Dublin – Lots to choose from this weekend!
An open air gallery of artworks festooning the railings on three sides of St.Stephen’s Green. It’s free entertainment, you get to meet the actual artists and who knows you may even pick-up a treasure. There’s nothing like buying directly from the source, be it a painting, a book or whatever, it’s something you’ll always treasure and the monetary value doesn’t come into it!
Check website for latest news.
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The very last Antiques & Vintage Fair of the year in Dublin takes place in the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, so don’t miss this final opportunity to browse for beautiful and unique gifts and decor to make your Christmas a vintage affair – An Aladdin’s Cave of treasures awaits: elegant crystal & pretty china for the festive table & vintage style for the party season, along with antique furniture & retro décor, gorgeous jewellery, rare coins and quirky collectables, vintage fashion, books and paintings, unusual curios and bric-a-brac. Come for the day and take time out to enjoy lunch overlooking the harbour, or wander up to the famous farmers’ market for gourmet treats.
Concessionary parking ( underground carpark only) €2.50 for 3 hrs if purchased in advance with admission to fair. Parking free if dining in hotel. (NOT valid for Pay & Display carpark).
Admission: €3.50 or €2.50 if you print-put and bring the discount voucher below.
Further information
Joan Murray
Antiques Fairs Ireland/Vintage Ireland
Tel: (087) 267 0607 or (01) 670 8295
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Just a small sample so be sure to check out the site before the weekend!
Antiques & Vintage Fair, Clontarf Castle Hotel – Sunday 23rd November, 2014
Just 32 days before Christmas, the last Clontarf Castle fair of this year offers the perfect opportunity to add sparkle to your Christmas with some beautiful jewellery – with every budget catered for, from faux vintage gems to real diamonds and pearls, Marie Curran, Strictly Vintage and Janet Greeves being among the more than 40 dealers attending the fair. Pick up some pretty vintage china and elegant crystal for your festive table from Vintage Cakestands Ireland, or treat yourself to a fine new old dining table perhaps from Loughgall Antiques, who as usual will have a selection of well priced antique furniture. You may even find a dress for that special occasion, with vintage fashion and accessories from Eily Henry, Grannys Attic and Leontia, while bookaholics will enjoy browsing the offerings of James Howell Rare Books and Sykes Books and Antiques. Enjoy a wonderful day of treasure hunting in the lovely surroundings of Clontarf Castle, with free parking and all the amenities of a top class hotel.
Admission: €3.50 or €2.50 if you print-put and bring the discount voucher below.
Further information:
Joan Murray
Vintage Ireland / Antiques Fairs Ireland
Tel: (087) 267 0607
National Antique, Art & Vintage Fair – Limerick – 1st/2nd November, 2014
Ireland’s largest Antiques, Art & Vintage Fair returns to Limerick with its biggest line-up to date.
Admission: €3.50 for Adults including Free inclusion in raffle.
Children most welcome and Free.
Parking Free.
Some of those attending include:
18th 19th century Furniture
Bridgend Antiques, Belfast
Greene’s Antiques, Drogheda IADA
Ned Guiney Antiques, Co.Cork
William Harnett, Co.Limerick
Maura Duffy Moycullen Antiques, Co.Galway ( Former IADA )
Martin Maguire, Ballina Co.Mayo IADA
Tom Lenihan, Cork
Black Horse Antiques, Co.Kerry
Limerick Antiques & Fine Art
Galleries Art and Objet D’Art
Gallery Zozimus, Francis Street, Dublin IADA
Treasures Irish Art, Athlone, Co.Westmeath IADA
Garrett & Josette O’Connor, Dublin
George Stacpoole, Adare, Co.Limerick IADA
Silver
Donegal Antiques, Co.Donegal IADA
Desmond Gallagher, Bangor, Co.Down
Maureen Kiely, Portlaoise, Co.Laois
Helen Newcombe, Co.Dublin
George Stacpoole, Adare, Co.Limerick IADA
Weldon’s, Clarendon Street, Dublin IADA
Jewellery / Silver
Marie Curran, Dun Laoghaire. Co.Dublin IADA
Sandra Hogan, Blackrock, Cork
Pamela Wayne, Co.Kerry
Eva Ryan, Limerick
Lia Vanweensveen, Westport, Co.Mayo
Weldon’s, Clarendon Street. Dublin IADA
Books
Brendan Tobin, Co.Tipperary
Costume Jewellery
Penelope Lancaster, Co.Clare
Josette O’Connor, Dublin
Georgian Victorian & Vintage, China / Porcelain, Waterford Crystal & Collectables
Black Horse Antiques, Miltown, Co.Kerry
Clanrye Antiques, Newry, Co. Down ( Kevin McCreesh)
Peggy Campbell, Co.Dublin
Roberta & Philip Cobb, Belfast, Co.Down
Alan Doherty, Co.Tipperary
Phyllis Glavin, Cork.
