Gormley’s Online Auction of Affordable Art Tuesday 8th May at 7.00pm
Many of the familiar names are here again – Verner Finlay, Peter Knuttel, Gregory Moore, John Kingerlee, Graham Knuttel and most with very reasonable guide prices. Check out the catalogue link below.
Lot.2. "Galway Hookers" watercolour by Peter Knuttel. Guide: £240 to £340
On: Tuesday 8th May, 2012 at 3.00pm.
Viewing of any of the lots can be arranged in Gormley’s Dublin, Belfast or Omagh offices.
Telephone and absentee bidding are also available for this auction.
For further information contact:
(028) 822 47738 use (048) prefix from the Republic.
Email: info@gormleysartauctions.com
Full catalogue/bidding information click here: AFFORDABLE ART AUCTION
Dublin Painting and Sketching Club Exhibition Dun Laoghaire – 16th/29th April, 2012
One of the largest group shows in the country, the exhibition includes 74 artists exhibiting 267 pieces in oil, watercolour, pastel, mixed media and etchings. Just some of the high profile artists included are Pauline Doyle, James English RHA, Michael Gemmell, Padraig Lynch, Thomas Ryan PPRHA and Ivan Sutton. The exhibition is sponsored by Whyte’s Auctioneers of Molesworth Street.
Full details here: http://www.dublinpaintingandsketchingclub.ie
Guinness was Good for somebody at Whyte’s History, Literature & Collectibles Sale!
Whyte’s sale of History, Literature & Collectables on Saturday 21st April has been adjudged a major success by the company with over 80% of lots sold for a total of €350,000.
The star item was Lot.12. Composite Atlas Orbis Novi et Antiqvi Delineatio (1657) – a collection of bound 16th Century maps. Manuscript title Orbis Novi et Antiqvi Delineatio, 1657, G.M.F. within an engraved title page. A total of 90 engraved maps (72 double page) by or after Mercator, Ortelius, Hondius, Janssonius and Quad, with fine examples of Ireland. Est.€10,000-12,000 sold for €9,500
Lot.235. 1916 (28th April – 2nd May). The Rising in Enniscorthy – a unique and important collection of documents including ceasefire order. Estimate: €5,000-7,000 sold for €7,000. Never has so much been paid for so little – in my opinion – but the surrender order is only the second one ever to appear at auction!
Other popular items to exceed their pre-sale estimates included crockery from the White Star Line and some very fine Guinness lithographic posters, one of which – Lot.548. Colour lithograph, framed,Guinness poster with artwork by Raymond Tooby. 32 x 22 inches. Printed by Mills & Rockleys, Ipswich (below). Est. €300-500 sold for an incredible €1,150!
* Some unsold items are still available, details here: http://www.whytes.ie/
1916 Proclamation sells for €100,000 at Adam’s
The well worn copy of the 1916 Proclamation (above) was the stellar attraction at the “Irish Political, Literary & Military History” Sale conducted by James Adam & Sons at their Dublin salesrooms yesterday, selling for €100,000 – a good €20,000 above its upper pre-sale estimate – with other items relating to 1916 also seeing keen interest. Surprisingly the superb RIC uniforms failed to sell but no doubt they will find their way into various collections in due course.
Full catalogue and results click here: SALE RESULTS
Three Stunning Sales for the Irish Collector!
Great Sales tend to be like bananas and buses – they always seem to come in bunches, and this month is certainly shaping up to be a bonanza for collectors. First up is the “800 Years: Irish Political & Military History” sale at James Adams on the 18th April with 650+ lots and some incredible treasures! Books, banners, uniforms, guns, swords, medals, glass plate negatives of 1916 – an original copy of the Proclamation (Est.€60/80,000) – posters, plus a multitude of other ephemera. The superb RIC uniform (below), one of several in the sale, does it for me.
Lot.599. Royal Irish Constabulary District Inspectors (1st Class) Uniform of George Hugh Mercer. George Hugh Mercer, District Inspector was appointed Private Secretary to the Inspector General on 27th January 1911. Est.€8,000 – €12,000.
Next up is Whyte’s sale of “History, Literature & Collectables” on Saturday 21st April at the Masonic Hall in Dublin’s Molesworth Street.
780 Lots including much relating to the Titanic (see telegram below), some nice White Star line crockery and a superb painting of the ship off the Fastnet Lighthouse – the last view most passengers would ever see of dry land! Also included are numerous items of Irish military interest – uniforms, guns, medals – plus a selection of highly collectable political and travel posters, banners, rare coins and banknotes. Another not-to-be missed sale. The catalogue itself is a collectors’ item!
