted best resort in Ireland and third best hotel in Europe by Conde Nast Traveller in 2012 and was profitable even while in receivership. Viewing for the auction is on Tuesday, July 22 and the sale is on the following day at 10.30 a.m.

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MOSELY COLLECTION AT BANDON AUCTION

Monday, July 14th, 2014

The collection of the late silver dealer Peter Mosely, who operated out of Union Hall in west Cork, will come under the hammer at Hegarty’s in Bandon on July 20. His collection of 18th and 19th century silver, paintings and furniture includes three high quality 19th century oils of the Cries of London after Francis Wheatley and a silver nutmeg grater from 1690. More than 150 lots of silver will include miniature pieces, 18th century candlesticks, a 72 piece canteen, an 18th century coffee pot and a 1690 nutmeg grater. There is a 20 piece Royal Worcester dinner service from 1916 all signed by James Stinton and collectibles in ivory, porcelain and glass. Antique furniture includes a Killarney davenport (8,000-10,000), a Regency Irish adjustable dumb waiter (3,000-5,000), a writing table almost certainly made by Gillows, a pair of serpentine cabinets and side tables.

An 18th century Irish silver sugar bowl (800-1,200).

A c1690 silver nutmeg grater.

A 20 piece Worcester dinner service, all signed Stinton (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THE PIECES WERE SOLD INDIVIDUALLY TO TWO SEPARATE BIDDERS FOR AN AGGREGATE TOTAL OF 7,000

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COUNTRY HOUSE CONTENTS AT MEALY’S TWO DAY SALE

Wednesday, July 9th, 2014

The contents of country houses are always full of fascination for collectors. Around 400 lots of fine art and antiques from a single owner private collection will feature at Mealy’s two day sale in Castlecomer on July 15-16. This is the sale which includes 150 lots from the largest private collection of African Tribal Art in Ireland. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for July 7, 2014).

A 19th century lacquered work table (1,200-1,800). UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,000

A 19th century Chinese or Mongolian marriage chest (1,400-1,800). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

An Irish George III bracket clock by Thomas Blundell, Dublin (3,000-5,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE A HAMMER PRICE OF 6,000

A French Restoration bonbonniere with Charles X of France and members of the Royal Family signed Morel (600-900). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 650

A German porcelain table (400-600). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 460

A late Georgian Irish doorlock (1,200-1,500). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,500

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CHINESE GUANG MAKES 250,000 AS SHEPPARDS SALES GET UNDERWAY

Tuesday, July 8th, 2014

An 18th-19th century cloisonne Guang or ritual vessel

An 18th/19th century Chinese cloisonne Guang or ritual vessel sold for a hammer price of 250,000 at Sheppards sale in Durrow today. Just 15 inches high it had been estimated at 20,000-30,000. Lot number 78 got three days of sales at Sheppards this week off to a flying start. It was bought by the London trade. Billed as an Irish Country House sale it features period furniture, fine art, decorative art, Asian art , rare books, manuscripts and maps.

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THE LONDONDERRY TABLE TOP AT CHRISTIE’S EXCEPTIONAL SALE

Monday, July 7th, 2014

The Londonderry Table top Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £542,500

The very first lot at Christies The Exceptional Sale at Christie’s in London on July 10 is The Londonderry Table Top. The property of the late 9th Marquess of Londonderry is being sold by order of the executors. The Italian pietre dura table top dating to Rome c1800 is attributed to Giacomo Raffaelli (1753-1830). Among several works by Raffaelli at The Hermitage in St. Petersburg are three table tops close in style to the Londonderry example. Raffaelli’s reputation was already well established in Europe in the late 18th century.

The table top was part of the furnishings for the magnificent interiors created by Charles Vane, later 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, for his London home on Park Lane. He was British Ambassador to the Viennese Court from 1815 until his inheritance from his half brother, the 2nd Marquess and famed Foreign Secretary Lord Castlereagh, who committed suicide in 1822. The table top, on a statuary white marble ground inlaid with agates, jaspers and carnelians of various types, is inlaid with three oystered agate planels and two large discs with rectangular borders. It is estimated at £150,000-250,000.

(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for June 17, 2014).

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LARGEST PRIVATE COLLECTION OF AFRICAN TRIBAL ART AT MEALY’S

Monday, July 7th, 2014

The largest private collection of African Tribal Art in Ireland will come under the hammer on the first day of Mealy’s two day fine and decorative art sale in Castlecomer on July 15 and 16. A total of 150 lots from the collection of British Army office Allen Denton Miller, who started his personal collection as a young army officer in Dar es Salaam in 1959, includes figures, masks, dolls, totems, pipes and flasks collected on visits to the Congo, Nigeria, Senegal, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Zambia. The sale of over 1,100 lots includes fine art and antiques from various Irish and English private collections. The catalogue is online.

