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    • A TALE OF TWO AUCTIONS IN CORK AND KERRY

    April 14th, 2011

    Expert restoration is needed for this c1760 Irish tallboy at Lynes and Lynes.

    This Irish Georgian Tallboy, circa 1760 is from the Lynes and Lynes sale in Cork on Sunday April 17 at 3 p.m.. The colour is untouched, the bracket feet and top moulding are gone.  Nonetheless it is a serious piece of antique furniture.

    Measuring three feet wide it is estimated at 1000-2000.

    There is a Fermoy longcase clock included in this sale of Georgian, Victorian and later furniture and effects at Lynes and Lynes new premises at Eastlink Business Park, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork.

    An early 19th century walnut davenport is estimated at 1,000-1,500. The sale features easy chairs and sets of chairs including six Victorian spoon back chairs with an estimate of 600-1,000.

    Among the lots on offer at this sale are bookcases, sideboards, dumb waiters and two card tables.

    Click on image to enlarge.

    UPDATE:  The tallboy made 1,300, the Fermoy longcase clock made 1,100.

    This Han Dynasty Amphora made from burnished black earthenware is at Kerry Auction Rooms, Tralee on April 19. It is estimated at 400-500. (click on image to enlarge)

    The auction at Kerry Auction Rooms in Tralee on April 19 at 2 p.m. features a number of unusual items including this Han Dynasty amphora dating from c200 B.C.

    A first British edition of “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” by James Joyce dating from 1916 is estimated at 800-1,200.

    Art includes an oil on paper”Race meeting” by Con Campbell with a starting price of 800, a gouache on paper ” Still Life”by Basil Ivan Rakoczi with a starting price of 800,  a watercolour port scene by Alethea Hill Platt (1861 – 1932) with a starting price of €700, an oil on canvas ” Still life of flowers” by Lady Kate Dobbin RHA with a starting price of €400 and a self portrait by Stella Steyn.

    There is a selection of Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian furniture, coins and banknotes, silver, jewellery and collectibles among the 1,000 lots on offer.

    UPDATE:  The amphora sold for 250, the first British edition of Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist did not sell, Con Campbell’s Race meeting made 800 as did the still life by Basil Rakoczi.

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    ANTIQUE IRISH JEWELLERY AND SILVER AT O’REILLY’S APRIL SALE

    April 13th, 2011

    A mid 20th century diamond ring, the old cut diamond set within a diamond set mount. Estimated; weight of diamond; 6.54 carat, colour and clarity; tinted, VS - SI, estimate 35,000 - 38,000 UPDATE: IT REMAINED UNSOLD

    A tanzanite and diamond dress ring, estimated at 600-700. UPDATE: THIS MADE 800

    An antique diamond set target ring, Estimated; weight of diamond; 3.50 carat, colour and clarity; K, VS, estimate 18,000 - 20,000 UPDATE: THIS MADE 17,000

    An Irish silver Victorian Armada jug, possibly by John Scriber, Dublin 1870, estimated at 3000 - 3500 UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,200

    Some lots from O’Reilly’s sale of jewellery, watches, antique gold, silver and paintings at Francis St., Dublin on Wednesday, April 20 at 1 p.m.

    The catalogue, which is on-line, lists 347 lots in total.

    CLICK ON ANY IMAGE TO ENLARGE IT.

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    TWO IRISH PROCLAMATIONS SEPARATED BY 113 YEARS

    April 13th, 2011

    Robert Emmet's 1803 Proclamation. (click to enlarge)

    Lot 41 at Whyte’s History, Literature and Collectibles sale in Dublin  on Saturday, April 16 is Robert Emmet’s Proclamation of 1803.  Allegedly 10,000 were printed but it was dangerous to be in possession of one, so most were destroyed.  This is one of only three known examples in private hands.  It begins:   “The Provisional Government TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND” and is estimated to make 30,000-50,000.  This is a sale of 628 lots.

    SEE antiquesandartireland.com post for April 8.

    UPDATE:  This Proclamation made 25,000 in a sale that grossed over 300,000 with a selling rate of 70 per cent.

    The 1916 Proclamation at Adams-Mealy's. (click to enlarge)

    Lot 527 at Adams Mealy’s Independence sale in Dublin on Tuesday, April 19 is this 1916 Proclamation. There are thought to be no more than 50 surviving copies, many in public collections. This one is estimated at €100,000-150,000.  There are 631 lots in total in this sale.

