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    • A PIECE OF MARS HAS LANDED ON CHRISTIE’S AUCTION BLOCK

    February 9th, 2022
    THE THIRD LARGEST PIECE OF MARS ON EARTH. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    The third largest piece of Mars on Earth is available to buy at Christie’s Deep Impact: Martian, Lunar and other Meteorites online sale which runs to February 23. It is estimated at $500,000-800,000. Specimens of Mars are by far among the rarest substances on our planet with less than 600 lb­­s (275 kg) known to exist. These samples arrived here after having been blasted off Mars following an asteroid impact and are identified by their mineralogical, chemical and isotopic signatures. NWA 12690, the third largest piece of Mars on Earth, weighs 20 pounds (9.1 kilograms). Following an analysis by a panel of scientists, this meteorite joined the official registry of scientific record, the Meteoritical Bulletin. Highlights at this auction of 66 lots include meteorites containing the oldest matter humankind can touch and others with gemstones from outer space.  Estimates range from $400 to $800,000 and 62 lots are offered with no reserve.

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    CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY INTERIORS AT MULLEN’S LAUREL PARK

    February 9th, 2022
    19TH CENTURY WALNUT AND MARQUETRY FOLD OVER CARD TABLE: UPDATE: THE CLOSING BIG WAS 600.

    This 19th century foldover card table is lot 26 at Mullen’s online timed classic and contemporary interiors evening sale at Laurel Park, Bray on February 13. It is estimated at 600-800. A total of 601 lots, including antique furniture, garden furniture, art, bronzes, lighting, militaria and rugs will come under the hammer.

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    JUST THE PLACE TO PICK SOMETHING UP FOR YOUR VALENTINE

    February 9th, 2022

    In the unlikely event you may not have noticed it will be Valentine’s Day next Monday. James Weldon will bring this array of rings to the National Antiques, Art and Vintage Fair at the South Court Hotel in Limerick on February 12 and 13. Mr. Weldon will be in attendance on Sunday only, but never fear. There will be a great selection of antique furniture, art, silver, jewellery, vintage fashion, porcelain, glass, books and collectibles on display.

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    IRISH ART AT THE SNITE MUSEUM, NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY

    February 8th, 2022
    Lily Williams (Irish, 1874–1940), Hibernia, 1916, pastel, The O’Brien Collection, Chicago

    Who Do We Say We Are? Irish Art 1922 | 2022 runs at The Snite Museum at Notre Dame, Indiana until May 15. Paintings from the O’Brien Collection in Chicago by Seán Keating, Jack B. Yeats and Paul Henry are juxtaposed with contemporary artists Patrick Graham, Hughie O’Donoghue, and Diana Copperwhite and others to explore issues of national identity rooted in the diaspora and landscape. Expanding into the realm of photography, the rural landscapes of Amelia Stein, RHA, describe epic legends and folkloric memories that reveal history and evolving culture. An “In Dialogue” presentation of the Snite Museum’s recent acquisition of a painting by Walter Osborne – At the Breakfast Table (1894) – rounds out the discussion of home and homecoming.

    The Exposition d’Art Irlandais organized in conjunction with the Irish Race Congress in Paris in 1922 used culture as a signifier of Ireland’s distinctive character worthy of the independence from the United Kingdom just negotiated in the Anglo-Irish Treaty. As part of the Irish government’s Decade of Centenaries commemorations, the Snite Museum partners with Notre Dame’s Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies and the O’Brien Collection in Chicago to present an exhibition examining the use of art as a nation-building tool, asking “If we were to organise a similar exhibition today, who might be included and what themes continue to resonate?”

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    ART BY FERGUS O’RYAN AT ADAMS ONLINE SALE

    February 6th, 2022
    Fergus O’Ryan – Clifden from Errislannen. UPDATE: THIS MADE 300 AT HAMMER

    The first 97 lots at the current online art sale at James Adam in Dublin, which runs until February 8 come from the studio of the late Fergus O’Ryan, RHA. All proceeds from these lots – in storage since his death in 1989 – will be donated to Our Lady’s Hospice at Harold’s Cross, Dublin through the generosity of the late May O’Ryan. Estimates on works based on Fergus O’Ryans travels to  Paris, the Cote d’Azur, Spain and the Balearic and Greek Islands range from €60 to €800.  All lots will be sold without reserve. The catalogue features art by Peter Collis, John Skelton, Liam Treacy, Eva O’Connell, Barbara Warren, Dermod O’Brien, Henry Healy, Harry Kernoff, Rose Connolly, Michael Cullen, Sonia Shiel,  William Crozier, Barbara Warren, Nevil Johnson, Ruth Brandt, John Luke, Patrick Collins, Pauline Bewick, Gerard Dillon and many other artists.  There are 295 affordable lots in total.

