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    LORD DONERAILE’S 19TH CENTURY WATERFORD MAPS

    Monday, February 26th, 2024
    Lord Doneraile’s boxed ordnance survey map of Waterford. UPDATE: THIS MADE 240 AT HAMMER

    A 19th century Ordnance Survey map of Waterford from the collection of Doneraile Court and a 19th century Killarney davenport are among the lots at Hegarty’s online sale in Bandon from 5 pm on February 28. Lord Doneraile’s maps were most likely used for hunting. The auction offers a selection of antique furniture, art, jewellery and collectibles including a pair of c1740 Irish silver candlesticks by Thomas Walker of Dublin.

    IRISH SILVER TANKARD AT HEGARTY’S IN BANDON

    Sunday, February 11th, 2024
    An Irish 18th century oversized silver tankard. UPDATE: THIS MADE 6,100 AT HAMMER

    An Irish oversized silver tankard made in Dublin in 1783 by Thomas Johnson is among the prime lots at Hegarty’s Valentine’s Day online auction next February 14 at 5 pm.  It is among an important collection of Irish silver in a sale that will include antique furniture, collectibles, art and jewellery.  The tankard features double c scroll handles, a bulbous body with design in relief, clear hallmarks and a circular platform base and is estimated at €8,000-€10,000.

    Another piece certain to generate interest is a Cork silver coffee pot made by John Nicholson c1760 when silver making flourished in the southern capital.  The George III piece features a finial cover,  cartouches, a decorative spout and a circular platform base.  The estimate is €1,000-€3,000.  The catalogue is online.

    A George III Cork silver c1760 coffee pot. UPDATE: THIS MADE 4,700 AT HAMMER

    CORK SILVER SUGAR BOWL AT HEGARTY’S JANUARY AUCTION

    Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024
    A c1800 Cork Silver sugar bowl stamped STERLING by John Toleken. UPDATE: THIS MADE 800 AT HAMMER

    This Irish 18th century Cork silver sugar bowl comes up as lot 5 at Hegarty’s timed and live auction on January 24. It is engraved with initials to one side and a family crest to the other and estimated at 800-900. The auction includes French furniture, silver, art and collectibles and the catalogue is online.

    AN ART DECO LONDON SILVER TEAPOT AT HEGARTY’S

    Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024
    ART DECO PERIOD SILVER TEA POT. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    This Art Deco silver teapot comes up as lot 55 at Hegarty’s New Year auction which begins online at 5 pm on January 3. The London teapot with the mark for 1928 has the maker’s mark  G&S Co Ltd. For Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd. It is estimated at 500-600. The auction offers around 280 lots of jewellery, art, antique furniture and collectibles.

    FIRST EDITION OF FIRST HARRY POTTER BOOK AT HEGARTY’S

    Sunday, December 10th, 2023
    A first edition of the first Harry Potter book. UPDATE: THIS MADE 13,800 AT HAMMER

    The online sale by Hegarty’s in Bandon from 5 pm on December 12 will feature a first paperback edition of the first Harry Potter book, one of 5,150 copies in wrappers.  Both paperback and hardback editions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone were published on June 26, 1997.  This one is estimated at around €3,000.  The sale offers art by Graham Knuttel and a selection of antique furniture, collectibles and jewellery including contents from 

    MUCH TO CHOOSE FROM IN UPCOMING SALES

    Sunday, October 15th, 2023
    An inlaid ormolu mounted side table at Woodwards. UPDATE: THIS MADE 480 AT HAMMER

    Collectors have much to choose from in a variety of upcoming sales up and down the country.  Prime lots at Woodwards in Cork on October 21 include an inlaid ormolu mounted side table,  a set of Queen Anne chairs with hoof feet, a walnut serpentine fronted desk, a William IV teapoy and a Havana cigar humidor. A Bechstein baby grand piano in perfect condition is a feature lot at Aidan Foley’s two day live and online sale at Kilcolgan, Co. Galway on October 21 and 22 at  noon on each day. Meantime more than 500 lots will come under the hammer at R.J. Keighery’s sale in Waterford on October 16. Feature lots include a Victorian dining table with five leaves, a four piece Irish silver tea and coffee set, two 19th century ebonised burr walnut side cabinets with ormolu mounts and some Waterford Crystal chandeliers. In Bandon Hegarty’s will offer a selection of antique furniture, Asian ceramics, bronzes, silver and jewellery in a live online sale on the evening of October 17.  The catalogue is online.

