Sunday (February 27th): Hegarty Fine Art and Antiques Auctioneers, Bandon, Co Cork. French ormolu clock with Sèvres porcelain plaques by Scherer of Paris, unsold, (€2,000-€3,000); Regency Irish rosewood foldover card table €1,350 (€1,400-€1,800); Edwardian majolica stick stand, €750 (€800-€1,200); 19th century oak Jacobean-style dining table €460 (€500-€800).
Monday (February 28th): R J Keighery, City Auction Rooms, George’s Quay, Waterford. A Georgian mahogany grandfather clock by John Taylor, Waterford €4,800 (€1,500-€2,000); Waterford Crystal globe, €3,900 (€4,000-€5,000); Victorian walnut credenza €2,300 (€1,800-€2,400).
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 1st, 2nd: Sheppard’s Irish Auction House, Durrow, Co Laois. Paradigms and the Unexpected sale. Regency revolving drum rent table €15,000 (€14,000-€18,000); Killarney-ware table €10,600 (€10,000-€15,000); Chinese bulbous vase with Guangxu reign mark €3,000 (€500-€700); 17th century Chinese jade pendant, €2.900 (€50-€150); autographs of John Lennon and Yoko Ono dated 1968, Co Mayo €1,300 (€500-€800); Georgian mahogany-cased campaign officer’s shaving kit €170 (€200-€300). Among the pictures sold: a set of 19th century miniatures of the Greene family, €5,800 (€1,500-€2,500); Reynoldstown by Charles Simpson €4,200 (€4,000-€6,000); Loreto by Alfred Wheeler, €2,400 (€2,600-€3,600); Vulcan with John Day Jnr Up by William Tasker (€2,000-€3,000); Two Terriers Chasing A Rat (oil-on-canvas) by E Aistrop €580 (€550-€750); set of six prints of pig-sticking in India by Snaffles €450 (€200-€300).
FORTHCOMING AUCTIONS:
Tomorrow, Sunday (March 6th): de Veres, Irish Art Spring clean auction at the D4 Berkeley Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. 1pm. Over 300 paintings from the auctioneer’s storage facility, deceased estates and private clients will be offered with nominal reserve from €50 up to €2,000. Viewing today, Saturday from 10am-5pm and from 10am tomorrow. Experts will be available at the viewing to advise prospective bidders, discuss the provenance of any work and answer queries relating to the sale.
Mullen’s Laurel Park, Old Bray Road, Woodbrook, Co Dublin. Antiques auction, 12 noon. 800 lots of furniture, fine art and “a large Collection of Liquidated Modern Goods”.
FORTHCOMING FAIRS:
Tomorrow, Sunday (March 6th): Dublin City Book Fair at the Tara Towers Hotel, Merrion Road, D4. 11am-5pm. Admission €2, children (accompanied) free.
The Offaly Antiques Fair, Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore Co Offaly. 11am-6pm.,
