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    • NATIONAL ANTIQUE AND ART FAIR IN LIMERICK THIS WEEKEND

    July 20th, 2012

    THERE  will be something for everyone at the National Antique and Art Fair in Limerick this weekend.  The South Court Hotel is the venue for this two day event on July 21 and 22.  More than 70 dealers from all around Ireland will be in attendance, including members of the Irish Antique Dealers Assocation.  On offer is an across the board selection of antiques and collectibles. Opening times at the fair, organised by Hibernian Antique Fairs, are from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on each day. Here is a small selection (click on any image to enlarge it).

    Gallery Zozimus of Francis St., Dublin will offer Minding The Bridge by Mark O’Neill priced at 5,500.

    A Victorian rosewood centre table c1850 has a price tag of 4,750 at Maguires Antiques.

    A Victorian carved mahogany corner cabinet at Maguires Antiques, Co. Mayo is priced at 3,350.

    This Art Deco 1929 Silver Risque Cigarette Case is priced at 320 at Annamoe Antiques.

    Annamore Antiques of Co. Wicklow will offer this 18th Century Bronze Chinese urn priced at 450.

    An Art Nouveau card tray at Treasures has a price tag of 150.

    This Ploughman’s £1 note dated 1933 is Treasure’s Irish Art, Athlone, is priced at 350.

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    A 1631 MARRIAGE BETWEEN TWO GALWAY FAMILIES COMMEMORATED

    July 19th, 2012

    The 17th Century Bronze /Bell Metal Mortar at Dolan’s art auction. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS MADE 8,250.

    An extremely rare 1631 mortar inscribed to commemorate a marriage between two great Galway families, the Joyces and the Brownes, is a feature lot at Dolan’s art auction in Ballynahinch Castle on August 6.  The mid 17th century bronze or bell metal mortar probably originated in England or in the north east of Continental Europe.  The inscription on the rim – E. BROVNE … 1631 … T. IOYES – was probably added later.  The piece has passed down to the vendor through generations of the Lynch family of Belclare, Co. Galway.

    It was of practical use and may have been put on the table to grind herbs and spices.  This was a symbol of wealth as only the most privileged would have been in a position to import spices from the East Indies. The handles appear to be modelled on late medieval gargoyles used as water spouts in buildings of the time. They resemble hippopotamus heads, a possible allusion to the exotic nature of the spices being ground. It dates from a time when leading merchants often resided in fortified town houses in Galway. Lynch’s Castle, on Shop Street, Galway is an example of one such fortified townhouse. The foundry where it came from would have manufactured bronze and brass bells and military cannon.

    Dolan’s is grateful to Dr Pat Wallace, former Director of the National Museum of Ireland, to Dr Patrick Melvin, and to the staff of the National Museum of
    Ireland for their advice and assistance in cataloguing this Mortar.

    The August Bank Holiday Monday auction in the wonderfully scenic Connemara surroudings of Ballynahinch offers a good selection of Irish art and sculpture plus a number of lots of furniture, silver and porcelain.

    A detail of the mortar showing part of the inscription. (Click on image to enlarge).

    A detail of the mortar showing the date. The maker had a set of letters, but no numbers, so ‘I’ was used as a ‘One’ and the numbers six and three have been inscribed. (Click on image to enlarge).

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    SALES UP 13% AT CHRISTIE’S, 15% INCREASE IN NUMBERS BIDDING ON-LINE

    July 17th, 2012

    Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow sold on May 8 for $86,882,500 a world record price for any contemporary work of art sold at auction.

    Global sales at Christie’s are up 13% to £2.2 billion ($3.5 billion) on the first six months of 2012.  Growth in on-line activity saw a 15% increase in the number of clients bidding on line and a 20% increase in visitors to the company website.  Collectors from 124 countries registered to bid at global auctions and private sales are up by 53% to £413.4 million.

    Post-War and Contemporary art led the categories with auction sales of £576.1 million ($921.8 million) up 34%.  The New York auction on May 8 brought in $388.5 million (£240.9 million) and was the most valuable auction ever in Post-War and Contemporary art. In the first six months of 2012, Christie’s sold 340 works at auction for over $1 million (376 in the same period 2011) and 26 for over $10 million (18 in the same period 2011). The market at more accessible price levels also performed strongly; Christie’s South Kensington saleroom, which offers works of art from under £1,000, built on two consecutive years of record sales and recorded its highest ever total.

