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    HEGARTY’S SALE IN CORK

    Thursday, April 15th, 2010

    THIS Cork Regency mahogany side table features at the Hegarty sale on Sunday. It is estimated at 1,200-1,800

    Hegarty’s have a sale of 250 lots in the Radisson Blu Hotel at Little Island in Cork on Sunday April 18 at 4 p.m. Furniture highlights include a Victorian three door breakfront bookcase (3,000-5,000), a Victorian rosewood library table
    (1,400-1,800), a side table in the manner of Gillingtons (700-1,000),
    a George III mahogany sideboard (800-1,200), a pair of mahogany side
    chairs, a Regency rosewood foldover card table, a Victorian dining
    table, eight Victorian dining chairs, two 19th century chests of
    drawers and an Edwardian bonheur du jour.
    Collectables include 19th century French and English porcelain, wall
    clocks, a 19th century bracket clock, 20 items of Irish an English
    silver, 20 lots of jewellery and Irish art. Viewing from 2 p.m. to 8
    p.m. today on Saturday April 17 and from 11 a.m. to the start of the auction
    on April 18.

    This Edwardian bonheur-du-jour features at Hegarty's sale. It is estimated at 1,000-1,500

    WOODWARDS SALE

    Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

    THIS oil by Kenneth Webb made 7,250 at Woodwards

    This work by Gerard Dillon made 4,400 at Woodwards in April

    WOODWARDS  had a successful sale in Cork on Wednesday. The top lot was an oil by Kenneth Webb, A Bit of Craic – Claddagh, Galway, which made 7,250.

    Looking at Figures on the beach by Gerard Dillon sold for 4.400.

    This demi lune side table made 750 at Woodwards

    A rosewood and walnut games table made 2,100 and a Regency card table sold for 700.

    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.