Monday (September 28th)
Whyte's, Irish & International Art auction, RDS, Dublin 4. 80 per cent of lots sold. An original oil painting for the frontispiece of an edition of JM Synge's play, The Playboy of the Western World by Sean Keating sold for €65,000 (€35,000-€45,000); Group Portrait of a Family, with Mountains Beyond by Joseph Patrick Haverty €42,000 (30,000-50,000); Portrait of Vivian Hugh Smith (1867-1956), later 1st Baron Bicester of Tusmore Park by Sir William Orpen €26,000 (€10,000-€15,000); The Consecration of The Roman Catholic Church of St Mary's, Pope's Quay, Cork by James Mahoney €19,000 (€8,000-€10,000); a 2ft high bronze maquette (model) of the sculpture of poet WB Yeats (in Stephen Street, Sligo) by Rowan Gillespie €17,000 (€8,000 - €10,000); the Freedom of Dublin (certificate in a presentation cabinet) awarded to artist Sir John Lavery in 1935 €3,200 (€2,000-€3,000).
Tuesday (September 29th)
De Veres Important Irish Art auction at Buswell's Hotel, Dublin. 75 per cent of lots sold. Ambition II (sculpture) by Rowan Gillespie €16,000 (€4,000-€6,000); Beyond The Bog by Patrick Collins €15,000 (€8,000-€12,000); and, Horse With Jockey Up by Basil Blackshaw €4,000 (€4,000-€6,000). Hell for Leather by Peter Curling, estimated at €25,000-€35,000, failed to sell.
Hegarty's Auction Rooms, Bandon Room, Co Cork. A pen and ink sketch titled This is the way they rode the Pony Express in Earls Court in 1887 believed to by Jack B Yeats and found pasted into a book €840 (€500-€700).
Matthews Auction Rooms, Oldcastle, Co Meath. Late 19th century album of photographs of Egypt. €1,200 (€700 -€1,200).
Wednesday (September 30th)
Adam's, 26 St Stephen's Green, Dublin. Important Irish Art. 80 per cent of lots sold. The Old Landing Place by Jack B Yeats €28,000 (€25,000-€35,000); Barmaid by Daniel O'Neill €23,500 (€20,000-€30,000); Resting Tinkers by Gerard Dillon €18,000 (€20,000 - €30,000); Window sill by William John Leech €15,500 (€6,000-€8,000); The Piper by Brian Vallely €8,000 (€8,000-€12,000); Poolbeg Light, Dublin by John Doherty €6,000 (€6,000- €8,000); Horse and Jockey by Margaret Stokes €3,000 (€1,500-€2,500). Among the unsold was The Harbour, Roundstone by Letitia Hamilton (€10,000 -€15,000); while The Hurley Players by William Conor (€4,000- €6,000) was withdrawn.
