The catalogue for the current Irish art online sale by Morgan O’Driscoll is now live. Bidding ends on September 23 between 6.30 and 9.30 pm.

The catalogue for the current Irish art online sale by Morgan O’Driscoll is now live. Bidding ends on September 23 between 6.30 and 9.30 pm.
Sweetpea in Bloom by Kenneth Webb UPDATE: THIS MADE 8,500 AT HAMMER
Carina Scott, MOONLIGHT OFF ROUNDSTONE UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,400 AT HAMMER
Virgo and letter by Patrick Hennessy UPDATE:THIS MADE 11,250 AT HAMMER
An Edwardian rocking horse UPDATE; THIS WAS UNSOLD
The Winners by Dan O’Neill (1920-1974) UPDATE: THIS MADE 9,000 AT HAMMER
The Winners, an oil on board by Dan O’Neill at Morgan O’Driscoll’s online auction of Irish art on May 21 last came up at The Irish Sale at Sotheby’s in London in 2002. It sold for 8,000 euro then. This time around it is estimated at 8,000-12,000.
Highlights of the sale include works by James Humbert Craig, Henry Robertson Craig, John Butler Yeats, Kenneth Webb, Basil Blackshaw and Carey Clarke. There are 224 lots including sculpture and each can be viewed life-size in your own setting via the AR Marker with the Morgan O’Driscoll app. The catalogue for the sale is online. Here is a small selection:
Kenneth Webb RWA FRSA RUA (b.1927)
July Profusion UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,700 AT HAMMER
James S. Brohan (b.1952)
The Horse Fair UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,200 AT HAMMER
Foxgloves by William Crozier (1930-2011) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,200 AT HAMMER
Kenneth Webb, Sweetpea
Carina Scott, First Light,
Vintage Carriage Pram
Sir Peter Blake RA, Babe Rainbow, screenprint on metal
Mark O’Neill, From the Flower Market
Nassau Blair Browne, Cattle in the Meadow
Artists like Kenneth Webb, Tony O’Malley, John Shinnors, Basil Blackshaw, James Humbert Craig and Harry Kernoff all feature in Morgan O’Driscoll’s current online Irish art auction. Bidding is open until the evening of Monday September 18. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:
Harry Aaron Kernoff RHA (1900-1974) Connemara Cailin (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,600 AT HAMMER
Basil Blackshaw HRHA RUA (1932-2016) The Orchard (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,800 AT HAMMER
James S. Brohan (b.1952)
Wild Flower Meadow (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,600 AT HAMMER
The Crouching Venus
A painting by Kenneth Webb was the top lot at Fonsie Mealy’s summer art sale in Castlecomer this year. The Fish Market at Roundstone sold for a hammer price of 15,000. A set of four stained glass panels of saints from The Earley Studios in Dublin sold for 11,000 at hammer. A 17th century Italian School of Moses Striking the Rock attributed to Bernardo Cavilling made 10,500 at hammer and The Crouching Venus, a white marble Italian School c1800 sculpture originally at Powerscourt sold for 8,000 at hammer.
Other top hammer prices included a pair of Irish duelling pistols (8,000), a 12 bore Purdey shotgun (5,600), a stained glass panel of St. Patrick (5,500), an oval enamel plaque portrait by J. Sadler, Liverpool (5,200), two Carrara marble statues of The Blessed Virgin and The Sacred Heart (5,000) and an Irish George III period bookcase (5,000).
(See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for July 25 and July 22, 2017)
From Basil Blackshaw and Kenneth Webb to Sean Scully and Pauline Bewick there is much to choose from at Morgan O’Driscoll’s current online Irish art auction. There are 206 lots in the catalogue and bidding ends on August 2. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:
Basil Blackshaw HRHA RUA (1932-2016)
Cockeral
mixed media on card (2,000-3,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,000 AT HAMMER
Kenneth Webb RWA FRSA RUA (b.1927)
Wild Meadow
oil on canvas (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 4,800 AT HAMMER
Pauline Bewick RHA (b.1935)
White Cow & Caragh Lake (1983)
watercolour (5,000-7,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,000 AT HAMMER
Sean Scully (b.1945)
Red Fold (2006)
limited edition lithograph signed & numbered 26/50
signed lower right & dated ’06 (3,000-4,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,800 AT HAMMER
The current online Irish art auction at Morgan O’Driscoll runs until May 23. The 365 lots are available to view online or at Mr. O’Driscoll’s offices in Skibbereen on May 19, 20 and 23. Here is a small selection:
Peter Collis RHA (1929-2012)
Still Life (1994) (2,000-3,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
John Skelton Snr (1923-2009)
Launching the Currach (800-1,200) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,100 AT HAMMER
Kenneth Webb RWA FRSA RUA (b.1927)
Wild Flowers, Erlough (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 3,200 AT HAMMER
Cecil Maguire RHA RUA (b.1930)
The Morning of Horse Fair (2003) (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 3,000 AT HAMMER
The art and antiques sale by Dolan’s in Rosslare on May 1 kicks off with a limited edition colour print by Robert Ballagh entitled My Studio 1969. One of an edition of 75 it is estimated at 500 to 800. Kelly’s Hotel in Rosslare is the venue for this auction of more than 300 lots. The emphasis is on art, but there sale features a selection of reasonably estimated rugs, small antique furniture pieces, silver and collectible objects. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection.
Robert Ballagh – My Studio 1969 (500-800) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 600 AT HAMMER
Kenneth Webb – Sweet Pea, profusion of colour (2,800-3,200) UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,200 AT HAMMER
Markey Robinson – Clown Juggling (800-1,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,200
A Victorian walnut duet music stand (800-1,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
A William IV reading table (100-200). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 11O
Dolan’s will kick off the summer season with an art and antiques auction at Kelly’s Hotel in Rosslare May 1, bank holiday Sunday. There is a varied collection of paintings, watercolours, prints, sculpture, antique furniture, silver, china, rugs and collectible items. Artists featured include Norah McGuinness, Flora Mitchell, Kenneth Webb, Brian Ballard, Mark O’Neill, Arthur Maderson, Charles Harpur, Markey Robinson, Carina Scott, Norman Teeling, Fergus O’Ryan and Frank Egginton. The catalogue, which lists 295 lots, is online. This does not include a late entry of seven works by artist Mark O’Neill with estimates ranging from 700 to 3,500. Here is a small selection:
Arthur Maderson – Winter Sunset (2,000-3,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 4,200 AT HAMMER
Kenneth Webb – Summer Breeze (6,000-8,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 5,500 AFTER THE AUCTION
David ffrench le Roy – Pantry Shelf (400-500) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 400
Carina Scott – Connemara, Calm and Resilient (800-1,200) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 750 AT HAMMER