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    SOME LOTS TO CREATE INTERNATIONAL INTEREST AT FONSIE MEALY

    Sunday, November 6th, 2016
    A pair of Roman scenes of The Coliseum and the Pantheon are among a number of lots likely to create international interest at Fonsie Mealy’s two day Chatsworth fine art sale in Castlecomer on November 15 and 16.  The oils on canvas, in carved gilt wood frames, are estimated at 20,000-30,000. There are two stained glass panels from the Clarke Studios commissioned around 1900 by the Pierce family of Wexford for the portico of their home – King David and the Creation is estimated at 5,000-7,000 and a panel depicting the four provinces of Ireland is estimated at 1,000-1,500.

    Vintage barn finds include a 1914 Talbot Invincible (17,000-22,000) and a 1939 Vauxhall (3,500-5,000).  Both are in need of extensive restoration.  A brougham by Robson of Belfast is estimated at 4,000-5,000.

    The Coliseum - one of a pair of Roman oils on canvas (20,000-30,000)

    The Coliseum – one of a pair of Roman oils on canvas (20,000-30,000)  UPDATE: THIS  MADE 22,000 AT HAMMER

    A Brougham by Robsons of Belfast (4,000-5,000)

    A Brougham by Robsons of Belfast (4,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 6,250 AT HAMMER

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    JOE BARRETT GAA MEDAL COLLECTION MAKES 40,000

    Thursday, September 29th, 2016
    The Joe Barrett medal collection.

    The Joe Barrett medal collection.

    The Joe Barrett GAA medal collection was the top lot at Fonsie Mealy’s Rare Books and Collectors sale in Kilkenny on September 28.   In 1929 Joe Barrett was the first Kerryman to lift the Sam Maguire trophy and his medal collection sold for a hammer price of 40,000.  It went to a private collector in Kerry.  The Phil Shanahan of Toomevara GAA medal collection went for 19,000.  A facsimile of the Book of Kells made 5,000 and  a Seamus Heaney handwritten foolscap manuscript critique of Celtic Art, an introduction by Ian Finlay made 2,000.  A pamphlet  presented by Heaney to Sean White complete with a three verse poem in Heaney’s own handwriting made 1,700 and an 1840 edition of The Ancient Music of Ireland edited by Bunting made sold for 1,600.

    Stirrings Still by Samuel Beckett, with illustrations by Louis le Brocquy and signed by both sold for 1,500.  A 1935 limited edition of Ulysses by James Joyce with illustrations by Henri Matisse signed by the artist sold for  1,400.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for September 23, 2016)

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    FONSIE MEALY SALE BRIMFUL OF INTEREST

    Friday, September 23rd, 2016

    First editions, literature, Republican and political items, sporting medals and all sorts of memorabilia will come up at Fonsie Mealy’s Rare Book and Collectors’s sale at the Ormonde Hotel in Kilkenny on September 28.  More than 800 lots will come under the hammer. Lot 733 is a head and shoulders portrait of Archbishop Thomas William Croke (1824-1902), after whom Croke Park in Dublin is named. He was the second catholic bishop of the Diocese of Auckland in New Zealand and later Archbishop of Cashel and Emly in Ireland.  The portrait, by P. MacEgan, is estimated at 800-1,200. A limited edition of The Playboy of the Western World with illustrations by Louis le Brocquy is estimated at 180-260 and a Marrowbone Lane combatants medal from 1916 is estimated at 2,000-3,000.  There is an estimate of 300-400 on a selection of Irish political postcards and a programme for the 1978 rugby match at Thomond Park where Munster conquered the All-Blacks is estimated at 400-600.  There is everything from signed first editions by Seamus Heaney to the Military Cross awarded to Tipperary chaplain Edmund Canon after an action at Ypres in 1917 (1,000-1,500) in a sale that is brimful of interest.

    P. Mac Egan, 20th Century Irish School "Archbishop Th. William Croke,"

    P. Mac Egan, 20th Century Irish School “Archbishop Th. William Croke,”. UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,300 AT HAMMER

    Tipperary Chaplain's Military Cross Medal: World War One (1914 - 1918)

    Tipperary Chaplain’s Military Cross Medal: World War One (1914 – 1918) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    The Day Munster Conquered the All-Blacks Programme: Rugby: Munster R.F.C.

    The Day Munster Conquered the All-Blacks Programme: Rugby: Munster R.F.C.  UPDATE: THIS MADE 380 AT HAMMER

    Postcards: Irish Political, 1916 - 22

    Postcards: Irish Political, 1916 – 22  UPDATE: THIS MADE 300 AT HAMMER

    1916 Marrowbone Lane Combatants Medal 1916 Medal: An original 1916 Rising Combatants Service Medal

    1916 Marrowbone Lane Combatants Medal 1916 Medal: An original 1916 Rising Combatants Service Medal  UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,400 AT HAMMER

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    A FIRST EDITION OF ULYSSES BY JAMES JOYCE SELLS FOR 9,500

    Tuesday, July 12th, 2016
    This first edition of Ulysses made 9,500 at hammer.

    This first edition of Ulysses made 9,500 at hammer.