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    CONTENTS FROM MILLBORO HOUSE AT AUCTION AT WOODWARDS

    February 5th, 2022
    Mahogany breakfront sideboard possibly made in Cork  UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,000 AT HAMMER

    House sales are always a draw and Woodwards sale of contents from Millboro House, Lee Road, Cork on February 12 will be no exception.  The auction of 348 lots will be online and viewing gets underway at the house from today.  The auction had been previously postponed due to Covid restrictions. From a Victorian gilt overmantle to two four poster beds, antique longcase clock dials and an economy three section dining table the selection of antique furniture from Millboro House is brimful of interest.

    The late consultant anaesthetist Dr. Don Coleman, who died in 2016 at the age of 94, was an avid collector.  Contents from this imposing period house include bureau bookcases, sideboards, lamps and chandeliers, tables, chairs, butlers trays, garden statuary, crystal glass, silver and all the items that emerged from the cupboards, nooks and crannies at a large family home.  There is an estimate of €2,500-€5,000 on both a Georgian inlaid cylinder bureau bookcase and the economy dining table. A Regency style mahogany breakfront sideboard, possibly made in Cork, is estimated at  €1,500-€3,000. In Georgian and Victorian times clockmakers flourished around James St. and Washington St in Cork city centre. Among the more unusual collectibles are antique longcase clock faces, three in brass and one painted.  The brass examples are by James Aickin, Cork, Mark Kirkpatrick, Dublin and “McCarthy Corke” and the painted dial is by M Shaughnessy Cork.  

    An economy three section dining table  UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,400 AT HAMMER

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    ONLINE ART SALE BY JAMES ADAM ON VIEW IN DUBLIN

    February 4th, 2022
    DESMOND TURNER RUA (B.1923) Sunset in the West. UPDATE: THIS MADE 460 AT HAMMER

    In Dublin viewing opens today for the online art auction which runs at James Adam until February 8. It features a number of lots by the late Fergus O’Ryan and a wide variety of artists. The sale will again be on view at St. Stephen’s Green on Sunday afternoon and on Monday. Pictured here is lot 131, an oil on canvas by Desmond Turner which is estimated at 300-500.

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    CHINNERY WORK TO HIGHLIGHT BONHAMS TRAVEL SALE

    February 3rd, 2022
    George Chinnery – A Tanka boat dwelling with Tanka boatwomen and pigs, Macau, 

    The peripatetic life of the 19th century Irish painter George Chinnery (1774-1852) took him from the Tipperary of his birth to London, then to Serampore in West Bengal via Madras, Calcutta and Dacca. Fleeing his creditors, he arrived in Macau in 1825 and made the island his home until his death in 1852. He became fascinated by the artistic possibilities of Macau’s shoreline and the local tradespeople going about their everyday lives. One of his paintings on this theme, A Tanka boat dwelling with Tanka boatwomen and pigs, Macau highlights Bonhams Travel and Exploration sale in Knightsbridge on March 2. It is estimated at £15,000-20,000.

    Rhyanon Demery, Bonhams senior picture specialist, said: “A Tanka boat dwelling with Tanka boatwomen and pigs, Macau vividly depicts members of the Tanka people – a distinct and ancient ethnic group who lived along the shore of Macau. Often viewed as outcasts by the Chinese authorities Tankas lived on junks, tank being the Cantonese word for boat and ka the word for family. Today they are more usually known as Boat People and, although many have now built lives on dry land, they preserve the unique culture that so captivated George Chinnery nearly 200 years ago.”

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    CONTENTS OF WATERFORD CITY BAR UNDER THE HAMMER

    February 3rd, 2022
    ORIGINAL PLAYERS PLEASE ADVERTISING POSTER. UPDATE: THIS MADE 110 AT HAMMER

    Advertising posters for various brands of cigarette were once a common sight throughout Ireland. They have vanished in the 21st century. This one comes up as lot 38 with an estimate of 60-100 at R.J. Keighery’s online sale of the contents of the Munster Bar, The Mall, Waterford on February 9. A total of 196 lots will be offered.

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    JEWELLERY, GOLD AND SILVER AT MATTHEWS OF KELLS

    February 3rd, 2022
    Topaz and Diamond Ring Mounted on 18 Carat Yellow Gold Band. UPDATE: THIS MADE 670 AT HAMMER

    This topaz and diamond ring comes up at Matthews online auction of jewellery, gold, silver, antiques and collectibles on February 8. Lot 23 in this sale of 752 lots is estimated at 600-900. The sale offers lots from executor and solicitor instructions, private clients and unredeemed pawnbrokers pledges.

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