A c1820 Cork Regency extending dining table at Mullen’s of Laurel Park. UPDATE: THIS MADE €4,500 AT HAMMER
THIS fine c1820 Cork Regency extending dining table with reeded rim on spiral twist legs is among the feature lots at the monthly sale by Mullen’s of Laurel Park, Bray on March 1. The estimate is €4,500-€6,500. Antique furniture, silver, art, chandeliers, porcelain, rugs and vintage pieces feature in this timed online auction which gets underway at 6 pm. Furniture lots include a 19th century camphor wood trunk, an Art Deco campaign style drinks cabinet, an Art Deco cherrywood and brass bar, a pair of 19th century giltwood mirrors and a double scroll end window seat. The auction is on view today and tomorrow and the catalogue is online.
An unusually large scale model of a steam traction engine. (€2,000-€3,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,200 AT HAMMER
The enduring fascination of railways in days gone by never leaves. The single owner collection of Lord O’Neill of Shane’s Castle, Co. Antrim, former President of the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (and a stepson of Bond creator Ian Fleming), at Mullen’s of Laurel Park in Bray on November 10 is of huge interest to railwayana collectors.
There are train nameplates, headboards, railway hotel items, original enamel advertisements, paintings commissioned by Lord O’Neill of locomotives and travel posters including highly collectible ones designed by Paul Henry, banknotes and coins. An unusually large scale model of a steam traction engine, the Maid of Erin, is of great interest along with a good selection of model trains and transport items.
His railway and transport library features rare and unusual books, maps and pamphlets. Among them is Richard Griffiths’ c1855 map of Ireland made to accompany the report of the Railway Commissioners with hand coloured plates. The live auction with online bidding gets underway next Monday at 11 am. The catalogue is online and the sale is on view at Mullen’s this weekend.
The Shamrock, a train headboard (€2,000-€3,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,100 AT HAMMER
19th century French polished steel and brass centre table. UPDATE: THE CLOSING BID WAS 3,000
This white veined marble topped table is the leading lot at Mullen’s of Laurel Park timed online Classic and Contemporary Interiors auction which runs in Bray until July 20. The marble rests on a pierced foliate cast frieze on scroll supports. The estimate is €3,000-€4,000. The catalogue lists over 650 lots and is online.
A 1945 All-Ireland senior football progamme is among the lots at The Collector’s Cabinet timed online auction by Mullen’s of Laurel Park, Bray, which runs until June 21. Outsiders Cork beat Cavan on a scoreline of 2-5 to 0-7. In this historic game the former Taoiseach Jack Lynch became a dual All-Ireland medallist. He had won four successive All-Ireland senior hurling medals between 1941 and 1944. The estimate for the programme is €400-€600.
This white marble chimney piece of inverted breakfront design features at Mullen’s classic and contemporary interiors timed online auction at Laurel Park, Bray, which runs until January 5. The estimate is €2,500-3,500. There are 653 lots on the catalogue with 208 lots of furniture and 66 lots of art. The top furniture lot is a circular Chinese rosewood inlaid table (€3,000-4,000).
George Lothian Hall (1825-1888) – Kenmare at James Adam. UPDATE: THIS MADE 260 AT HAMMER
AN early watercolour of Kenmare, a Waterford Crystal 12 branch chandelier, a diamond riviere necklace, an extremely rare antique Hardy brass face Perfect specimen reel, a white marble inlaid chimney piece and a carved limestone head are among the varied and highly collectible offerings at upcoming sales in Ireland.
Easy and convenient to view these lots are from sales to be held online respectively by Adams in Dublin, Keighery’s of Waterford, Purcell Auctioneers in Birr, Matthews of Kells, Mullens of Laurel Park in Bray and O’Donovans of Newcastle West between now and August 28.
To take the last one first there is bound to be interest from Kerry in an 1886 watercolour of Kenmare by the Liverpool born George Lothian Hall whose paintings can be found in the Yale Centre for British Art. With Kenmare faintly visible in the background it depicts a sailing boat, some other leisure vessels, cattle, cottages and a horse and trap. The estimate at the James Adam At Home sale of 394 lots on August 28 is €2,000-€3,000.
The Waterford chandelier at Keighery’s auction on August 19 is estimated at €4,000-€6,000. This sale of over 650 lots will include items from the Furlong estate of historian and journalist Nicholas and antique dealer Mairead of Wexford. There are antique books of Wexford and Irish history, some attractive furniture, various books on antiques, Imari chargers and collectibles including a sailing ship in a case among a large selection of lots.
