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    JEWELS AND BOOKS AT O’REILLY’S AND PURCELL AUCTIONEERS

    Sunday, December 7th, 2025

    A c1900 enamel, sapphire and rose quartz brooch by Carlo and Arthur Giuliano at O’Reilly’s of Francis St., Dublin. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    Jewellery and books make acceptable Christmas presents so two sales on December 10 have potential to offer inspiration at across the board price points.  Estimates at O’Reilly’s of Francis St., Dublin – who will offer 511 lots at a live and online sale  – range from €25-€80 for a collection of costume jewellery, an Irish sterling silver signet ring and an Egyptian revival pill box to €42,000-€52,000 for a round cut diamond solitaire of 5.35 carats and €34,000-€40,000 for a diamond line bracelet with radiant cut stones.  The selection in between these figures ranges from rings, necklaces and brooches to watches, earrings and a 1947 Mexican 50 peso gold coin.

    More than 600 lots, from limited, rare and signed first editions to Marvel comics and works of sporting and antiquarian interest, will come under the hammer at Purcell Auctioneers in Birr.  The sale will be led by a 1920 book of Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens with illustrations by Arthur Rackham (€1,750-€2,250).  A rare catalogue from the May 1939 sale of 2,711 lots from Ashford Castle by Jackson, Stops and McCabe (€200-€300), a programme from Ireland’s Grand Slam winning match against Wales on March 13, 1948 (€350-€600), Marvel’s Amazing Spiderman from 1984 featuring the first appearance of his black suit (€300-€400) and a signed first edition of Normal People by Sally Rooney (€200-€250) are among the highly collectible lots.

    The programme for Ireland’s 1948 Grand Slam winning rugby match at Purcell Auctioneers in Birr. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

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    HISTORIC ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE BOOKS AT CHRISTIE’S

    Sunday, December 7th, 2025

    William Harvey’s Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis in animalibus, 1628  Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2025. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £1,016,000

    The groundbreaking first description of blood circulation, William Harvey’s 1628 Exercitatio anatomica de motu dordis et sanguinis in animalibus, is a highlight at Christie’s books, manuscripts and photographs sale in London on December 10. The sale will include a selection of 100 books, manuscripts and photographs from the library of the Royal Society of Medicine, featuring some of the most important names and breakthroughs ever made.  The Harvey book is estimated at £800,000-£1.2 million (€913,120-€1.37 million).  A first edition Essay on the Shaking Palsy by James Parkinson, published in 1817, is estimated at £50,000-£70,000 (€57,070-€79,900). UPDATE: THE PARKINSON BOOK MADE £101,600.

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    SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND RING MAKES €280,000 AT HAMMER AT ADAM’S

    Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025

    SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND RING, FIRST QUARTER OF THE 20TH CENTURY SOLD FOR €280,000 AT HAMMER

    This cushion-shaped Kashmir sapphire weighing 5.08cts made a hammer price of €280,000 at Adam’s sale of fine jewellery and ladies watches in Dublin this evening. With French assay marks and signed Boucheron Paris it was accompanied by a Swiss report authenticatings its Kashmir origin with no indications of heating. The ring was acquired circa 1930’s in Paris by a member of the Guerlain family of perfume fame and has remained with the family by descent.

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    HISTORIC PAINTING OF THE KILDARE HUNT AT FONSIE MEALY

    Saturday, November 29th, 2025

    Michael Angelo Hayes (1820-1877) – The Kildare Hunt 1858. UPDATE: THIS MADE 50,000 AT HAMMER

    An 1858 painting of the Kildare Hunt by Michael Angelo Hayes will lead Fonsie Mealy’s winter fine art and antique sale in Castlecomer on December 3 and 4. Estimated at €40,000-€60,000 it is part of a range of items celebrating our equestrian heritage including the Tralee Races Cup, the Blennerhassett Plate and the Kilkenny Hunt Cup.

    The Hayes painting is a large group portrait outside Bishopscourt House near Straffan, Co. Kildare. It depicts the Earl of Clonmel, Lord Cloncurry, the Marquis of Drogheda, Thomas Connolly, Captain Colthurst, Sir John Power and many more identifiable figures.

    More than 1,000 lots of antique furniture, art and collectibles are to be auctioned. There is a Faberge link gold bracelet, a selection of gold coins, a 19th century dining table on four pods, a Peel P50 one person commuter car from the early 1960’s, a 1963 Morris Minor, a pair of French Empire four branch candelabra, a specimen marble table and a silver ladle by Samuel Johns, Limerick among the leading lots. The catalogue is online.

