Cork based dealer Trevor O’Callaghan will bring a selection of vintage diecast toys to the National Antiques, Art and Vintage fair at LImerick Racecourse this weekend.
Trevor O’Callaghan will bring vintage diecast toys, Country Mile Antiques will offer a selection of antique coffee grinders, Brian Hurley of Kinsale has porcelain, ceramics and crystal and they are among many dealers assembled at Limerick Racecourse this weekend for the fully indoor National Antiques Art and Vintage fair. Silver, jewellery, coins, antique furniture, tribal art, vintage fashion, art and all sorts of collectibles are to be found. Doors open at 11 am on January 24-25.
One of the more unusual items that Treasures Irish Art will bring to the Limerick fair today and tomorrow.
Collectors can expect the unexpected, and a lot of variety, at the National Antiques, Art and Vintage fair at Limerick Racecourse today and tomorrow (November 15 and 16) from 11 am on each day.
If you still haven’t found what you are looking for this is as good a place to start the search as any. More than 70 dealers from right around Ireland will be in attendance with everything from art, antique furniture and Persian rugs to jewellery, silver, ceramics, vintage fashion, banknotes, militaria and even a suit of armour.
Little wonder that this is one of the most popular events on Ireland’s annual antique calendar. Running now for 35 years the three to five times yearly Limerick fair continues to go from strength to strength.
A Clarice Cliff Bizarre Nasturtium pattern bowl from 1933 at Edwin Mercer’s stand.
Be inspired by some stylish ceramics at Brian Hurley’s stand or a pair of opal and emerald earrings at Edwin Mercer’s stand. This is where you will also find a full set of Beswick 757 flying swallows of a type that went out of production in 1973 and a Bizarre Nasturtium pattern Clarice Cliff bowl dating to 1933 in superb condition.
There are paintings, furniture and decorative objects at Country Mile Antiques while Joe Burns Foundry Antiques will offer metal wall sconces, candlesticks and lanterns. The Purple Onion Gallery will bring art along with some Havana cigars and a selection of French wines.
A selection of smaller furniture pieces from Greene’s Antiques.
A walk through the fair will bring you to no less than six coin, banknote and militaria dealers. There are gold Albert chains, silver chains, diamonds, precious and semi precious stones, books, Art Deco bronze figures. Eddie Moylan is among those who will offer a selection of jewellery items. Demand for lovely old furniture may not be as strong as it was once but it has not gone away, and there are some stylish choices for modern homes like a marquetry inlaid kidney shaped tray at Greenes.
The variety on offer always extends to vintage fashion and Eily Henry will bring a choice selection of hats, handbags and accessories. No one enjoys the thrill of the chase quite as much as an established collector of anything from Victorian hat pins to Limerick silver to branded porcelain to rare coins to whatever you are having yourself when they happen across a long sought after coveted piece.
Markets and fairs are enduringly popular throughout Europe and beyond. This – the biggest one in Ireland this year – is an opportunity to find something unusual and different, maybe even to get a new collecting habit underway.
Robert Hutchinson will bring a selection of coins, banknotes and medals.
Edwin Mercer will show this Victorian correspondence box at the National Antiques, Art and Vintage fair at Limerick Racecourse this weekend. Inlaid with mother of pearl and with its original key and slots for unanswered and answered letters it is one of thousands of collectibles objects at this fair. There is everything from tribal art, vintage fashion, Irish contemporary art, jewellery, silver and antique furniture to coins and banknotes, militaria and rugs. Opening times are from 11 am to 6 pm today and tomorrow.
Edwin Mercer will display this Victorian lady’s vanity box at the Limerick fair this weekend.
In the run up to Christmas the antique and art season is beginning to really hot up. Limerick racecourse is the venue for the National Antiques, Art and Vintage fair today and tomorrow. Outstanding Irish art will come under the hammer at de Veres in Dublin next Tuesday and Sotheby’s expects around €2 million worth of Irish art to change hands at evening and day sales in London on Tuesday and Wednesday. The calendar for the next few weeks is brimful of interest and offers a huge array of choice to eager collectors across all price levels and genres. Limerick Racecourse has proven to be an ideal venue for Hibernian Antique Fairs. There is easy access and lots of space for antique shops, art galleries and vintage dealers. An across the board selection this weekend includes a Victorian vanity box complete with travel accessories, bottles and even hat pins. Along with a covetable selection of antique furniture including a c1790 Irish double sided library table with hairy paw feet and Irish art there are selections of clocks and watches, militaria, jewellery, porcelain and silver.
Rugby Sculpture (2007) by Barry Flanagan at de Veres. UPDATE: THIS MADE 40,000
Art by Paul Henry, Walter Osborne, Gerard Dillon, Tony O’Malley, Norah McGuinness, William Scott, John Shinnors and Barry Flanagan will feature strongly at de Veres on Tuesday evening. Bidding on this timed online sale which draws to a close from 6 pm on November 21 is already open. It is on view at Kildare St. in Dublin for the next four days.