    IN AN AUCTION WHICH REALISED 655,000 AT HAMMER THIS LOT FAILED TO SELL.

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    CORK REPUBLICAN SILVER DISH DESTINED FOR MUSEUM

    April 12th, 2011

    Cork Republican Silver strawberry dish. (click on image to enlarge)

    The rare Cork Republican Silver strawberry dish which was one of the highlights at Woodwards silver sale on April 6 is to be presented on long loan to Cork Public Museum.

    Estimated at 15,000-20,000 the dish was bid up to 9,500 at the sale at which point it was withdrawn.  It remained under active negotiation and was subsequently sold to a private bidder for 12,000.  This bidder intends to present the extremely rare item of Cork silverware dating to the most turbulent period of the Irish Civil War to the museum, which is located in Fitzgerald’s Park near the city centre.  With fluted sides the ten ounce dish is eight and a quarter inches in diameter.

    See antiquesandartireland.com post for February 24.

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    ELIZABETH TAYLOR’S JEWELS, ART, DRESSES TO BE SOLD BY CHRISTIE’S

    April 11th, 2011

    Art, jewels, dresses and memorabilia owned by Elizabeth Taylor will be sold by Christie’s in a series of auctions likely  to begin later this year.  The value of the estate and the dates of the sales have yet to be confirmed.

    The Oscar winning actress and screen icon died last month aged 79.

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    THREE CENTURIES OF IRISH ANTIQUES AT O’DRISCOLL CORK SALE

    April 10th, 2011

    THE Morgan O’Driscoll sale at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island, Cork, on April 17 at 4 p.m.  features 460 lots embracing three centuries of period furniture, silver, jewellery and art.  It is being held on the instructions of the executors of the late Alan Haughton.  The auction will include around 90 lots of silver, 25 lots of jewellery and about 60 lots of art.
    Among the furniture on offer is a set of eight Cork 11-bar chairs, an Irish Regency parquetry bookcase, a Cork Regency sideboard, a Regency dining table, a Georgian
    chest, 19th century wall mirrors, an 18th century Irish tallboy, a Georgian linen press, a Regency Cork clock and a 19th century demi-lune card table.

    The catalogue is on-line. Here is a selection of some lots from that sale:

    'A Rare Early George III Irish Provincial Coffee Pot by Michael McDermott, Cork, c.1770, estimate 10,000-15,000. UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR 9,400

    Irish Three Piece Tea Service; Dublin 1902, estimate 1,000-1,250. UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR 825.

    Rare Queen Anne Punch Bowl by Thomas Bolton, Dublin c.1700, estimate 15,000-25,000. UPDATE: IT MADE 17,000 AND WAS BOUGHT BY THE DUBLIN SILVER TRADE.

    An Irish Regency Parquetry Bookcase, estimate 2,000-3,000. UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR 1,300.

    Original 17th Century Spanish Armada Chest estimated at 1,200-1,800. UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR 2,100.

    A Cork Regency sideboard estimate 1,500 - 2,500. UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR 1,100.

    Five Brass Hanging Kitchen Measures with brass handles, estimate 60-90 euro.

    Cork Regency Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase, estimate 1,500-2,500. UPDATE: IT WAS UNSOLD BUT CHANGED HANDS PRIVATELY AFTERWARDS.

    William Harrington, Having a Pint, dated '69, estimated 600-800. UPDATE: IT MADE 700.

    Irish cut glass jar and cover, estimate 100-150.

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    WHAT PRICE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY BASALT STONES?

    April 8th, 2011

    A collection of four hexagonal basalt column sections similar to those found at Ireland’s famed Giants Causeway is the first of 628 lots at Whyte’s History, Literature and Collectibles sale in Dublin on April 16.   They have been in the garden of a County Donegal home for at least fifty years. Whyte’s said it is possible they were acquired from Kennedy Quarries, Portrush, Co. Antrim  in the vicinity of land now belonging to the National Trust. Similar examples were auctioned at Summers Place Auctions in association with Sotheby’s on 19 October 2010 (lot 132) and realised £18,500.

