Posts Tagged ‘Sheppards’
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
The c1880 enamel and silver cups by Hermann Boehm.
Two polychrome painted enamel and silver cups sold for a hammer price of 24,000, three times the top estimate, at Sheppards sale in Durrow on December 1. They are by Hermann Boehm, a foremost Viennese jeweller regarded as the greatest Austrian practitioner of the Revivalist goldsmiths work.
He used local talents in painted enamels and hard stone to create a new Renaissance objects of splendour for international clients. These date to around 1889. Each one is 17 inches high. The estimate on the lot was 5,000-8,000.
This c1790 Chippendale breakfront bookcase sold for 18,000.
This Regency telescopic dining table made 18,000 at hammer.
Tags: Hermann Boehm, Sheppards
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Friday, October 23rd, 2015
AN Irish George III Cork chimney piece sold for 17,100 over a top estimate of 12,000 at Sheppards in Durrow this week. The Adam chimney piece with marble inlay was part of the Castles, Manors and Mansions three day sale this week.
A detail of the marble inlay.
This Irish George III chimney piece made 17,100 at Sheppards.
Tags: Irish George III chimney piece, Sheppards
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015
One of a pair of large powder blue Chinese vases. SOLD FOR 560,000.
A pair of large Chinese powder blue vases sold for 560,000 at the opening day of Sheppards two day sale at Capard House in Co. Laois yesterday. This was an Irish auction record for porcelain. The purchaser was a bidder in the room who had travelled to the auction from Beijing. They had been estimated at 30,000-50,000. Each of the vases had the mark of Qianlong on the base and were on carved gilt wood stands.
The opening day of the sale went on to 10 pm as bidding was heavy on the internet, on the telephones and in the room.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for September 11, 2015).
Tags: Capard House, Irish auction porcelain record, Sheppards
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Friday, September 11th, 2015
With more than 1,100 lots the sale of the John Farrington Collection by Sheppards on September 22 and 23 offers an across the board selection of furniture, art, garden furniture, jewellery and the range associated with the big house. This is a two day on the premises house auction at Capard House, Rosenallis, Co. Laois. To avoid heavy traffic associated with Ireland’s National Ploughing Championships the advice for motorway drivers is to exit the M7 at Junction 18. Here is a small selection:
One of a pair of large powder blue Chinese vases, Qing Period (30,000-40,000).
George III mahogany, satinwood and marquetry bureau (1,500-2,500).
Large ebony and gilt wood console table (3,000-5,000).
An Irish George III three pillar dining table (40,000-60,000).
A monumental George III giltwood mirror (15,000-25,000).
Tags: Capard House, Sheppards
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Monday, August 31st, 2015
A pair of French designed polished steel and leather standard lamps and a 19th century Italian faience miniature violin are among the highlights at Sheppards first ever attic sale in Durrow on September 1. The auction of more than 600 lots from the attics, stables and storerooms of important clients offers collectors at all levels a chance to acquire one of a kind treasures. Estimates are reasonable. The lamps are estimated at 300-500, the violin at 220-300. The catalogue is online.
A pair of French design standard lamps
A 19th century Italian miniature faience violin
Tags: Durrow, Sheppards
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2015
This pair of Qing vases sold for 60,000.
A pair of Chinese gu shaped polychrome vases estimated at just 800-1,200 sold for a hammer price of 60,000 at Sheppards in Durrow on July 1. They were bought by bidders in the room who had travelled from Beijing for the sale. The signed Qing period vases are by tradition from the collection of Sir William Hutchinson Poe, Baronet (1848-1934) whose address was Heywood House, Queen’s County (nowadays County Laois). A Chinese Qing period Famille Vert vase estimated at 1,000-1,500 sold for 42,000 in the room.
Vase (detail).
Vase (detail).
Vase (detail).
This Qing Famille Vert vase made 42,000.
Tags: Famille Vert, Qing Dynasty, Sheppards
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2015
This Chinese celadon jade San Xi Tang double gourd seal sold for 260,000
A Chinese jade seal sold for a hammer price of 260,000 at Sheppards in Dublin on May 26. It had been estimated at just 4,000-6,000. The celadon jade San Xi Tang double gourd seal was bought by a dealer in London. The underbidder was on the internet from Beijing. The auction of 106 lots at Sheppards Dublin base on Pembroke Road was 91 per cent sold.
A Chinese school, ‘Manchurian tiger hunt’ made 28,000; a 17-18th century Gilt bronze figure of Amitayus made 15,000; a late 19th century famille rose vase sold for 13,000 and a Chinese polychrome enamelled wall-vase with Qianlong mark made 11,000.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for May 22, 2015)
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Friday, May 22nd, 2015
Chinese ceramics and works of art will come under the hammer at Sheppard’s first sale in Dublin on May 26. The venue is 120 Pembroke Road in Ballsbridge. The catalogue for the auction of just over 100 lots is online. Here is a small selection:
A Chinese celadon jade San Xi Tang double gourd seal (4,000-6,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 260,000 AT HAMMER
A Chinese painting of a young woman, watercolours on silk, late eighteenth century. (600-800).
A Chinese gilt-bronze tripod censer, Qing period (2,000-3,000).
A Chinese famille verte vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722). (800-1,200).
An inscribed Chinese famille rose tea tray (8,000-12,000).
A matched and opposed pair of Chinese bottle-shaped cloisonné vases, late eighteenth century (5,000-7,000).
Tags: Chinese ceramics, Sheppards
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Saturday, April 25th, 2015
A Faberge cigarette case, an early 20th century flying machine and an Elizabethan refectory table are among the lots on offer at
Sheppards two day sale in Durrow, Co. Laois on April 28 and 29. The sale offers 1,300 lots of period furniture, fine art, decorative art, jewellery and garden statuary. There are examples of Sevres porcelain, a collection of Louis Vuitton bags, a nude by Paul Sieffert, marble and stone garden statuary, musical instruments, carpets, rugs, jewellery and even a flying machine powered by a Villiers engine from the 1920’s.
(See post on
antiquesandartireland.com for April 17, 2015).
ITALIAN MINIATURE AND ORMOLU MOUNTED EBONY JEWELLERY CASKET (6,000-9,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 8,500
An early 20th century flying machine (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,400
An Elizabethan carved oak refectory table 16th century and later (6,000-9,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 6,500
A presentation Faberge silver cigarette case (1,000-1,500). UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,000
Tags: Fabergé, Sheppards
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
The Asian Art section at Sheppards three day sale at Durrow, Co. Laois in September will have its own fully illustrated catalogue. This is the first ever such publication for an Irish auction house. The third day of The Legacy of the Big House sale on September 29 will be devoted to Asian Art and will feature 453 lots out of total 1853 lots for auction.
In May Sheppard’s broke the Irish record set by them for a Chinese object of art when they sold a pair of bottle-shaped vases from the Daoguang period for €200,770. The three day sale runs from September 27-29.
See antiquesandartireland.com for May 13.
A Chinese apple water pot, with veiled design of dragons amongst floral medallions Kangxi six-character mark and of the period 7 cms. high Estimate: €4,500 - 6,500. (Click on image to enlarge).
Pair of Chinese saucer dishes, each delicately painted in iron red with a dragon flying amid fire scrolls. The cavetto of each pierced and decorated with translucent cells and with a six-character Yonghzheng mark in under-glaze blue to the base Each 18 cms. diameter Estimate: €5,000 - 8,000. (Click on image to enlarge).
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