    A rare first edition of Ulysses by James Joyce sold for a hammer price of 9,500 at Fonsie Mealy’s sale of the Dr. Phillip Murray collection of first editions in Dublin today.  Lot 383 was no 533 of 750 copies of the limited first edition of the edition published in Paris by Shakespeare and Co. in 1922.  It had been estimated at 6,000-8,000. A complete set of Broadsides with hand coloured illustrations published by Dun Emer and Cuala Press by Jack B Yeats and others made a hammer of 8,200. A first edition of A Clockwork Orange signed by Anthony Burgess made 5,000, a collection of short stories by George Moore extensively corrected in his own hand made 6,700 and lot 408, a limited edition of poems by Oscar Wilde signed by Wilde made 3,600.  A rare signed copy of the first UK edition of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee made 4,800 at hammer.

    The auction made 275,000 on the hammer with 85% of lots on offer sold.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for July 10, 2016)

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    SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS BY IRISH, BRITISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS AT FONSIE MEALY

    Sunday, July 10th, 2016

    Irish authors are well represented at the sale of the Dr. Phillip Murray collection of modern first editions by Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers at the Gresham Hotel in Dublin on July 12.   It includes about 2,200 American and British first editions, with about 75% either signed or inscribed. There are plenty of examples of signed first editions by writers like Kevin Barry, John Banville, Aidan Higgins, Neil Jordan, Colm Toibin and Desmond Hogan.  From Jaws to the Ballroom of Romance and A Clockwork Orange to Casino Royale the 580 lot auction promises something for all readers and collectors.

    Scarce First Edition & Limited Edition, Signed Garcia Marquez (Gabriel) One Hundred Years of Solitude (Harper & Row 1970) inscribed on dedication page "and for Philip / Gabriel" / 89".

    Scarce First Edition & Limited Edition, Signed Garcia Marquez (Gabriel) One Hundred Years of Solitude (Harper & Row 1970) inscribed on dedication page “and for Philip / Gabriel” / 89″.  UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,000 AT HAMMER

    Ian Fleming - Casino Royale First Edition, 1953.

    Ian Fleming – Casino Royale First Edition, 1953.  UPDATE: THIS WAS WITHDRAWN

    Wonderful Tennessee by Brian Friel

    Wonderful Tennessee by Brian Friel  UPDATE: THIS MADE 560 AT HAMMER

    Peter Benchley's Jaws

    Peter Benchley’s Jaws  UPDATE: THIS MADE 460 AT HAMMER

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    ELK HORNS AT FONSIE MEALY’S CASTLECOMER SALE

    Monday, June 27th, 2016

    A pair of fossilized Great Irish Elk horns and skull will come up at Fonsie Mealy’s Chatsworth Fine Art sale in Castlecomer on June 28 and 29.  The horns with 12 points are approximately six feet eight inches across. There is some chipping loss and repairs. From Dartrey House, Co. Monaghan they are estimated at 10,000-15,000.

    Another animal lot is a large late 19th Century tiger skin with snarling head and teeth. This is estimated at 1,000-1,500.

    The specimen of "Cervus Giganteus Hibernicus Gigantic Irish Deer"

    The specimen of “Cervus Giganteus Hibernicus Gigantic Irish Deer”

    A 19th century tiger skin.

    A 19th century tiger skin.

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    A NATIVE AMERICAN HEADDRESS AT FONSIE MEALY

    Friday, June 17th, 2016
    The llate 19th Century / early 20th Century Native American Indian Headdress

    The late 19th Century / early 20th Century Native American Indian Headdress

    A Native American Indian headdress comes up at Fonsie Mealy’s Chatsworth Summer Fine Art sale in Castlecomer on June 28-29.  Complete with plaited human hair it dates to the late 19th or early 20th century.  The headdress has eagle feather quills and plumes and coloured, threaded supports over a decorative bead work front.

    There should be considerable excitement around this lot.  In February of 2015 a Native American outfit estimated at 4,000-6,000 sold for a hammer price of 320,000 at Fonsie Mealy.  A number of bidders on the phone and the internet competed for the lot from across the Atlantic.

    The headdress coming up later this month has an excellent provenance.  It is from the Laidlaw family of Castleknock in Dublin.  Elizabeth Clarke of Coats and Clarke, a Scottish cotton spool thread firm with branches in the US married into the Laidlaw family and it has come down by direct descent.  It is estimated at 2,000-3,000.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for February 25, 2015)

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    THE CENTENARY AUCTION BY FONSIE MEALY IN DUBLIN

    Sunday, April 17th, 2016

    The Centenary Auction by Fonsie Mealy at the Gresham Hotel in Dublin on Saturday April 23 will take place on the 100th anniversary of Easter Sunday, 1916. The Easter Rising, centred diagonally across the road at the GPO, looms large in this auction of 642 lots. The original copy of the 1916 Proclamation in the auction is by tradition reputed to be a copy which hung in the GPO during the rising.  Guaranteed provenance leads to  Dr. James Ryan, medical officer at the GPO who subsequently became a TD, served as Fianna Fail Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Finance and founded the New Ireland Assurance Company.