    Christie’s  chief executive Steven P. Murphy said:  “We’ve seen a steady increase in sales at Christie’s driven by three key factors: growing worldwide demand for art, the quality and curation of important consignments and our consistency in offering the best service and broadest choice to our clients”.

    The second half of the year began strongly with the evening auction of Old Master and British Paintings in London on July 3 which realised £85.1 million, a record total for the category. Christie’s will launch the first in a series of online-only auctions for a global collecting category in August with a sale of fine and rare wines. Coinciding with the Olympic Games, Christie’s South Kensington will present The London Sale. An extended public exhibition will start on July 27 and run through to the auction on September 3.

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    CHINESE PUZZLE BALL AT WOODWARDS SUMMER SALE IN CORK

    July 16th, 2012

    A Chinese concentric puzzle ball on stand with figured decoration (750 – 1,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 660

    An unusual Chinese puzzle ball is a feature lot at Woodwards summer sale in Cork on July 18.  With numerous spheres and ornate carved decoration it sits on a circular base.  The estimate for the piece is 750-1,000. There is a collection of 25 Toby Mugs by Royal Doulton along with silver, furniture and collectibles. Collectors will also be interested in a Cork silver spoon by Carden Terry and Jane Williams dating to c1797. It is estimated at 100-150.

    A Royal Doulton Toby jug “The Golfer” (70-150). UPDATE: THS MADE 40

    A Regency inlaid and crossbanded rosewood sofa table (1,000 – 2,000). Click on image to enlarge).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 600

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    REGENCY CARLTON HOUSE DESK THE TOP LOT AT MOUNT CONGREVE

    July 13th, 2012

    The top lot at the enormously successful two day sale at Mount Congreve was a Regency Carlton House desk. It made 82,000.  Rare antique furniture, Oriental porcelain,

    This Regency Carlton House Desk sold for a hammer price of 82,000 at Mount Congreve. (Click on image to enlarge).

    mirrors, chandeliers and books were among the items that contributed to outstanding results.

    This blue and white baluster vase sold for 23,500 over an estimate of 2,000-3,000. It had been in an upstairs bedroom at Mount Congreve. (Click on image to enlarge).

    Oriental porcelain tended to sell at prices far above professional estimates. Most of the buyers for these pieces bid on the internet from Hong Kong and mainland China, or from England on the telephone.  A blue and white meiping vase estimated at up to 12,000 made 50,000. Traditionally used to display plum blossoms this one was fitted for electricity and sported a faint hairline crack. A pair of Kangxi vases, also adapted for electricity, made 34,000 over a top estimate of 8,000.  These are hammer prices to which approximately 25 per cent in commissions, fees and charges must be added.

    The auction of over 1,100 lots by Mealy’s in association with Christie’s was highly competitive and practically everything sold.  Around 10,000 people attended the viewing over three days.

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    JANE AUSTEN’S RING MAKES FIVE TIMES THE ESTIMATE

    July 13th, 2012

    This ring belonged to Jane Austen. (Click on image to enlarge).

    A gold and gem set ring belonging to Jane Austen made £152,450 at Sotheby’s English Literature sale in London on July 10.  It has been handed down by female descendants of the author  for nearly 200 years.  The price was more than five times the high estimate of £30,000.  No less than eight bidders battled for the turquoise ring, eventually bought by an anonymous private collector on the telephone.  It was on the market for the first time.

    At the Mount Congreve sale in Co. Waterford on the following day an 1833 edition of five volumes of Jane Austen made 2,800 over a top estimate of 800.

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    EVERYONE WANTS SOMETHING FROM MOUNT CONGREVE

    July 9th, 2012

    This Chinese Yongzheng vase, lot 911, is estimated at 20,000-30,000. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: IT MADE 26,000 AT HAMMER.

    EVERYONE seems to want something of Mount Congreve.  Thousands of people descended on the Co. Waterford big house, venue for Ireland’s largest country house auction in decades, over the weekend.

    Internet bidders from US, Canada, China, Japan, Chile, Russia, throughout Continental Europe as well as Australia, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt have already registered to take part.  Competition will be strong for lots rights across the board.