Lot. 172. Manuscript on ‘Post Office Telegraphs’ headed paper, with date and receiving office stamp “Belfast Apr 15. 12” stating”White Star Liner Titanic wh. Reuters states is sinking in mid Atlantic as result of collision wi iceberg left Southampton last Wedy. on maiden voyage to New York. Titanic is largest vessel afloat having tonnage of 46,382 or 1004 more than Olympic. She has lgth of 882 feet wi ninety two feet breadth & was luxuriously fitted up wi especial regard to requirements o wealthy Americans”This unique and historically important telegram was sent by the Press Association (as indicated by “P.A.” in ms at top of the form) to the Belfast Evening Telegraph and received by journalist Robert (Bob) McComb. The date stamp bears the date of 15 April 1912, the day on which the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, and the time is written as 10.39 (presumably morning, and as receipt in Belfast), about three hours after the ship had sunk) making this document the first notification of the ship’s sinking and allowing the newspaper to be one of the first to break the news of the Titanic. Est.€20,000 – €30,000
Last, but certainly not least, comes Mealy’s (Castlecomer) two-sale at the Berkeley Court Hotel in Ballsbridge on the 24th/25th April. The sales, each with their own catalogue, are billed as “A Gentleman’s Library” and “Ireland’s Struggle”. Again superlatives fail when it comes to describing the lots on offer – “A Gentleman’s Library” contains a huge range of rare books, maps, manuscripts – many of the usual, sought after suspects are here, such as Taylor & Skinner’s Road Maps of Ireland from 1778 and Flora Mitchel’s “Vanishing Dublin”, as well as many other outstanding items. “Ireland’s Struggle”, as the name suggests, concentrates on material relating to Ireland’s fight for freedom from the British Empire and contains all sorts of books, medals, flags, militaria – among which surely one of the most poignant items is a fairly moth eaten ticket from the “Bloody Sunday” GAA match at Croke Park on November 21st, 1920 (pictured below) which carries a modest estimate of €1,500 – €2,000.
All the sales can be accessed on the Auctions page here: https://collectireland.wordpress.com/auctions-2/
Antiques Market at Limerick Auction Rooms – Sunday 25th March, 2012
Antiques Market at Limerick Auction Rooms
On the Ballysimon Road (M7 Junction 29) by P J Mathews , B&Q and Harvey Norman.
Sunday 25th March 2012
Great day out for all the family. Antiques, Collectables, Art, Stamps & Coins plus War Memorabilia. In fact just about anything that’s old and unusual. Dealers Big & Small from around Ireland.
Doors open 9.30am
Admission: €2 per person and Children are FREE.
Tea & Coffee facilities and Free parking
* Pitches still available. Contact: (061) 422 143 or info@lar.ie
The National Antique & Fine Art Fair – Limerick – St.Patrick’s Weekend 2012
St.Patrick’s Weekend – Sunday 18th March/Monday 19th March, 2012
Over 75 Top Quality Stands
Full list of dealers here: exhibitors
From: 11.00am – 6.00pm each day
Admission: €3.50 – children FREE.
€5.00 for two people using the above discount voucher – don’t forget to mention “Collect Ireland”
Further information: Robin O’Donnell (087) 693 3602
or email: robinodon@gmail.com
Directions: http://www.southcourthotel.com/finding-our-limerick-hotel.html
Ross’s (Belfast) Sale of Irish Paintings Wednesday 7th March, 2012
There’s some great value to be had at Ross’s (Belfast) Sale of Irish Paintings on Wednesday next, and amongst the 380+ Lots to be offered are works by Maurice Canning Wilks, Frank Egginton, Colin Middleton, Gregory Moore, Graham Knuttel, Markey Robinson, Frank McKelvey and James Humbert Craig. Many of them in the very affordable mid-hundred pound range. There has never been a better time to pick up quality art at bargain prices – check out their catalogue link below. Apart from works by my perennial favourite (Gregory Moore) I was particularly taken with this painting of the Titanic’s sister ship “Britannic” by James Macdonald which carries a low estimate of £250 – £350. At 36 x 48 inches you get a big bang for your buck too!
Lot.348. "Britannic" Oil on board by James Macdonald. Est. £250 - £350
John Ross & Company (MIAVI),
37 Montgomery Street, Belfast, Co.Antrim, BT1 4NX
Tel: (028) 9032 5448 Fax. (028) 9033 3642
Email: info@ross.ie
SALE OF IRISH PAINTINGS
380+ Lots
On: Wednesday 7th March at 7.00pm
Viewing:
Tuesday 6th March 10.00am – 8.00pm
Wednesday 7th (day of sale) 10.00am – 5.00pm
Catalogue online here: http://www.rosss.com/searchresults.asp?AucID=79
Relics of Ireland’s Imperial Past to go under the hammer at Sheppard’s (Durrow) Sale
Three rare uniforms, once worn by pageboys in Dublin’s Viceregal Court, which vividly evoke the pageantry and privilege of the British administration in Ireland, are to come under the hammer in Sheppard’s (Durrow, Co.Laois) – “Paradigms & The Unexpected” Three-Day sale – on March 6th/8th next.
The uniforms, which had been stored in a leather suitcase, miraculously survived a house-fire two years ago and were salvaged by a descendant of a tailor from Robinson Steele – the Dawson Street outfitters which supplied the military and aristocracy.
A rare photograph of two pageboys wearing the uniforms – taken by Chancellor of Sackville (now O’Connell) Street, a photographer “by appointment” to the Viceregal Court – is also to be auctioned. Unfortunately the image, apparently taken during a visit by King Edward VII to Dublin, was not captioned. The three lots of uniforms and the photograph are estimated in the mid-hundred Euros range to one thousand Euros plus but given that no known other examples exist, this may prove somewhat conservative.
More here from the Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2012/0211/1224311544241.html
Full details of the Sale, viewing times, catalogue link etc. here: https://collectireland.wordpress.com/auctions-2/
The National Antique & Fine Art Fair – Limerick – St.Patrick’s Weekend 2012
St.Patrick’s Weekend – Sunday 18th March/Monday 19th March, 2012
Over 75 Top Quality Stands
Full list of dealers here: exhibitors
From: 11.00am – 6.00pm each day
Admission: €3.50 – children FREE.
Further information: Robin O’Donnell (087) 693 3602
or email: robinodon@gmail.com
Directions: http://www.southcourthotel.com/finding-our-limerick-hotel.html
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