    A Bechstein baby grand piano at Aidan Foley’s Galway sal

    AUGUST LIVE ONLINE AUCTION AT HEGARTY’S IN BANDON

    Sunday, August 20th, 2023
    A decorative 19th century walnut work/dressing table. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    A late 19th century walnut combination dressing table and work table is among the antique furniture highlights at Hegarty’s August live online auction which takes place on August 22.  The cabinet, adorned with open fretwork with delicate scrolling and foliate detail, is estimated at €1,000-€1,500. A William IV specimen table is estimated at €2,500-€3,500 and a pair of William IV armchairs have an estimate of €900-€1,000. The sale offers more than 250 lots of art, furniture and collectibles from a private collection in Kinsale.  There is an oil on board by Arthur Maderson titled Autumn Sunlight, a watercolour of Cork Docklands by Norma Healy and  an oil on canvas by Martin Stone, Gorsefire.  An Art Deco inspired Ceylon sapphire and diamond cluster ring is estimated at €6,500-€8,500.

    BERGMAN PHEASANTS TO FLY IN BANDON

    Thursday, August 17th, 2023
    Franz Bergman (1898-1963) Bronze painted pheasant. UPDATE: THIS LOT WAS UNSOLD

    A pair of cold painted bronze pheasants by the Viennese Franz Bergman foundry come up at Hegarty’s live online sale in Bandon on August 22. The pair are impressed with the makers mark “B” and each one is numbered. The Bergman was noted for detailed and colourful work and the estimate on the pair is €800-€1,000. The sale of 290 lots includes art, antique furniture and collectibles from a private collection in Kinsale.

    Vintage views and a Fabergé frog at Hegarty’s sale in Bandon

    Saturday, July 22nd, 2023
    Vintage views of the Lakes of Killarney from well over a century ago. UPDATE: THIS MADE €50 AT HAMMER

    There is much more to an album of old photographs than an album of old photographs.  It is too easy nowadays to overlook the technical difficulties and arduous processes faced by picture pioneers. Our late 19th century photographers captured a long vanished utterly different Ireland – unspoilt by pollution, unworried about global warming and artificial intelligence – with great skill and determination.Photographers had to carry a great deal of heavy equipment with them into the field. The film they used retained its light sensitivity only when wet. A heavy glass plate needed to be coated, exposed and developed immediately in a single sequence.  The idea of having a phone (what is that?) in your pocket to take photographs and videos at the drop of a hat was beyond what could then have been imagined. Those far off days are recalled in an interesting album of vintage photographs from c1865-1914 at Hegarty’s summer live online evening auction in Bandon on July 25.  Estimated at just €80-€100 it contains vintage images of Irish and British buildings, castles, beauty spots and sights of interest. They were mostly taken by Robert French, chief photographer at William Lawrence Photographic Studios of Dublin, creators of the famous Lawrence Collection now held at the National Library of Ireland.  In the late 1870’s William Lawrence sought out Robert French to photograph topographical work.  French provided up to date views to Lawrence for 35 years which were sold in agencies throughout Ireland. In the period from 1880-1910 the firm dominated photography in Ireland.

    A carved agate Fabergé frog UPDATE: THIS MADE 6,700 AT HAMMER OVER A TOP ESTIMATE OF 2,000

    More than 300 lots of  silver, furniture, art and jewellery will come under the hammer at Hegarty’s. Among the most expensively estimated are a gold lady’s Rolex wristwatch and a gem set carved agate frog attributed to Fabergé. Complete with gold mounted purple gem set eyes it is in a fitted Fabergé case with matching inventory number, Imperial stamp and marked Fabergé, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Odessa.  These tiny figures – this one just five cm wide and 2 cm high – were born of Fabergé’s love for Japanese netsuke.  He maintained a large collection of them.

    Neatly sized antique furniture is usually a draw and this sale offers a 19th century Chippendale style kneehole desk/chest with serpentine top, canted corners, a brush slide and ample storage in tip top condition.  There should be some interest too in an Irish mahogany sideboard which dates to the late 19th century.The silver section includes an 18th century Irish silver salver with the date mark for 1774 and a JL makers mark and an early 20th century Birmingham silver trinket box. 

    VINTAGE LAKE BOAT OWNED BY MAUREEN O’HARA AT AUCTION

    Saturday, April 8th, 2023
    UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    A vintage lake boat formerly owned by Hollywood actress Maureen O’Hara is among the lots at Hegarty’s online sale in Bandon on Wednesday April 12. Painted red and blue it was the private boat at her Glengarriff estate and is complete with a Mercury motor.  It is estimated at €3,500-€4,500.  Among the other lots are an Art Deco diamond ring, a fall front bureau, a pair of 19th century bronze ewers, mustard spoons by James Salter, Cork, 1823 and six George IV silver teaspoons by  John Seymour, Cork c1820.