A white marble inlaid chimney piece at Mullen’s. UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,500 AT HAMMER
The timed online Classic and Contemporary Interiors sale at Mullen’s of Laurel Park at 6 pm on August 18 offers an inverted breakfront white marble inlaid chimney piece (€2,500-€3,500) as one of its leading pieces. There is furniture, art and lighting on offer in this sale of over 770 lots.
A rare antique Hardy reel at Purcell’s UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,800 AT HAMMER
With an estimate of €2,000-€4,000 an extremely rare Hardy specimen reel leads the sale by Purcell Auctioneers of Birr on August 21. It bears the stamp “B”, believed to be the mark of either Alfred or Frederick Broadley, two highly respected figures in the world of salmon perfect reel making whose contribution to the Hardy legacy is well documented. The leather case is marked P D Mallock, Perth, a firm renowned for producing high quality angling accessories. Purcells say the reel is in very good condition and the brass face remains structurally sound.
If you are seriously interested in the diamond 91 stone riviere necklace at Matthews in Kells on August 21 you must go and see it. There will be viewing from noon to 5 pm on August 18, 19 and 20. It is 42 cm long and the total weight is 22 carats. The estimate is €12,500-€17,500. Even if it is beyond your range the auction offers 524 other lots of jewellery, silver and collectibles including unredeemed pawnbroker pledges and executor instructions.
A carved limestone head (€300-€400) is included in the online only sale at O’Donovans in Newcastle West on August 24. The auction comprises 303 lots from the Redemptorist fathers at Esker Monastery, Athenry, Co. Galway. Among them are sets of Stations of the Cross, statues, altars and no less than five sets of five pitch pine church pews with carved ends (€100-€150 a set). All will be offered without reserve.
A 91 stone diamond riviere necklace at Matthews. UPDATE: THIS MADE 14,200 AT HAMMER
A diamond set ruby mounted on a platinum ring at Matthews. UPDATE: THIS MADE €2,450 at hammer
Can romance be mined from unredeemed pledges? It might be just possible to come up with the answer to this teasing question in time for Valentine’s Day at Matthews jewellery, gold and silver auction on February 11 The sale will feature executor’s lots, pieces from private clients and unredeemed pawnbrokers pledges with plenty to choose from among 593 lots. A ruby diamond set cluster on a platinum ring or an 18 carat white gold diamond set sapphire and ruby brooch, each estimated at €2,500-€3,500, are laden with sparkling romantic potential. Or if you are not superstitious how about a pear cut sapphire and 13 diamond set pendant (€2,000-€3,000). There are bracelets, rings, diamond solitaires, necklaces, earrings, chokers, watches and objects of all sorts with which to express your love, so it is over to you.
A pear cut sapphire and diamond set pendant at Matthews. UPDATE: THIS MADE €1,900 AT HAMMER
Undoubtedly the best value to be had at auctions these days is in everyday antique furniture. There is no shortage of choice at upcoming sales. A classic and contemporary interiors timed online sale by Mullen’s of Laurel Park in Bray kicks off at 6 pm on February 11 with a 19th century cast iron hawthorn pattern garden seat with an estimate of just €200-€300. A Georgian inlaid side table is estimated at just €600-€800, a pair of 19th century butlers trays on stands come with an estimate of €400-€600 and a vintage satin birch chest is estimated at just €80-€150.
One of a pair of 19th century butler’s trays at Mullen’s. UPDATE: THIS LOT MADE 520 AT HAMMER
There are lots of other examples of good value furniture here including a Georgian demi lune side table (€100-€200), a brass bound secretaire chest (€200-€300), a 19th century three tier dumb waiter (€80-€120), a Georgian drop leaf table (€100-€200) and a Chippendale style mahogany desk (€200-€300). Meanwhile at Newcastlewest in Co. Limerick the sale by O’Donovan’s on February 18 will offer over 300 lots mostly to be sold without reserve. Among them is an oriental dinner gong with brass hanging drum (€125-€150), a Victorian oak hall stand with bevelled mirror (€40-€60), a New York made mantle clock with pendulum (€40-€60), a Georgian sideboard (€175-€250) and a Georgian tea caddy (€200-€300). The sale is led by a Peter Curling watercolour titled At the end of the Plough (€1,600-€1,900).