    The Giant’s Causeway is the most popular tourist attraction in Northern Ireland. The unusual stone landscape was formed around 50 to 60 million years ago  when Antrim was subject to intense volcanic activity. Rapidly cooling molten basalt formed an extensive lava plateau in columns. Legend has it that the Irish warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool) built the causeway to walk to Scotland to fight his Scottish counterpart Benandonner.

    Examples of these stones in private collections are extremely rare. The Causeway area has been National Trust property for many years. It is illegal to remove anything from the site.  These ones are estimated at 3,000-4,000.

    UPDATE: They sold for 2,000.

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    CONTRASTING ANTIQUE SEATING STYLES

    April 7th, 2011

    These contrasting settees were quickly snapped up at Mealy’s auction in Mallow Castle, Co. Cork on April 5.   The Regency period carved giltwood settee on the left made a hammer price of 6,500.  It had been in the Kilkenny Castle sale in 1935.

    The ornate Japanese seat on the right made a hammer price of 5,800.  The back is profusely carved with scrolling dragons, the hinged seat is flanked with arm rests in the form of a dragon and it is just over five feet wide.  Click on either image to enlarge.

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    GROGAN ARTWORK ACQUIRED BY CRAWFORD GALLERY, CORK

    April 7th, 2011

    This rare Cork oil on canvas by Nathanial Grogan (1740-1807) was acquired by the Crawford Gallery for a hammer price of 12,000 at the Mealy's Mallow Castle sale. (click to enlarge)

    THIS important contemporary record of a landmark Cork industry which employed up to 2,500 people in the depressed times of the early 19th century has been acquired by the Crawford Gallery in Cork.

    The oil on canvas by Nathanial Grogan senior (1740-1807) was acquired by the Crawford Gallery in Cork at Mealy’s auction of contents from Mallow Castle on April 5 for a hammer price of 12,000.

    Measuring 36″ x 48″ it shows Bartholomew O’Sullivan’s Paper Manufactory, Ironworks and Foundry at Beechmount, near Dripsey, Co. Cork.

    There is an engraved version of this picture at Cork Public Museum.

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    CHINA JUMPS TO 1ST PLACE IN WORLD ART MARKET

    April 7th, 2011

    THE painted scroll on the right is by QI Baishi.  The Chinese artist, who died in 1957, is currently the second best selling artist in the world at auction after Picasso.

    Over the last ten years China has jumped from ninth place in the world’s art market to first place in 2010 according to ArtPrice, which has just published its report for 2010.  The second strong trend to emerge last year is the evolution of the internet.  Around two and a half billion users have triggered a dramatic acceleration in on-line art sales.

    China is the largest auction market in the world, four of out the top ten selling artists are Chinese and 30 per cent of the top 50 artists are Asian.
    ArtPrice reports that 2010 was rich in events: after the strong price inflation between 2004 and 2008 and the severe market contraction from October 2008 to the summer of 2009, a rapid recovery followed, taking the market to unprecedented highs. In short… the decade saw a very substantial acceleration of the market and a considerable shift of its polarity towards Asia.
    After the previous art market meltdown in 1991, it took 4 years of patience before prices began to recover. This time round it took only 18 months. Between February and May 2010 the  top-end of the art market awoke from its crisis blues to return the best  auction results ever recorded in the history of art auctions.  Alberto  Giacometti and Pablo Picasso both set new global art auction records between February and June.
    The top ten artists of 2010 by auction revenue are: 1 – PICASSO Pablo (1881 – 1973) $361.5m; 2 –  QI Baishi (1864-1957) $339.2m;  3 –  WARHOL Andy (1928 – 1987) $313.5m; 4 –  ZHANG Daqian (1899 – 1983) $304.3m; 5 – GIACOMETTI Alberto  (1901 – 1966): $213.6; 6 –  XU Beihong   (1895 – 1953): $176.2m; 7 –  MATISSE Henri  (1869 – 1954): $174m; 8 –  MODIGLIANI Amedeo  (1884 – 1920): $139.8m; 9 –  FU Baoshi (1904 – 1965): $125.2m; 10 –  LICHTENSTEIN Roy (1923 – 1997): $112.5m.
    The picture on the right by  QI Baishi is entitled SWEET OSMANTHUS AND RABBITS.  The ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll was sold at Sotheby’s Fine Chinese Art sale in Hong Kong on April 5, 2011 for  3,860,000 HKD or 347,310.15 EUR.
    In China he is a household name.

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