Bathers, Naylor’s Cove, Bray by Harry Kernoff at Sotheby’s in London. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
The evening and day sales at Sotheby’s in London on November 21 and 22 are part of British and Irish art week, a series of events celebrating the art of Ireland and Britain from the 19th to the 21st centuries. A total of 54 lots of Irish art will feature with the evening sale headed by two works from Sir John Lavery and two by Jack B Yeats. The Lavery’s have emerged from the collection of the artists family. Another evening highlight is a significant early carving by F.E. McWilliam titled Woodhenge. The estimate for the piece is €229,220-€343,830. Meantime Bonhams first sale on the island of Ireland is now open for bidding online. The Irish Sale: Vision and Voice will offer art by Paul Henry, Donald Teskey, Sir William Orpen, Maeve McCarthy, Margaret Clarke, Frank McKelvey, Wiliam Leech and Jack B Yeats along with an annotated typescript of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce and handwritten lyrics of Your Song Saved My Life by Bono. The auction will be on view at the City Assembly House in Dublin from November 24-28, when the sale will be held.
Woodhenge by F.E. McWilliam at Sotheby’s. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
A selection of percussion pistols which dealer David Elliman will feature on his militaria stand at the National Antiques Fair this weekend.
Even when the weather outside is frightful one compensation of our world is that armed only with an internet connection it is possible to virtually view a huge selection of upcoming antiques, art and collectibles sales.The virtual world has its advantages but no matter where in Ireland you happen to be local sales that can be easily got to and viewed readily are a significant draw.
There is no substitute for actual viewing. The thousands of people travelling to the National antique, art and vintage fair, an indoor event at Limerick Racecourse today and tomorrow, are testament to the fact that, though the market is subject to its ups and downs, interest is huge. Auctions at Lynes and Lynes and Woodwards scheduled to take place on March 25 will open for viewing today in Carrigtwohill and Cork city centre respectively.
The National Antiques Fair at Limerick Racecourse on November 19 and 20 will be an assembly of more than 80 dealers including a number of members of the Irish Antique Dealers Association. The racecourse venue proved to be a resounding success when it was first used last September. Organiser Robin O’Donnell will have his own stand among the antique shops, galleries and vintage dealers at the fair for the first time in many years.
A walnut crossbanded tilt top table at the National Antiques Fair in Limerick
Time to giddy-up, clear all hurdles and chase over to Limerick Racecourse, the new and larger venue for the National Antiques Art and Vintage fair on September 10 and 11. The race is on to this winners enclosure of rare, unusual, desirable and collectible pieces from right around the island of Ireland including Northern Ireland. Pick a winner from more than 60 antique shops, vintage shops, art galleries and collectibles dealers with everything from antique furniture to art, jewellery, books, silver, porcelain, coins, banknotes, militaria and vintage fashion.
The Irish Antique Dealers Association will be represented by members including Martin Maguire of Mayo, Weldons Dublin, Donegal Antiques, Marie Curran, Dublin, Greenes Antiques, Drogheda, Treasures Irish Art, Athlone and Courtville Antiques, Dublin. With costume jewellery from €5 to top end diamonds at €50,000 there will be something here for everyone. The odds are in favour of keen punters and collectors at this convenient location with ample parking.
The National Antiques Fair at the South Court Hotel in LImerick on November 9 and 10 justifiably claims to be Ireland’s biggest antiques, art and vintage fair by far. While other fairs have got smaller this one has got bigger and attracts customers from all over Ireland and beyond. The closure of so many antique shops accounts for this growth as numerous dealers now find it more economical to trade at fairs rather than maintain a presence on the street.
While this is a pity there is an upside. Hibernian Antique Fairs say this fair will be full to the rafters with antique shops and dealers and art dealers and galleries. Many of these are members of the Irish Antique Dealers Association who exhibit at the RDS fair every September. Another reason for Limerick’s success is that this is a fair that caters for all tastes and all pockets. Opening times are from 11 am to 6 pm on each day.
Weldon’s will offer this Edwardian pear shaped emerald cluster ring priced at 24,500.
The Cork Freedom Box presented to Admiral Whitshed. (click on image to enlarge)
The inscription on the base. (click on image to enlarge)
A 200 year old Cork silver freedom box, made by Carden Terry and Jane Williams and presented to Admiral Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, is to be a feature at the Weldon’s stand at the National Antique and Fine Art Fair in Limerick over the weekend of March 19/20.
A friend of Lord Nelson, and a pallbearer at his funeral, Whitshed was Commander-in-Chief at Cork between 1807 and 1810, when he was promoted to admiral, and was later Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, 1821 to 1824. He became Admiral of the Fleet in 1844.
Born in 1762 he entered the Navy in 1773 on board the sloop Ranger on the Irish station. He was awarded a gold medal for his conduct at the battle of Cape St.Vincent in 1797. Promoted Rear-Admiral in 1799 he served under Lord St.Vincent in the Mediterranean. In 1803 he was promoted Naval Adviser to the Viceroy of Ireland and Vice-Admiral from 1804. He was responsible for the protection of the Irish coasts, for the building of Martello towers and organising the Sea Fencibles against threat of French invasion and organising the defences of Dublin Bay.
The rectangular box, which weighs just four ounces, is centred by the arms of the City of Cork. The inscription on the base reads: The Freedom of the City of Cork was unanimously voted by the Mayor, Sheriffs & common Council to Vice Admiral Whitshed for his great attention to the important duties of his station & their high respect for his public & private character. Thos. Harding Mayor, Josh. Leycester, Geo. S. Waggett Sheriffs, W.James T.Clerk
The venue for the National Antiques and Art Fair is the South Court Hotel. Weldons are just one of a number of members of the Irish Antique Dealers Association who will participate in this fair. There will be more than 70 stands. Opening times are from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on both days.
