Auction results and forthcoming fairs
AUCTION RESULTS: Monday (December 6th): Adam's, 26 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2. Important Irish Art. Lingering Sun, O'Connell Bridge (1927), Jack B Yeats €140,000 (€150,000-€200,000); Adam Eve (Aubusson tapestry) Louis Le Brocquy €100,000 (€80,000-€120,000); Italian Washer Women, Gerard Dillon €68,000 (€40,000-€60,000); A Hilltop Town in the South of France, Mary Swanzy €66,000 (€40,000-€60,000); Three horses with a man holding a bridle in a Tipperary Mountainscape, Samuel Spode €3,700 (€2,000-€3,000); a bronze bust of Charles J Haughey, Nichola Kyle €2,000 (€2,000-€4,000); Tree, Coole Park Demesne (Sketch), Jack B Yeats €900 (€200-€400).
Tuesday (December 7th):Mealy's, Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny. The winter Fine and Decorative Art sale. Inside the Chapel, Aloysius OKelly €16,000 (€8,000-€15,000); octagonal rosewood table by Collinson and Lock €16,000 (€1,800-€2,200); 19th century walnut longcase regulator clock, by Henschel Samuelson of Duke Street €10,500 (€4,000-€6,000); a bronze bust, The Tailor by Séamus Murphy €9,800 (€3,000-€5,000); an ebonised bracket clock (formerly owned by Charles J Haughey) €4,500 (€3,000-€4,000); a bronze model of Napoleon's Sarcophagus €300 (€300-€400); silver-mounted 18th century coconut jar €500 (€200-€300).
Wednesday (November 8th):de Veres (Kildare Street) Irish art auction at the D4 Berkeley Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Fishermen's Wives, Daniel O'Neill €28,000 (€20,000-€30,000); The Great Fight, Micheál Farrell €14,000 (€8,000-€12,000); The Second Last, Down Royal, Peter Curling €8,700 (€7,000-€10,000); Two Trout on a Newspaper, Tony O'Malley €4,000 (€4,000-€6,000).
Forthcoming auctions
Today, Saturday December 11th: Fine art auctioneers de Vere's will auction the contents of Tinode House on site at Blessington, Co Wicklow. 2pm. To include furniture, 19th and 20th century Irish and English art and garden statuary. Lake Landscape, Donegal by George Gillespie (€4,000-€6,000); Still Life by Letitia Marion Hamilton (€2,000-€4,000); mahogany-framed sofa, in Grecian style, early 19th century, (€1,000–€1,500).
Marsh’s Auctioneers, Rochford’s Lane, off South Mall, Cork. 12 noon. Auction of Georgian, Regency and Victorian furniture; paintings, porcelain, china, books, clocks and jewellery.
Oliver Usher, Auction Rooms, John Street, Kells, Co Meath. Auction of antique furniture, silver, jewellery and paintings. 1pm.
Sunday (December 12th):Drum's, Malahide, Co Dublin. Fine art auction. 2pm. Wine, paintings, furniture and antiques. To include wine from the former King Sitric Restaurant, Howth.
Mullen’s, Laurel Park, Woodbrook, Bray, Co Dublin. 12 noon. Auction of antique furniture, fine art and children’s books including early editions of four titles by Beatrix Potter.
Hegarty Fine Art Antiques. Auction r ooms at the Bypass, Bandon, Co Cork. 3pm. Antique furniture.
Monday (December 13th): RJ Keighery’s City Auction Rooms, George’s Quay, Waterford. 11am. Final auction of the year.
Whyte’s, Art for Christmas auction, Freemasons Hall, 17 Molesworth Street, D2 6pm.
Tuesday (December 14th):Adam's, 26 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2. Christmas Sale of Painting, Prints, Sculpture Literature. 5pm
Weldon’s, Cows Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Auction of jewellery, silver and fine art. 2pm.
Matthew’s Fine Art, Auction Rooms, Oldcastle, Co Meath. Antique Auction.6.30pm.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (December 14th, 15th and 16th): Sheppard’s Irish Auction House, Durrow, Co Laois. Dublin and provincial sale. 2pm each day.
Wednesday (December 15th):Woodward's, 26 Cook Street, Cork. Christmas auction of paintings, antique furniture and porcelain. 11am.
Sunday ( December 12th):Antiques, collectibles and vintage fashion fair. Kingston Hotel, Adelaide St., Dún Laoghaire. 11am to 6pm.
Dublin City Book Fair, Tara Towers Hotel, Merrion Road, Dublin 4. 11am-5pm. Adm. €2.
Toys of Yesterday Fair, Bray Wheelers Clubhouse, Boghall Road, Bray, Co Wicklow. 10.30am to 3.30pm.
Friday (December 17th): Antiques, collectibles and vintage fashion fair. Jury’s Inn hotel, Customs House Quay, 12noon-8 pm.