    Mealy’s, who will conduct the sale in association with Christie’s, say that international interest has focused on the prime furniture, the carpets, chandeliers and Oriental items like lot 911, a Chinese Yongzheng vase estimated at 20,000-30,000.  Lot 985, a commode, was reputedly bought in the courtyard of Versailles during the French Revolution and said to have been once owned by Marie Antoinette. It is estimated at 20,000-30,000. Other top lots include a mahogany Carlton House Desk with an estimate of 80,000-100,000 and the Schreiber collection of salt glaze ceramics (40,000-60,000).

    The auction is on July 10 and 11.

     

    UPDATE: THE  sale brought in 2.25 million at hammer. Up to 13,000 people attended three days of viewing. Everything was sold, many lots at significantly above estimate.

    (See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for July 3, May 24, June 24, May 20 and April 16, 2012).

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    SOMETHING FOR SOCIAL HISTORIANS AT LYNES AND LYNES

    July 9th, 2012

    A receipt for dinner at the Royal Cork Yacht Club in 1890. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE:  IT MADE 1,700.

    Social historians will find lots of interest at the Lynes and Lynes sale at Carrigtwohill in July 14.  An insight into well to do life in late Victorian and Edwardian Cork is on offer  through a collection of invoices made out to a Major Newenham of Coolmore, Carrigaline, Co. Cork detailing everything from dinner at the Royal Cork Yacht Club in 1890, purchases of silver and a wedding notice on the then Cork Examiner newspaper and even a dozen tennis balls in 1911 from Elvery’s in Patrick St., Cork. The bill for dinner in 1890 was £10 and the tennis balls bought 21 years later cost 12 shillings and nine pence.

    Furniture on offer includes an Georgian linen press, an early 19th century Cork sideboard, a set of Georgian dining chairs, a Victorian chesterfield couch, a circular dining table, a brass club fender and a Regency sofa table. The catalogue is on line.

    UPDATE:  The Georgian linen press sold for 3,100 at hammer, the Cork sideboard was unsold, the Georgian dining chairs made 600, the chesterfield made 820, the circular dining table sold for 800,  the Regency sofa table made 700 and the book of invoices made 1,700.

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    EARLY 20TH CENTURY DIAMOND AND EMERALD BRACELET

    July 9th, 2012

    HOW about a magnificent diamond and emerald bracelet to beat the recessionary wet summer blues?  As always, there is a snag.  The early 20th century bracelet which features at the next auction at O’Reilly’s of Francis St., Dublin on July 18.  It is estimated at 50,000-60,000.  A fine 8.73 carat emerald ring, certified as of Columbian origin,  has an estimated of 25,000-30,000.  Other lots include an Art Nouveau opal and diamond necklace in its original fitted case (4,000-5,000) and a pair of early Victorian drop earrings set with old cut diamonds.  There is a selection of gold items, watches and diamond line bracelets. The catalogue is on-line. You can click on any image to enlarge it.  UPDATE: THE BRACELET SOLD AFTER THE AUCTION FOR 52,000.

    A very fine 8.73 carat emerald ring; the ring is certified as of Columbian origin (€25,000 – €30,000). UPDATE: THE RING MADE 24,000. THE BRACELET SOLD AFTER THE AUCTION FOR 52,000.

    A pair of early Victorian diamond drop earrings with old cut diamonds (8,000 – €10,000).  UPDATE: THE PAIR MADE 7,000.

    Art Nouveau opal and diamond necklace (4,000 – €5,000).  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.

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    NATIONAL ANTIQUE AND ART FAIR IN LIMERICK

    July 9th, 2012

    Three Squash is the title of this work by Mark O’Neill. It will be on offer at the Limerick fair.

    THERE will be more than 70 stands brimful of everything at the National Antique and Art Fair at the South Court Hotel in Limerick on the weekend of July 21-22.  This two day event will bring dealers from all around Ireland, including many members of the Irish Antique Dealers Association, to the mid-west region.  It will feature antique furniture with an emphasis on smaller pieces, art, silver, jewellery, glass, porcelain and a wide choice of collectible items.

    Hibernian Antique Fairs have organised regular fairs throughout Ireland for more than 20 years now.  This is one of their biggest annual events, and is always a crowd puller.   Opening times each day are from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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