Cottage in the Maam Valley by Mabel Young at Fonsie Mealy. UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,200 AT HAMMER
Art by Mabel Young (1889-1974), Paul Henry’s second wife, do not crop up very often and Fonsie Mealy’s Making Room sale in Castlecomer on February 21 features an oil on board of a cottage in the Maam Valley signed by her. It is estimated at €800-€1,200. The top lot in the sale is a large Irish Georgian serving table in the Chinese Chippendale style estimated at €2,000-€3,000. The catalogues for all these sales are online.
If it seems ridiculous now that the poster used in the United States to promote Michael Collins – the film directed by Neil Jordan – was deemed too militant for Ireland at least it shows that Irish politics has moved on a little. It depicts Liam Neeson playing Collins brandishing a rifle above his head while addressing a group of people. Timing is everything and this was in 1996, two years before The Good Friday agreement created the conditions for the beginning of some sort of normalisation. In Ireland a tamer image of Collins campaigning for The Treaty was used. A copy of the US cinema poster comes up today as lot 325 at Mullen’s Collector’s Cabinet auction of history, militaria and collectibles at Laurel Park in Bray on June 17. The poster is estimated at €200-€300. UPDATE: THIS MADE 200 AT HAMMER.
Little of the fabric of Medieval Dublin remains intact today. The late 1970s saw the original Viking settlement at Wood Quay, which had been remarkably preserved in Liffey mud for almost a Millennium, being destroyed by the development of Dublin Corporation’s offices. Protests against the destruction of Wood Quay received huge public support and it was the cause celebre of the time. A small collection of posters and leaflets produced by the protest movement are offered in three lots at Mullen’s Collector’s Cabinet sale of history, militaria and collectibles auction on June 17. Estimates range from €150-€200. UPDATE: THIS MADE 320 AT HAMMER
One of a pair of weathered stone lions. UPDATE: THIS LOT MADE 2,700 AT HAMMER
Weathered stone lions, a wake table, a silver cigarette box and a telescopic brass fender with a hide seat are among the many and varied offerings at auction in Ireland in the coming week. Sales by Woodards in Cork, Hegarty’s in Bandon, Sean Eacrett at the Horse and Jockey Hotel in Co. Tipperary and Mullen’s at Laurel Park in Bray will offer much to keep collectors busy. Choices range from conversation pieces like an Oriental style Carlton House desk to garden furniture, comfortable couches and a variety of collectibles like an unusual pair of Limerick china figures, The Philospher and The Critic, from Rocklow House in Fethard. Top furniture lots at Woodwards online sale in Cork next Saturday (June 10) include a set of six Cork 11-bar dining chairs, a Georgian walnut chest on chest and a seven foot long hunt or wake table. There is a selection of Georgian, Regency and Edwardian pieces among more than 300 lots. The 19th century stone lions come up at the house contents sale by Sean Eacrett at the Horse and Jockey Hotel in Co. Tipperary next Tuesday (June 6) of contents from Rocklow House, Fethard. In crouched poses they are, at €3,000-€5,000, among the more expensively estimated offerings in a sale of just over 1,000 lots. There is a selection of Oriental vases, bowls, jars, along with a private collection of Waterford Crystal including limited edition pieces and a highly collectible pair of 19th century oval Irish mirrors with faceted blue and white decorated frames (€2,000-€4,000). An unusual ebonised Carlton House Desk is estimated at €600-€1,000. There are chandeliers, a 160 piece Spode dinner service, Persian runners and rugs, a Donegal carpet and Meissen figures in a sale which is on view at Fethard from noon to 5 pm on today, tomorrow and Monday.
A George V silver cigarette box at Hegarty’s. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR €80
A George V silver cigarette box from 1914, engraved with a presentation message in 1934, comes up at Hegarty’s online fine interiors auction next Tuesday (June 6). The estimate is €300-€400. Other lots include a triple panel overmantle mirror (€150-€300), a flame mahogany demi lune hall table (€400-€800) and Summer Shade, a colourful oil on canvas by Martin Stone (€700-€900).
A brass and hide upholstered telescopic fender is among the top lots at Mullen’s timed online auction of 849 lots which runs until 6 pm tomorrow (June 4). The estimate is €1,800-€2,600. This auction offers more than 300 lots of furniture, Irish, English and European art, lighting and a sextant by Cooke and Co. of Hull in a mahogany case. Catalogues for all these sales are online.
An upholstered telescopic club fender at Mullens of Laurel Park