    Among many items of interest is a collection of letters, photographs and memorabilia of Captain Percival Lea-Wilson, Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and his wife Dr Marie Lea-Wilson. Captain Lea-Wilson was known for the abuse and humiliation of Republican prisoners at the Rotunda Gardens. He was subsequently assassinated on the orders of Michael Collins. His widow is famous for presenting an Old Master painting to the Jesuits, later identified as by Caravaggio and now in the National Gallery of Ireland. Items relating to the rebellion of 1798 and the Fenian Rising will also feature. The catalogue is online.

    (See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for April 4 and February 8, 2016)

    The Lea-Wilson collection (4,500-6,500)

    The Lea-Wilson collection (4,500-6,500)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 7,000

    The GPO copy of the Porclamation (100,000-150,000)

    The GPO copy of the Proclamation (100,000-150,000)  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 150,000 AND WAS THE TOP LOT OF THE AUCTION

    A Bloody Sunday 1st anniversary tournament gold medal 1921 (6,500-7,000)

    A Bloody Sunday 1st anniversary tournament gold medal 1921 (6,500-7,000)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    An Irish Volunteers uniform worn by Thomas J. Byrne (3,500-5,000)

    An Irish Volunteers uniform worn by Thomas J. Byrne (3,500-5,000)  UPDATE: THJIS MADE 6,400 AT HAMMER

    A Victorian brass street lantern from O'Connell St. with a bullet hole (300-500)

    A Victorian brass street lantern from O’Connell St. with a bullet hole (300-500)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,200 AT HAMMER

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    A SILVER DISH RING GIVEN TO TERENCE MACSWINEY AS A WEDDING PRESENT

    Monday, April 4th, 2016
    The silver dish ring by Egans of Cork given to Terence MacSwiney as a wedding present in 1917.

    The silver dish ring by Egans of Cork given to Terence MacSwiney as a wedding present in 1917. UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,200 AT HAMMER

    An inscribed silver dish ring given as a wedding present to Terence MacSwiney – the Republican Lord Mayor of Cork who died on hunger strike in Brixton Prison in 1920 – comes up at Fonsie Mealy’s Centenary Sale at the Gresham Hotel in Dublin on April 23.  The pierced dish ring was a gift from the girls of St. Ita’s, the independent school in Cork founded by his sisters Maire and Aine MacSwiney after Maire was dismissed from her teaching post following her arrest during the Easter Rising.

    Terence MacSwiney was a founder member of the Irish Volunteers in Cork.  Though the planned Rising in Cork did not take place he and other Volunteers were arrested and detained in England and Wales.  In June 1917 he married Muriel (Muirgheal) Murphy of the Cork brewing family.  They had one daughter.  In 1920 after the assassination of  Lord Mayor Tomas Mac Curtain, Terence MacSwiney became Lord Mayor of Cork.  On August 12 he was arrested at Cork City Hall and sentenced to two years imprisonment for possession of a military cipher. He died on hunger strike in Brixton Prison 74 days later. His funeral was enormous. His death was a turning point in public support for the Republican struggle.
    The dish ring by Egans of Cork, with Dublin hallmarks for 1916, is inscribed: “M  .. / Agus / T. Mac S. / La a bposta / 9 / 6 / 17”.  The lower rim is inscribed “O Chailinibh Sgoil Ite Naomhta” (from the girls of St. Ita’s).  It is estimated at 2,000-3,000.  In 1916 Easter Sunday fell on April 23.
    UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 3,200 IN A SALE WHICH MADE JUST UNDER 500,000

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    LATE 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN SCULPTURE THE TOP LOT AT FONSIE MEALY

    Wednesday, March 9th, 2016
    Cristoforo Vicari (b1848) - a carved marble sculpture of a woodland nymph.

    Cristoforo Vicari (b1848) – a carved marble sculpture of a woodland nymph.

    This soup ladle by Samuel Johns, Limerick sold for 7,600.

    This sauce ladle by Samuel Johns, Limerick sold for 7,600.

    This 19th century Italian carved marble sculpture of a woodland nymph was the top lot at Fonsie Mealy’s sale in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny on March 8.  By Cristoforo Vicari and mounted on a large green marble plinth it made 50,000 on the hammer.  An 18th century carved carrara marble fireplace from Wolfe Tone’s house in Dublin made 36,000, a gilt mounted Vernis Martin kingwood display cabinet made 12,ooo, a 19th century diorama in two sections of a working factory staffed by mice made 10,000, a collection of ten South African one ounce gold Krugerrands, nine from 1974 and one from 1972, sold for 9,500 and a pair of fine cast Irish George II silver candlesticks sold for 9,000.

    An 18th century sauce ladle by Samuel Johns, Limerick c1750 sold for 7,600, four Irish William IV carved armchairs made 8,500, an early 18th century Irish carved oak table made 8,000 and a three quarter length portrait of John MacNamara of Moyreisk, Co. Clare made 5,400.  A large George III style carved gilt wood over mantle originally at Clontarf Castle sold for 3,000.

    The auction realised 480,000 on the hammer.

    (See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for March 7 and March 2, 2016).

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