    A vintage Peel P50 one person commuter car. UPDATE: THIS MADE 8,000 AT HAMMER

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    KASHMIR SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND RING AT ADAM’S

    Saturday, November 29th, 2025

    A Kashmir sapphire and diamond ring by Boucheron will lead a sale of fine jewellery and ladies watches at Adam’s in Dublin on December 4. The sapphire weighs 5.08 carats and the ring is estimated at €100,000-€150,000 but it might be advisable to break out the piggy bank if you really, really want it.  So far this year Adam’s sold a Kashmir diamond and sapphire ring for €540,000 at hammer, an early 20th century Kashmir sapphire brooch for €540,000 and a c1900 Kashmir sapphire and diamond brooch for €550,000.  This one dates to the first quarter of the 20th century and was acquired in the 1930’s by the Guerlain family of perfume fame in Paris.

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    THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE OF 1493 MAKES €35,000 IN BIRR

    Wednesday, November 26th, 2025

    INCUNABULA: The Nuremberg Chronicle by Anton Koberger, 1493 SOLD FOR €35,000 at hammer

    One of the most important German incunables (a book printed before 1501) and the most extensively illustrated book of the 15th century made a hammer price of €35,000 at Purcell Auctioneers in Birr today. The Nuremberg Chronicle by Anton Koberger dates to 1493, the very first edition Latin in Gothic Rotunda type. A Pictorial History of the World, the Nuremberg Chronicle was written over several years by the doctor and book collector, Hartmann Schedel, who was commissioned by two Nuremberg merchants. It was originally published in Latin in an edition of around 1400-1500. The Chronicle also incorporates geographical and historical information on European countries and towns. The narrative is divided into 11 parts – the so-called world ages, and is profusely illustrated by images of biblical and historical events, and topographical views of towns and countries in Europe and the Middle East, including Jerusalem and Byzantium.  It contains the bookplate of The Right Honourable Robert Henry Meade 1879 (Meade GCB, was the second son of the 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam and Lady Elizabeth Herbert. Clanwilliam, an Irish peer, had served as Private Secretary to Lord Castlereagh and subsequently as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.).

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    OLD HEAD AND A NEW COLLECTING OPPORTUNITY

    Monday, November 24th, 2025

    Contents from the Old Head of Kinsale golf links clubhouse will be auctioned online without reserve by O’Donovan’s of Newcastlewest, on November 29 at 10 am. Many of the wrought iron tables and chairs, complete with a fossilised ammonite design, were custom made and imported from California in the 1990’s. There are 50 vintage copper ships lanterns, brass portholes, imported large alabaster lamps, streetlamps, framed pictures, candleabra and even a lobster tank. The catalogue with around 200 lots is online. Pictured here is the Lusitania bar from the clubhouse.

    UPDATE: THE BAR MADE 520 AT HAMMER

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    FANG RELIQUARY FROM GABON AT SHEPPARDS

    Saturday, November 22nd, 2025

    An early Fang reliquary. UPDATE: THIS MADE 34,000 AT HAMMER

    An early Fang reliquary figure from early 19th century Gabon is, at €30,000-€50,000, the most expensively estimated lot at Sheppards two day sale in Durrow on November 25 and 26.  More than 1,200 lots of fine and decorative art, silver, antique furniture and sculpture from Irish and international collections will come under the hammer.

    Among them are a 15th century carved oak altarpiece, a landscape by James Arthur O’Connor, exceptional 18th century Dublin and London silver, a pair of Roman marble urns, a French clock garniture and a 19th century French ormolu perpetual calendar.  Viewing is underway in Durrow and the catalogue is online.

    A Georgian breakfront four door bookcase is among the leading lots at Marshs sale in Cork on November 29.  A Regency Cork card table, a set of ten brass inlaid Regency Cork dining chairs, a Georgian sideboard, a French ebonised and gilt drawing room suite and a Regency card table are feature furniture lots.  There is a large private collection of Irish and English silver along with dinner and tea services.  The sale will be on view from November 26 and the catalogue is online.

    19th century ormolu mounted marquetry and porcelain inlaid credenza at Sheppards. UPDATE: THIS MADE €3,800 AT HAMMER

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    EARLY VICTORIAN WORKBOX AT REILLY’S SALE

    Thursday, November 20th, 2025

    Early Victorian fitted mahogany workbox UPDATE: THIS MADE 600 AT HAMMER

    This quality early Victorian workbox is at Reilly’s live auction in Prosperous, Co. Kildare on November 22. The estimate is €900-€1,100. The auction of 447 lots will include contents from several houses and features rugs, mirrors, a selection of antique furniture, art and collectibles. The catalogue is online.

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    IRISH PAINTINGS AND WHISKEY AT DOLAN’S TIMED ONLINE SALE

    Wednesday, November 19th, 2025

    Cecil Maguire – Easter Light on Inishmaan. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    Irish Paintings by artists including Cecil Maguire, Arthur Maderson, Charles Harper, Markey Robinson, Arthur Armstrong, Mat Grogan, Frank Egginton, George Campbell, Manus Walsh, George Gillespie and others feature at Dolan’s online auction which runs until November 24. The auction offers a collection of more than 70 Irish whiskeys, mostly Very Rare Midleton, along with collectibles, stamps and books.

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