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    STING TOPS THE BILL FOR NOW – THEN STOLE THE SHOW!

    Friday, May 8th, 2020

    AS of the morning of May 8 in Europe a private virtual recording with Sting is the most popular lot at Sotheby’s Mayday Covid-19 charity auction which runs to 7 pm New York time today. The sale of virtual experiences to aid the International Rescue Committee is heavily subscribed. The private virtual recording with Sting has been bid up to $38,000 and has so far attracted 63 bids.

    UPDATE: THE recording session with Sting eventually sold for $137,500 and was the most expensive lot in a 24 lot auction which raised $451,375. Charles Stewart, Sotheby’s CEO, commented: “We are thrilled with the outpouring of support we received for this special charity auction to raise much-needed funds for the International Rescue Committee and their Covid relief efforts. We are also extremely grateful to our partner Google for providing the support needed to bring these virtual experiences to life, as well as sincerely thankful to each participant who so generously donated their time for this important cause.”

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for April 27, 2020)

    Sting

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    DOUBLE PORTRAIT BY BLACKSHAW AT AUCTION

    Wednesday, May 6th, 2020

    The catalogue note by Eamonn Mallie tells us that Basil Blackshaw was not normally given to making double portraits. Graham and Jude was an exception almost by accident. At the heart of Northern Ireland’s art scene Graham and Jude Gingles – he a sculptor and painter, she Blackshaw’s sitter for more than three decades with a doctorate in anthropology – attended a party at the home of Northern Ireland sculptor Bob Sloan in 2001. There Blackshaw executed a quick sketch of his good friends and prevailed on Bob Sloan to take some photographs of the couple. The artist identified the potential in the backdrop of the parallel lines of the venetian blinds sliced down the middle by the two figures. The resulting portrait is lot 88 at Sotheby’s Eclectic online auction which runs to May 18. It is estimated at £15,000-20,000.

    BASIL BLACKSHAW, H.R.H.A | GRAHAM AND JUDE

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    INCREASED COLLECTOR ENGAGEMENT IN A CHANGED WORLD

    Tuesday, May 5th, 2020

    With 37 online auctions totalling nearly $70 million since March Sotheby’s reports increased collector engagement. An update today from ceo Charles Stewart highlighted their plan to hold evening and day sales of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Art in New York the week of June, 29 pending the lifting of certain restrictions and confirmation from the relevant authorities. The Spring sales series in Hong Kong will take place from July 5-11.

    Sotheby’s has invested in its “buy now” capability with significant inventory for sale. The Gallery Network launched with some of New York’s most pre-eminent galleries allows galleries make immediate sales through Sotheby’s website. The ceo reports continued demand and competition for rare and iconic works across categories. A Cartier tutti frutti bracelet achieved $1.3 million last week.

    Roy Lichtenstein’s White Brushstroke I from 1965 will be a highlight Sotheby’s Contemporary Art evening auction in New York on the week beginning June 29.

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    AN ARRESTING IMAGE OF KATE MOSS AT SOTHEBY’S

    Sunday, May 3rd, 2020

    Sotheby’s is offering an arresting image of Kate Moss in a torn veil, Marrakesh 1993  by Albert Watson at an online sale entitled Eclectic, London which runs to  May 7. It is estimated at £7,000-10,000.  Bonhams will offer British and Irish art online on May 12 with Irish lots by artists Cecil Maguire, Graham Knuttel and  William Crozier. Meantime the London Original Print Fair, normally held at the Royal Academy, is online this year. It continues for the entire month of May.

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    IRISH BIBLE FROM 1690 AT SOTHEBY’S ONLINE SALE

    Wednesday, April 29th, 2020

    An Irish bible from 1690 comes up at an online sale of English literature, Children’s Books and illustrations running at Sotheby’s London from May 5-12. The pocket edition was published at the expense of the Hon. Robert Boyle and others in Roman letter expressly for the use of the Gaelic-speaking Highlanders of Scotland. The transliteration from Irish letter was made by Robert Kirk, minister of Aberfoyle and author of the metrical Psalter in Gaelic of 1684. It is estimated at £1,000-1,500.