A NKisi Janus Headed nail fetish from the Congo (250-500). UPDATE: THIS MADE 350 AT HAMMER

Motherhood, an antique figure from Bambara/Mali Gui (10,000-15,000). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

A Royal Society of Princes court mask from the Bangwa Kingdom, Cameroon. (500-1,200) UPDATE: THIS FAILED TO REACH THE RESERVE AND WAS UNSOLD

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A SWAN CLOCK MADE FOR A CHINESE EMPEROR AT SOTHEBY’S

Friday, July 4th, 2014

The Swan Clock for the Chinese Emperors
A George III ormolu, Geneva enamel and paste-set musical automaton quarter striking tower clock for the Chinese market, London, circa 1790 UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £2,266,500

Roman Marble statue of Aphrodite, reign of Claudius, circa 41-54 A.D. (£4-6 million) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £9,378,500A, A RECORD FOR A CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY SOLD IN EUROPE

A mesmerising swan clock made in London around 1790 for a Chinese Emperor will come up at Sotheby’s Treasures sale in London on July 9. The George III musical automaton tower clock, set with fine guilloche Geneva enamel panels, was at the Imperial Palace at Jehol until the early 20th cnetury. At auction for the first time it is from the collection of a Swiss private collector. The estimate is £1-1.5 million.

It was acquired in China by the Swiss watch collector Gustave Loup (1876-1961). He was born in Tientsin and was a fluent mandarin speaker. In 1938-39 Loup sold it to Jacques-David leCoultre (1875-1948) director general of the watch company LeCoultre & Cie. His son Roger leCoultre sold it to the father of the present owner in 1953.

Sotheby’s fifth consecutive sale of Treasures will be led by a group of 17 masterworks from the celebrated collections of the Dukes of Northumberland from their historic homes at Alnwick Castle and Syon House. These lots range from a sublime marble statue of Aphrodite carved in the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius to a remarkable pietre dure inlaid Italian cabinet. The 60 lot sale is expected to realise more than £13 million.

Mario Tavella, Deputy Chairman, Sotheby’s Europe, Private European Collections said: “The collection of the Dukes of Northumberland, formed over 500 years, ranks amongst the finest private art collections in the world and this sale offers an exceptional opportunity to acquire works of the same calibre as pieces preserved in the most important museums. Many other highlights in the sale have remained in the same collections for centuries. Commissioned by the greatest art patrons of the day, including The Duchesse du Berry, The Duke of Argyll, The Grand Dukes of Tuscany and Napoléon, these masterworks meet connoisseurs’ continued demand for the very finest pieces at the top-end of the market.”

Henry Wyndham, Chairman, Sotheby’s Europe said: “The extraordinary depth and richness of the Northumberland Collection is legendary. Charting not only the Percy family’s history over an entire millennium, but also important moments in the artistic development of many schools and nations, the Collection ranks among the finest private art collections in the world. While the pieces to be sold are all of enormous interest and beauty, they have been carefully selected so as to ensure the overall integrity of the Northumberland collection remains intact.”

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THREE DAY SALE AT SHEPPARDS IN DURROW

Thursday, July 3rd, 2014

With everything from a 15th century Flemish altarpiece to stories by Sinead de Valera to old maps and Asian art the three day Irish Country House sale at Sheppards in Durrow on July 8, 9 and 10 offers much to interest collectors. on An auction of antiques, decorative and Asian art takes place on July 8, five art will come under the hammer on July 9 and books, manuscripts and maps will be offered on July 10. The catalogue is on-line. Here is a small selection:

Andre Derain (1880-1954) – Le Modele (150,000-250,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 120,000

Pair of Qing Period ceremonial chairs, (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THESE WERE UNSOLD

18th century Chinese Famille Rose group of Harmony and Mirth (800-1,200) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 800 AT HAMMER

The Lamentation attributed to Franceso de Mura (1696-1782) (7,000-10,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 10,000

Sinead de Valera – The Magic Girdle and other stories, signed by the author and her husband Eamon de Valera (120-160). UPDATE: THIS MADE 200

A 19th century Dresden pen and ink stand (200-300). UPDATE: THIS MADE 220 AT HAMMER

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