ALICIA BOYLE (Irish 1908 – 1997) ‘A Boat (ashore) in a West of Ireland landscape’. UPDATE: THIS MADE 150 AT HAMMER
This 1950 mixed media work by Alicia Boyle is lot 56 at the modern and contemporary art online auction at O’Reilly’s of Francis St., Dublin which runs from August 7-14. The estimate is 150-250. Boyle’s work is in numerous collections including Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Crawford Gallery, Ulster Museum, Nottingham Castle Museum, National Gallery of Ireland and the National Self Portrait Collection. The catalogue for the sale is online.
Soleil en foret (Sunlight in the forest) by Roderic O’Conor at Fonsie Mealy. UPDATE: THIS MADE 40,000 AT HAMMER
A Regency cheval mirror with satinwood crossbanding is among the lots of interest at Matthews sale of the entire contents of Rath House in Dundalk online from Kells, Co. Meath on March 20. The sale of 1,117 lots includes antique furniture, paintings, silver and collectibles. There are tables, sets of chairs, chests of drawers, bookcases, Oriental porcelain, Waterford Crystal, Victorian landscapes and portraits and all sorts of collectibles among a wide variety of lots. Viewing is now underway and the auction will be online.
The sale is a prelude to a number of auctions next week and the week after. Purcell Auctioneers in Birr will offer a 1908 limited edition Collected Works of W.B. Yeats (update – hammer 2,400) in verse and prose as a highlight of their sale of Irish and world interest books on March 23. A very rare Treatise on the Art of War by Roger, Earl of Orrery from 1677 comes up too (update – this made 1,250 at hammer). Works by Richard Brydges Beechey, Roderic O’Conor and William Orpen’s portrait of James Hugh Smith-Barry will highlight Fonsie Mealy’s sale of Irish and International Art on March 23. There are 236 lots on offer. A 48 hour timed online auction of jewellery by O’Reilly’s of Francis St. in Dublin runs from March 23-25.
There are diamond rings and coloured stones like sapphire, ruby and topaz in a variety of settings at the sale of jewellery, watches and silver at O’Reilly’s, Francis St., Dublin on August 24. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection.
A three stone diamond ring (20,000-22,000)
A certified Colombian emerald ring in diamond surround (10,000-12,000)
A diamond baguette necklace with matching earrings (3,000-4,000)
An 18 carat white gold diamond cross over ring (2,500-2,800)
A 19th century sapphire or diamond brooch at Adams or a five carat diamond ring at O’Reilly’s of Francis St.? Dublin jewellery auction goers will have choices to make this week with sales at James Adam on October 20 and at O’Reilly’s of Francis St. on October 21. Catalogues for each of the sales are online. The brooch at Adams, lot 76, is estimated at 800-1,200. The brilliant cut diamond solitaire weighs in at a more hefty estimate of 45,000-50,000. Each sale offers a big selection of antique and vintage jewellery and watches.
A 19th century sapphire and diamond brooch at James Adam.