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    VIRTUAL INTERNATIONAL CHARITY COVID-19 SALE

    Monday, April 27th, 2020

    Sotheby’s and Google are coming together virtually to raise much-needed funds for the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) work to help mitigate and respond to the spread of COVID-19 in vulnerable communities. An online auction of unique experiences to be enjoyed virtually via Google Meet video calls will run from May 1-8. From intimate conversations and ‘virtual’ drinks to lessons and tutorials all will be offered without reserve. The list of experiences continues to grow, but already includes commitments from leading names in music, film, public affairs, art and design and science.

    There is a chance to record a song with Sting, coffee with Hillary Rodham Clinton, a Shakespearian acting lesson from Sir Patrick Stewart, a conversation with actor/comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, coffee or tea with Madeleine Albright, a conversation about music will all five members of The Strokes, a virtual art work creation with Marc Quinn, a virtual visit to Highclere Castle with the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, Downton Abbey writer and creator Julian Fellowes and actors Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern and a conversation with David Miliband, former British Foreign Secretary and current President of the IRC.

    From distributing meals in New York City to translating public health guidance into numerous languages for refugee and migrant communities across Europe, the IRC response is built on years of experience in supporting people affected by conflict, crisis, and disaster in over 40 countries around the globe. Learn more at www.rescue.org 

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    LEONARDO’S LEDA AND THE SWAN FROM CHATSWORTH

    Sunday, April 26th, 2020

    Chatsworth House, in the United Kingdom, home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, has been passed down through 16 generations of the Cavendish family. It is is renowned for the quality of its art, landscape and hospitality. The Devonshire Collection represents a grand tradition of collecting spanning half a millennium, and is widely celebrated as one of the most significant collections of art and objects in Europe. This video on Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawing of Leda and the Swan from the Sotheby’s archive relates to an exhibition at Chatsworth last year. Enjoy.

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    ONLINE SOTHEBY’S STYLE HAS FOTA LINKS

    Monday, April 20th, 2020

    A set of four 1826 silver entree dishes and covers coming up at Sotheby’s Style sale online in New York on April 22 are engraved with the Smith-Barry arms of Fota, Co. Cork. The George IV dishes and covers on Sheffield plated warming stands are by John Bridge, London. The bases are by the Matthew Boulton Plate Company. Fota is a regency mansion expanded by architect Sir Richard Morrison (1767-1849) and his son Vetruvius Morrison (1794-1838), now restored and taken over by the Irish Heritage Trust. Sotheby’s catalogue notes that the estate contains famous gardens, a wildlife park, and the Fota Island Resort and Golf Club. The dishes are from the estate of Andrew Hartnagle, a designer of gardens at Doylestown, PA and are estimated at $25,000-35,000.

    UPDATE: THESE WERE UNSOLD

    The covers are engraved twice with contemporary arms and heraldic castle finials

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    IRISH ARMCHAIRS AND SOTHEBY’S NY ONLINE SALE

    Monday, April 6th, 2020

    This pair of c1835 Irish William IV giltwood caned armchairs in the manner of James Del Vecchio come up at Sotheby’s online sale of silver, furniture and ceramics this month. The auction runs at Sotheby’s in New York from April 10-22 and among the lots are some silver and antique furniture from Ireland.

    Del Vecchio was a firm of carvers and gilders, looking glass sellers and manufacturers of composition ornament active in Dublin from 1797 to c.1860. The firm was run by Giacomo (James) Del Vecchio and his son James Jr, immigrants from Moltrasio on Lake Como in Northern Italy. They formed part of the thriving furniture trade in early 19th-century Dublin along with Mack Williams and Gibton, Robert Strahan, George Gillington and Joshua Kearney. James Del Vecchio Sr. later established an outpost of the family firm in New York. The chairs are estimated at $6,000-10,000.

    UPDATE: THESE SOLD FOR $8,125

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    ONE WAY THINGS USED TO BE IN IRELAND

    Thursday, April 2nd, 2020

    In these times of uncertainty there is an inclination to look back through rosy tinted spectacles. A stark reminder of darker days past is contained in a lot at Sotheby’s. Unapproved Road, NR. 2 by Willie Doherty is among the lots at Sotheby’s contemporary art online auction which runs until April 8. Executed in 1995 it is Number 1 from an edition of 3. Exhibited at the Kunsthalle Bern in 1996 it was acquired by the present owner from Peter Kilchmann Galerie, Zurich. It is estimated at £1,000-1,500.

    WILLIE DOHERTY | UNAPPROVED ROAD, NR. 2

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