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    ADAMS RESULTS

    Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

    The Adam’s sale of nearly 500 lots of fine period furniture and decorative arts brought in €250,000 on Tuesday, April 13.  A total of 65% of  lots sold.

    The top lot  was a portrait of Vera Wandesforde by Edwin Swan which made €14,000, more than ten times its top estimate. There was 10,500 for an allegorical oil (Circle of Jacopo da Ponta Bassano) and €7,500 for A Study of a Satyr, Style of Jusepe de Ribera.

    Furniture highlights included a mahogany longcase clock by Evans of Handsworth which sold for 4,600, and an Irish Georgian silver table which made 4,000. Top silver lots included a pair of Irish George III rococo loving cups at 2,700 and a pair of London George II salvers at 1,900.

    TRALEE AUCTION

    Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

    An oil on board by Jack B. Yeats entitled Returning Home was the top
    lot at the 500 lot sale in the Kerry Auction Rooms, Moyderwell, Tralee
    on Wednesday April 21 at 4 p.m.  It made  15,000.

    Returning Home is the title of this oil on board by Jack B. Yeats.

    Measuring  17cm x 23cm it had been  estimated at 18,000 – 20,000.

    A 19th century mahogany Wellington chest made €600, a Victorian walnut upholstered chaise longue made €410, a small oil on board by Terence Attridge Williams sold for €160 and a trio of British World War 1 medals awarded to a member of the Royal Munster Fusiliers sold for €250.

    DUBLIN SALE

    Friday, April 9th, 2010

    James Adam will hold a sale of more than 500 lots of fine period furniture and decorative arts on Tuesday April 13 at 11 a.m.
    It features paintings, furniture, silver, porcelain and collectibles.
    There are a number of Old
    Master attributions like Francesco Solimena, Josepe de Ribera and
    Jacobo de Ponte Bassano. The Bassano, An Allegory of Spring, is
    estimated at 8,000-12,000. Other noteworthy paintings include Charles
    Vasnier’s portrait of Gala, wife of Salvador Dali (€1,000-1,500), John
    Martin’s Landscape with Children at a Cemetary (€1,000-1,500) and a
    Caribbean School portrait of Toussaint L’Overture (€1,000-1,500).
    Furniture includes a mahogany and rosewood sideboard in the manner of
    Thomas Sheraton (3,000-5,000), a George III style mahogany partner’s
    desk (3,000-5,000), an Irish longcase clock by William Betagh
    (3,000-5,000), a longcase clock by Evan’s of Handsworth (1,000-1,500)
    and an Irish Georgian pine and gesso fire surround (8,000-12,000).
    The sale is on view at St. Stephen’s Green from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday April 11
    and from 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday.