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Robert Ballagh's portrait of Louis le Brocquy. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 17,500.
The sale at Matthews Auction Rooms on Capel St., Dublin on May 27 features a rare painting of Louis le Brocquy working at his easel. It was painted from life by artist Robert Ballagh to commemorate le Brocquy’s 90th birthday. It is estimated at 20,000-30,000. Louis le Brocquy died last April aged 95. The auction features more than 350 lots including antique furniture and art.
UPDATE: IT MADE 17,500
The Tain, Army Massing (1969). (Click on image to enlarge).
A complete set of 20 Aubusson tapestries of Louis le Brocquy’s images from Ireland’s epic saga An Táin Bo Cuailgne (The Cattle Raid of Cooley) made 294,000 including fees at Whyte’s Irish art auction in Dublin on May 21. An anonymous Irish collector bid 245,000 for the set. The estimate was 250,000-300,000.
Each one from the set is signed by maitre-lissier Rene Duche and signed, numbered, titled and dated by le Brocquy and Duche. They were exhibited at Agnew’s in London in May 2001, and purchased there by the vendor from last night’s sale.
The sale grossed over 1.3 million. See post on antiquesandartireland.com for May 15, 2012.
THE fine and decorative arts sale at Mealy’s, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny on May 29 and May 30 features antique furniture, silver, jewellery, porcelain, art, glass and a variety of collectible items among nearly 1,200 lots. Here is a small selection, the catalogue is on-line (click on any image to enlarge): UPDATE: The sale was 70% sold and brought in 310,000 on the hammer. There were 800 registered bidders.
First day cover Irish horse racing stamps (March 12, 1996) with views and coloured prints (400-600). UPDATE: THIS MADE 600 AT HAMMER.
An oak longcase clock, 19th century, the circular painted dial signed Seale of Tipperary (500-700). UPDATE: THIS MADE 550.
A George IV horse drawn carriage-Victoria, built c.1916 (1,500-2,500). UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,400 AT HAMMER.
A walnut card table by David Linley, signed and dated 1993 (1,000-1,500). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.
A Judaica Kiddush Cup, Dublin 1906 by West and Son (800-1,200). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.
A pair of Irish silver sauce boats W.H. Townsend Dublin c. 1752 (1,500-2,000). UPDATE: THIS LOT SOLD FOR 2,000 AT HAMMER.
A LOUIS XV AND LATER ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, OLIVEWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT SOLD FOR A HAMMER PRICE OF £13,000. (Click on image to enlarge).
This c1770 Secrétaire à Abbatant, stamped Joseph sold for £385,250 on May 3.
ANTIQUE furniture from an Irish country house to be sold at Christie’s in association with Mealy’s in London on May 23 is of rare quality and provenance. A c1765 Louis XV ormolu mounted tulipwood, olivewood, amaranth and marquetry Secrétaire à Abbatant from Mount Congreve in Co. Waterford is estimated at £30,000-50,000. It is attributed to Nicolas Petit, one of the great eighteenth century Parisian furniture makers. A note added to the catalogue explained that the secretaire had been restored and it was now described as 18th century and later. The estimate was revised downards to £10,000-20,000 and it sold for a hammer price of £13,000.
A 1770 gilt-bronze mounted amaranth and tulip wood Secrétaire à Abbatant with the stamp of Joseph Baumhauer, another prominent Parisian ébéniste, made £385,250 at Sotheby’s on May 3. It was from the collection of Prince and Princess Henry de La Tour d’Auvergne Lauraguais.
Now on view at Christie’s on King St., London the 116 lots in the Mount Congreve sale are estimated to bring in £2.5 million.
UPDATE: THE SALE REALISED £3,438,150
See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for April 22 and April 16, 2012.
THERE is much to choose from in two jewellery sales in Dublin on Wednesday, May 23. At O’Reilly’s on Francis St. there is a sale of 405 lots of jewellery silver and paintings at 1 p.m. Over at St. Stephen’s Green James Adam will conduct a sale of jewellery and watches at 6 p.m. Both catalogues are on line. Here are a few lots to whet the appetite.
An antique diamond and sapphire panel bracelet at O'Reilly's is estimated at 8,000-9,000.
An early 20th century gold bracelet with chased foliate quatrefoil motifs estimated at 4,000-6,000 at Adams. UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,800.
This early 20th century emerald and diamond ring at O'Reilly's is estimated at 4,500-5,000.
Adams will offer this 8.53 carat certified J colour diamond ring estimated at 85,000-100,000. UPDATE: THIS MADE 85,000.
A c1910 Ard Deco diamond plaque ring at O'Reilly's is estimated at 12,000-15,000.
This dress ring with emeralds and sapphires at Adams is estimated at 300-500. UPDATE: THIS MADE 400.
The Irish art auction at de Veres in Dublin on May 22 offers a range of quality with major names in Irish art like Yeats, Henry, Keating and O’Conor. Around 250 lots will come under the hammer at the sale at the Berkeley Court Hotel, Lansdowne Road including a small selection of English works by artists like Peter Lanyon, Graham Sutherland and Stanley Royle. There is a selection from the studio of George Campbell descended through his family which includes six oils, 40 watercolours and numerous sketches. The catalogue is on-line. Here is a small selection:
Muriel Brandt RHA 1909-1981, The Spirit Grocery (600-900).UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,500.
George Campbell RHA 1917-1974, Evolving Forms (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 7,200.
Jack B. Yeats RHA (1871-1957), The Hobby Horses (1927). (60,000-90,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 55,000.
Peter Lanyon 1918-1964, The Market, Bruges, (4,000-6,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 4,000.
Graham Sutherland 1903-1980, Study for Apple Tree IV (1955). (12,000-16,000). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.
Paul Henry RHA 1876-1958, Spring in Wicklow (40,000-60,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 40,000.
A George III Irish provincial soup ladle with shell bowl with the mark of William Ward of Limerick (2,200-2,400). (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,000.
Around 200 lots of Irish and English silver will feature at Woodwards sale of silver and art in Cork on May 23. The top lot is a George III twin handled soup tureen made in Dublin c1765 by Richard Williams and later fitted with a similar lid by James Scott in Dublin in 1821. It is estimated at 12,000-14,000. A George III swing handled fruit or bread basket made by James Scott in 1803 has an estimate of 2,800-3,000 and a George III soup ladle with shell bowl by William Ward of Limerick, hallmarked in Dublin in 1772 is estimated at 2,200-2,400.
A 1970 Royal Irish Silver sugar bowl is estimated at 450-500 and a swing handled bright cut sugar based on pedestal by William Doyle, Dublin 1803 is estimated at 820-880. A George III sauce ladle with fiddle pattern handle by Samuel Neville, Dublin 1808 is estimated at 120-150 and six George IV forks by Richard Garde, Cork with Dublin hallmarks for 1829 are estimated at 300-350. There are bone handled dessert services, coasters, tea spoons, sauceboats, bon bon dishes, dressing table jars, cigarette boxes, sugar nips, tea services, mustard pots, vases, salvers, trays and bowls and dish rings. Artists whose work is in the sale include Arthur Maderson, Markey Robinson, Kenneth Webb, William Perring Hollyer, Carol Anne Waldron, Philip French, Andrew Nicholl, John Bosanquet, Liam Treacy, Cecily Brennan,John Morris, Barbara von Seida and Norah McGuinness.
Set of six silver bright-cut teaspoons by Carden Terry and Jane Williams, Cork, c1810. (400-600). UPDATE: THESE MADE 500.
A George III silver serving spoon in the neoclassical style by John Nicholson, Cork, c1770. (200-300). UPDATE: THIS MADE 300.
A silver dish ring with Cork scenes including Blackrock Castle by William Egan is estimated at 1,800-2,200. UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,600
An Irish George III tureen by Richard Williams, Dublin c1765 with later lid by James Scott, Dublin 1821 is estimated at 12,000-14,000. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.
The Beau Sancy sold for $9,699,618 US dollars. (Click on image to enlarge).
The Beau Sancy, one of the most important historic diamonds ever to come to auction, sold for $9,699,618 US dollars, almost five times the pre-sale low estimate of $2-4 million at Sotheby’s in Geneva tonight. It was bought on the telephone by an anonymous bidder. Five bidders competed.
Worn in her crown by Marie de Medici at her coronation as Queen Consort of Henri IV in 1610 the 34.98 carat modified pear double rose cut diamond has passed down through the Royal Families of France, England, Prussia and the House of Orange. It has been the witness of 400 years of European history. David Bennett of Sotheby’s commented: “Its supreme historical importance was reflected tonight in the strength of the bidding and the remarkable result realised”.
The sale realised $108,377,219, a world record for a various owner jewel auction.
See post on antiquesandartireland.com for February 28, 2012.
Meissen Coronation Service dish at Bonhams in London. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS MADE £12,500.
Yellow ground plate from the only Meissen dinner service known to have a coloured background. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: ONE PLATE SOLD FOR £12,500, THE OTHER MADE £13,125.
A Meissen treasure, an armorial dish from the ‘Coronation Service’ circa 1733-34, features at Bonhams in London on May 23. Part of the first Meissen armorial table service it is estimated at £10,000-15,000. Painted with the arms of Saxony and Poland – scattered floral sprigs and bound wheat-sheaves – it was delivered to the Royal collection at the Japanese Palace in Dresden in 1734. The Japanese Palace was built by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland and Lithuania to house his finest porcelain.
Bonhams sale of a European private collection includes a Meissen yellow-ground plate from the ‘Gelbe Jagdservice’, (Yellow hunting service) circa 1733-34. This is the only Meissen dinner service known to have a coloured background. The lobed panel in the centre is painted with a phoenix and three sprigs of flowers, with three quatrelobe panels around the brown-edged rim painted with flowering branches. Ordered around 1730 by Augustus the Strong it too is estimated at £10,000-15,000.
A complete set of Louis le Brocquy’s 20 Aubusson tapestries based on Ireland’s epic tale, The Tain, at Whyte’s Irish art sale at the RDS in Dublin on May 21 is estimated at 250,000-350,000. Evening, Achill by Paul Henry is estimated at 90,000-120,000. Sean Keating’s Past Definite, Future Perfect from 1928 has an estimate of 25,000-35,000. The Pontoon by Yeats depicts a docklands scene and tackles the theme of old age. It has an estimate of 50,000-70,000. Part of the collection of late senior counsel Jim O’Driscoll includes works by Patrick Collins, Tony O’Malley, William Crozier and John Shinnors.
A Northern Ireland corporate collection offered on behalf of the liquidator includes works by Sir John Lavery, William Conor, Frank McKelvey, James Humbert Craig and Maurice Wilks. There is a large selection of work by Grace Henry from the collection of Dr. James Cruickshank. Contemporary artists in the sale include Camille Souter, Alice Maher, Robert Ballagh, Patrick Scott, Charles Tyrrell, Sean Scully and Pauline Bewick. Here is a small selection (Click on any image to enlarge):
UPDATE: The sale grossed over 1.3 million. The Tain tapestries made 245,000 net, 294,000 gross.
Images from le Brocquy's Tain tapestries. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 245,000 AT HAMMER.
James Humbert Craig RHA RUA (1877-1944) AUTUMN, GLEN DUN, COUNTY ANTRIM (6,000-8,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 6,800 AT HAMMER.
Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (1856-1941) THE SOKO, TANGIER, 1891. (20,000-25,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 29,000 AT HAMMER.
Pauline Bewick RHA (b.1935) WILD DUCK OVER CARAGH LAKE, KERRY. (!,000-1,500). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.
Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012) STUDY TOWARDS AN IMAGE OF W.B. YEATS, 1975. (4,000-6,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,600 AT HAMMER.
Patrick Collins HRHA (1910-1994) DRUID'S MOON, 1981(14,000-16,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 14,000 AT HAMMER.