Lakeland Antiques, Co.Cavan
William Daly, Nenagh, Co.Tipperary
Margaret Daly, Birr, Co.Offaly
Cassandra Dorer, Co.Clare
Jimmy & Bernie Hennessy, Co.Tipperary
Sandra Hogan, Blackrock, Cork
Brian Hurley, Kinsale, Co.Cork
Jan Mannerings, Co. Laois
Eddie Mercier, Belfast, Co.Down
Anne O’Brien, Dublin
Anne O’Donnell, Co.Waterford
Joseph Shehan, Limerick
Martin Sexton, Killmalock, Co.Limerick
Jackie Stokes, Belfast, Co.Down
Objet D’Art / Rugs , Lighting (Chandeliers etc)
Annamoe Antiques ( Norman Allison ) Co.Wicklow
Peter O’Rourke, Co.Wicklow
John Vanweensveen, Co.Mayo
Stephen Ryan, Newry, Co.Down
Coins & Banknotes both buying and selling
Owen Broderick, Co.Clare
Michael Cooley, Co. Laois
Edward McMahon, Kilrush, Co.Clare
Louis Walsh, Athlone, Co.Westmeath IADA
Clocks / Watches etc
Lakeland Antiques, Co.Cavan
Eddie Moylan, Co.Kerry
Victorian Tools
Maureen Kiely, Portlaoise, Co.Laois (Also Silver)
Vintage, Fashion, Toys , Vintage Vinyl (records & record players) Gramophones
Alex Chamberlain, Ballydehob, Co.Cork
Eily Henry, Stradbally, Co.Waterford
Eddie Moylan, Listowel, Co.Kerry
Sharon O’Keeffe, Co.Limerick
Lakeland Antique, Co.Cavan
Further information: Robin O’Donnell (087) 693 3602
or email: robinodon@gmail.com
Strong Results at Whyte’s Sale of Irish & International Art
Whyte’s sale of Irish & International Art – Dublin 29th September, 2014
There were strong results for both contemporary and traditional works in last night’s Irish & International Art Auction. The top result achieved was for the featured front cover entitled LE COURTISAN GROTESQUE (NO. 6) by Joan Miró which sold for €68,000 and Sir John Lavery remains ever popular with bidders battling it out for LADY IN GREEN (MRS. CARA H) which finally sold for €30,000. Andy Warhol was in demand by both national and international bidders with DOUBLE DAISY exceeding its estimate to sell for €27,000. Whyte’s Press release.
Above: Lot.101. The child-like series of squiggles of Spanish painter Joan Miró “Le Courtisan Grotesque (No.6)” achieved, as expected, the top price – €68,000 (pre-sale Est.€60-80,000). As abstract stuff goes, it’s inoffensive, but not my cup of tea.
Below: Lot.100. the Andy Warhol screenprint “Double Daisy” again inoffensive is the best that I can say but at €27,000……
Suprisingly, Lot.22. an oil on canvas by Paul Henry “In the West of Ireland” failed to sell (the pre-sale estimate of €45-55,000) but you can still have it – see below.
