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    WOLFE TONE’S CARRARA CHIMNEYPIECE AT FONSIE MEALY AUCTION

    Monday, March 7th, 2016
    The fireplace from Wolfe Tone's house in Dublin inset with the grate from Elizabeth Bowen's home in Cork.

    The fireplace from Wolfe Tone’s house in Dublin inset with the grate from Elizabeth Bowen’s home in Cork.  UPDATE: The fireplace made 36,000.

    Wolfe Tone’s fireplace will come up at Fonsie Mealy’s Chatsworth spring fire art sale in Castlecomer on March 8.  The 18th century Carrara marble chimney piece was rescued from the front drawing room at the home of the Irish Revolutionary leader and founding member of the United Irishmen who died in 1798 at 44 Stafford St., Dublin (now Wolfe Tone St.) around 1960 by the present owner. It is estimated at 15,000-20,000.

    The grate in the image is from the bedroom of novelist and short story writer Elizabeth Bowen at Bowen’s Court in Co. Cork.  The iron framed grate made around 1760-70 is estimated at 1,000-1,500.  The catalogue for the auction of 765 lots is online.

    UPDATE: The fireplace was sold for 36,000

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for March 2, 2016).

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    SPRING FINE ART SALE AT FONSIE MEALY

    Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

    With a range that extends from a magnificent pair of George II Irish silver candlesticks to a pine rocking horse Fonsie Mealy’s Chatsworth spring fine art sale in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny on March 8 promises to be brimful of interest.  The catalogue, which is online, features 765 lots,  everything from a diamond set brooch in a Greek key pattern to an almost matching pair of red boulle card tables.  There are Russian icons, sporting guns, wines and ports, sculpture and art including some 18th century Irish School MacNamara portraits from Baunkyle House, Corofin, Co. Clare and a good choice of antique furniture.  Here is a small selection:

    A pair of finely cast George II Irish silver candlesticks (5,000-7,000).

    A pair of finely cast George II Irish silver candlesticks (5,000-7,000).  UPDATE: THESE SOLD FOR 9,000 AT HAMMER.

    A Georgian brass bound door lock (700-1,000)

    A Georgian brass bound door lock (700-1,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 600 AT HAMMER

    An 18 carat diamond set brooch (500-700).

    An 18 carat diamond set brooch (500-700).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 700 AT HAMMER.

    A pine rocking horse of small proportion (750-1,250).

    A pine rocking horse of small proportion (750-1,250).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,050

    An almost matching pair of Boulle card tables (1,000-1,500).

    An almost matching pair of Boulle card tables (1,000-1,500).  UPDATE: THESE SOLD FOR 1,550 AT HAMMER.

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    COLLECTION BY VICTORIAN IRISH AUTHOR L.T. MEADE

    Saturday, February 13th, 2016
    A collection of works by a prolific Bandon born novelist of the 19th century L.T. Meade is being offered for sale privately by Fonsie Mealy auctioneers for 25,000.   Elizabeth Thomasina Meade (1844-1914) was daughter of the Rev. R.T. Meade and his wife Sarah, nee Lane.  Her childhood was spent at Nohoval in County Cork. She moved to London in 1874, married and subsequently lived in Oxford. She had her first book published aged 22 and thereafter her output was enormous.
    Writing under the name of L.T. Meade she produced over 300 books, contributed numerous articles to periodicals and for 11 year edited a girls’ magazine – Atalanta – to which Rider Haggard and Robert Louis Stevenson contributed.  She wrote for children, schoolgirls and young women and responded to the social issues of her time. Her subjects included urban poverty, lack of good looks, inability to fit in, feminism, drug addiction, detective stories with child detectives and female master criminals and the role of the “modern” woman.  The collection now offered for sale represents a lifetime of careful collecting in the colorful binding of the time.

    The collection of books by L.T. Meade

    The collection of books by L.T. Meade

    L.T.Meade

    L.T.Meade

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    THE KEYS OF THE GPO AT FONSIE MEALY’S CENTENARY SALE

    Monday, February 8th, 2016
    The GPO keys.

    The GPO keys.

    The 1916 GPO keys is one of the most unusual lots in the plethora of upcoming sales relating to the centenary of the Irish Rising.  The GPO was the centre of activities os these are a truly historic memento.  They will come up at the centenary sale at Fonsie Mealy in Castlecomer on April 23 estimated at 550-750. They are from the collection of Fred Dixon, who was given them by Comdt. Brennan Whitmore, a Volunteer who commanded the North King St. area during the Rising.  He got them, by repute, from a comrade who picked them up in the ruins of the GPO.   The Rising, on Easter Monday 1916, fell on April 24.