Many of the unsold lots are still available see list here: http://www.whytes.ie/AuctionPDFs/20140929US.pdf
“The Eclectic Collector” Sale at Whyte’s (Dublin) – Saturday 20th September,2014
As usual Whyte’s have surpassed themselves in putting together this sale and the 815 Lots cover a truly eclectic range of material including…a large and very varied selection of film posters – James Bond (Goldfinger, Moonraker, Never Say Never Again), Alfred Hitchcock (Rear Window), Ben Hur and The Bridge on the River Kwai…..are on offer; guide prices are affordable with many in the €100 – €300 region….
Philographers will have a field day largely due to the efforts of a Skibbereen schoolboy who began collecting autographs of the Good & the Great back in the 1950s. Resting uneasily (?) side by side are the autographs of the Dalai Lama, the Duke & Duchess of Windsor (below), S.S. Colonel Otto Skorzeny (the man who led the successful mission to rescue Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in 1943), General Franco, Earl Mountbatten of Burma and a host of other famous Generals, Political Leaders, Movie Stars….
Sports medals, signed jerseys, autographs, match programmes – including the highly sought after one from the Ireland v Germany game at Dalymount Park on 17th October 1936 (below).
Coins – including a hoard of James.II. 1690 ‘Gun Money’ found on a Co.Tipperary farm (!) in 1936 (below); a large variety of interesting Irish banknotes.
Medal collectors will also find much of interest including Lot.578. ‘A Wexford sailor’s Arctic & Crimea’ medals, (below) as well as various War of Independence medals etc.etc.
A large collection of military memorabilia from both World Wars, and earlier, including a large number of German Nazi medals, daggers etc. – as featured on RTE’s Liveline programme – are sure to attract plenty of bids.
The Nazis may have had a poisonous ideology but they had all the best when it came to uniforms, medals and other regalia – not my cup of tea but very collectable.
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THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SALE
At The Freemasons Hall, 17 Molesworth Street, Dublin.2.
Viewing at Whyte’s Salerooms
Wednesday 17th Sept. from 10.00am – 5.00pm
Thursday 18th Sept. from 10.00am – 5.00pm
Friday 19th Sept. from 10.00am – 5.00pm
Searchable catalogue here: 
Flip catalogue click here: 
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Town of Books Festival 2014 – Graiguenamanagh, Co.Kilkenny
More details here: http://www.graiguenamanaghtownofbooks.com/
Dublin City Book Fair – Tara Towers Hotel – Sunday 7th September, 2014
Lots more bookshops and events here: https://collectireland.com/books/
Biggest Ever Birr Vintage Week Antique & Art Fair – 6th & 7th August, 2014
Hibernian Antique & Art Fairs – Ireland’s biggest and longest established Antique Fairs Company – is proud to have been invited to organise The 46th Birr Vintage Week Antique & Art Fair. This year the Fair will be twice as big as usual with over 20 Antique & Art dealers in attendance and the County Arms Hotel will be transformed into a veritable Aladdin’s cave of Antiques, Art & Collectables.
Amongst those in attendance will be: Donegal Antiques (IADA) China & Porcelain & Objet D’art , Treasure Irish Art, Athlone (IADA), Bridgend Antique Furniture (Belfast), Margaret Daly, China & Porcelain (Birr), Maureen Kiely Silver , Tools , Brass & Copper , Sandra Hogan Silver & Jewellery (Cork), Peta Lancaster, Jewellery (Co.Clare), Brian Hurley, Porcelain & China (Kinsale, Co. Cork) , Eddie Mercier (Belfast) , Helen Newcombe, Silver, (Dublin) , Joseph Sheehan (Limerick) , Richard Walshe, Coins, Banknotes & Jewellery (Co. Galway).
Full details of the Birr Vintage Week here: http://www.birrvintageweek.com/
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