     

    UPDATE:  THE set of keys attracted spirited bidding and finally sold for 3,400 at hammer.

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    A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR READERS

    Thursday, December 24th, 2015

    fons nativityThis watercolour of the nativity by Richard King (1907-1974) sold for a hammer price of 2,100 at Fonsie Mealy’s auction in Dublin this month. It was one of a number of works and stained glass designs for St. Columba’s Church in South Perth, Australia by the artist, who worked at the Harry Clarke studio before setting up on his own in 1940. They all sold for various prices from 2,100 to 4,800.

    We wish all readers of antiquesandartireland.com a very happy Christmas and the best for 2016.

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    UCC ACQUIRES GEORGE BOOLE Ist EDITION

    Tuesday, December 15th, 2015
    University College Cork purchased an inscribed first edition of George Boole’s theory which led to the creation of the internet at the Fonsie Mealy rare book auction in Dublin today.  They paid 11,000 at hammer for the work, which had been estimated at 5,000-7,000.  This year UCC is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Boole, their first Professor of Mathematics and inventor of Boolean logic.

    The first 1854 edition of An Investigation into the Laws of Thought published by Walton and Maberly is inscribed to:  “Mrs. Hill, with the Author’s respects”.

    The first edition of Boole's masterpiece.

    The first edition of Boole’s masterpiece.

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    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for November 9, 2015).

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    STAINED GLASS DESIGNS BY RICHARD KING AT FONSIE MEALY

    Wednesday, December 9th, 2015

    A collection of stained glass window designs by Richard King will come up at Fonsie Mealy’s sale of rare books, manuscripts and watercolours in Dublin on December 15.  Four coloured drawings, each measuring 105″ x 21″. were designed for St. Columba’s Church in Perth, Western Australia.  They are each estimated at 3,000-4,000. In addition there is a design for the War Memorial Chapel at Hawthorne, Western Australia entitled God the Father (2,000-3,000); Child of Eire designed for UCD (1,750-2,500) and a Nativity watercolour (1,500-2,000).

    After studies at the Dublin Metropolital School of Art Richard King joined the Harry Clarke studios in 1928. Clarke died in 1931 and in 1935 King became manager of the studio.  He set up on his own in 1940, working in stained glass and graphic design. His windows can be found in various locations in Ireland, at Boston College, Massachusetts and in Western Australia.

    UPDATE: The four coloured drawings sold at hammer respectively for 2,700, 2550,  2,500 and 2,700. God the Father made 2,100 and Child of Eire sold for 4,800.  The nativity watercolour sold for 2,100.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for November 9, 2015).

    ST. ANNE with the BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

    ST. ANNE with the BLESSED VIRGIN MARY UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 2,700

     

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    Richard King - THE HOLY FAMILY, St. Joseph with Mary and the child Jesus. Full size original coloured drawing (or cartoon) for a stained glass window, gouache on paper, approx 105 ins x 21 ins, the colouring fresh and unfaded. Lower panel shows St. Joseph leading Mary on the donkey

    Richard King – THE HOLY FAMILY, St. Joseph with Mary and the child Jesus. Full size original coloured drawing (or cartoon) for a stained glass window, gouache on paper, approx 105 ins x 21 ins, the colouring fresh and unfaded. Lower panel shows St. Joseph leading Mary on the donkey.  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 2,550 AT HAMMER

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    FIRST EDITION OF 1854 BOOK THAT LED TO CREATION OF INTERNET

    Monday, November 9th, 2015
    An inscribed first edition of George Boole’s theory which led to the creation of the internet comes up at Fonsie Mealy’s rare book auction in Dublin on December 15.  In the year when UCC is celebrating the bicentenary of the birth in 1815 of their first Professor of Mathematics and inventor of Boolean Logic this extremely rare work is conservatively estimated at just 5,000-7,000. The first 1854 edition of An Investigation into the Laws of Thought published by Walton and Maberly is inscribed to:  “Mrs. Hill, with the Author’s respects”.

    The book is in good condition with some light spotting and an errata leaf at the end. It is in its original black bind stamped cloth,which has suffered slightly from damp. Often described as the father of the internet Boole in this work expounds the  theory which invented the first practical system of logic in algebraic form. This enabled more advances to be made in the science of logic in the latter decades of the 19th century than in the previous twenty two centuries combined. His work led to the creation of set theory and probability theory in mathematics, to the philosophical work of Peirce, Russell, Whitehead and Wittgenstein and to computer technology via the master’s thesis of C.E. Shannon (1937).  Shannon recognised that the true/false values in Boole’s algebra were analogous to the open and closed states of electric circuits.  The invention of the binary digit or bit made possible the development of the digital computer.

    UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR A HAMMER PRICE OF 11,000.  IT WAS PURCHASED BY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, CORK.

    The first edition of George Boole's theory.

    The first edition of George Boole’s theory.

    The inscription by George Boole to Mrs. Hill.

    The inscription by George Boole to Mrs. Hill.

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    A 115,000 CLOCK AT FONSIE MEALY’S FURNESS AUCTION

    Wednesday, October 7th, 2015
    The Francis Johnston Speaker Clock - The Irish Houses of Parliament Speaker's Clock (70,000-90,000).

    The Francis Johnston Speaker Clock – The Irish Houses of Parliament Speaker’s Clock sold for 115,000 at hammer.

    The Irish Houses of Parliament Speakers clock sold for a hammer price of 115,000 over a top estimate of 90,000 at Fonsie Mealy’s sale of Furness – home to Patrick Guinness – in Co. Kildare.  It was purchased by an undisclosed private buyer but the auctioneers did say that it is likely to go on public display at some stage.  Negotiations are underway today for some of the unsold lots, including Daniel Maclise’s Spirit of Justice estimated at 50,000-70,000. (Update – this changed hands after the sale for 50,000 and it will stay in Ireland).

    It was a hugely successful auction where buyers vied for a wide variety of historic lots. A magnificent carved over mantle mirror purchased at the Carton House sale in 1943 made a within estimate hammer price of 40,000.  A c1620 Paris tapestry sold for 28,000 at hammer and a rare early 19th century full size road coach made an above estimate 32,000.  This is the vehicle thought to have conveyed George IV to a tryst with Lady Conyngham at Slane Castle. A rare pair of large coopered metal bound stout barrels inscribed Guinness sold for 2,300.

    Kildare is horse country and horses rocked at this sale.  An Edwardian carved and painted rocking horse made 6,600 and a Victorian rocking horse made 3,000.  The earliest printed plan of Dublin by Charles Brooking in 1728 made 14,000 and an 1818 leather bound inventory of Carton House and offices with 153 rooms made a hammer price of 10,000.  A c1760 Irish mahogany architect’s table from Castletown House sold for 6,500.

    The sale realised 860,000 at hammer.

    (See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for October 4 and October 2, 2015).

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    FURNESS SALE IS BRIMFUL OF INTEREST

    Sunday, October 4th, 2015

    The Spirit of Justice by the Cork artist Daniel Maclise (1806-1870) is among the top lots at the brimful of interest sale by Fonsie Mealy at Furness, Naas, Co. Kildare on October 6.  Representing Ireland as a female figure holding a harp it is inscribed “Caroline Norton, a study for justice in the House of Lords”. Caroline Norton was the younger sister of Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Clandeboye. In the 1960’s it was acquired by Mariga Guinness whose son Patrick, President of the Irish Georgian Society, is currently downsizing from Furness. The one day sale of 749 lots offers much of interest in all price ranges. The Maclise is estimated at 50,000-70,000. Viewing is at Furness, the sale is at Killashee Hotel in Naas. Here is a selection:

    The Spirit of Justice by Daniel Maclise (50,000-70,000).

    The Spirit of Justice by Daniel Maclise (50,000-70,000).  UPDATE: THIS CHANGED HANDS FOR 50,000 AFTER THE AUCTION.

    The Francis Johnston Speaker Clock - The Irish Houses of Parliament Speaker's Clock (70,000-90,000).

    The Francis Johnston Speaker Clock – The Irish Houses of Parliament Speaker’s Clock (70,000-90,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 115,000 AT HAMMER

    Early 19th century Irish bagpipes, by family tradition The Fenian Bag Pipes

    Early 19th century Irish bagpipes, by family tradition The Fenian Bag Pipes (600-800)  UPDATE: THESE MADE 660 AT HAMMER

    St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin by George Miller (5,000-7,000).

    St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin by George Miller (5,000-7,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 4,400 AT HAMMER

    An antique pierced helmet in two parts, by repute belonging to Sir Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford, The Lord Deputy of Ireland (2,500-3,500),

    An antique pierced helmet in two parts, by repute belonging to Sir Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford, The Lord Deputy of Ireland (2,500-3,500),  UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,600

    An 18th century carved gilt wood mirror originally at Carton (30,000-50,000).

    An 18th century carved gilt wood mirror originally at Carton (30,000-50,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 40,000 AT HAMMER

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