Sean Scully sets a record in London; silver carries the day at Adam’s

Auction results

Christie's, Modern British Art Evening Sale, June 19th. Sean Scully, pastel M.18.04 made €556,686, a record in the medium for the artist (€170,000-€285,000). christies.com

Adam's, 26 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2. At Home auction, June 17th.  Set of George IV silver dessert dishes in the form of vine leaves, €16,500 (€6,000-€10,000).  The Dunsandle Service: extensive Victorian double-threaded fiddle-patterned silver dinner service, €12,000 (€8,000-€12,000). Marble-topped serpentine side table, circa 1830, which once belonged to William Randolph Hearst, €8,000 (€8,000-€10,000). Set of four neo-classical silver candlesticks, €7,000 (€6,000-€8,000). Chinese silk wall hanging, €6,000 (€6,000-€10,000). Rare Irish Georgian silver double-lidded table snuff casket, Dublin 1750, €5,200 (€2,000-€3,000).  Mahogany, satinwood and marquetry inlaid Carlton House writing desk, €3,200 (€2,500-€3,300). Large silver two-handled presentation tray relating to the Eighth King's Royal Irish Hussars, €2,300 (€1,600-€2,200).  adams.ie

Bonhams, New Bond Street, London.  Modern British and Irish Art sale, June 13th. Jack B Yeats, Donnelly's Hollow was the top lot at the sale, making €391,475 (€340,000-€570,000).  A 1945 painting by the British painter and stage designer John Minton, Summer Landscape, sold for €170,641 (€34,000-€57,000), setting a new world record at auction for a work on paper by the artist. bonhams.com

De Vere's, 35 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Irish Art Auction, June 12th. William Scott, Painting, 1959, €280,000 (€250,000-€350,000); John Doherty, John & Denis Mangan's Shop, Killorglin, Co Kerry, €66,000 (€30,000-€50,000). Paul Henry, A Road in Connemara, €64,000 (€40,000-€60,000). Patrick O'Reilly, Marching On, €50,000 (€25,000-€30,000). Rowan Gillespie, Click, €30,500 (€20,000-€30,000). Rowan Gillespie, Life, 2002, €25,000 (€10,000-€15,000). Mainie Jellett, Flower Forms, €30,000 (€30,000-€50,000). William Crozier, Roaring Water Bay, €16,500 (€8,000-€12,000). John Shinnors, Scottish Kites, Banna Strand, €12,000 (€10,000-€15,000). Patrick Collins, Swallows Under The Roof, €8,000 (€3,000-€5,000). deveres.ie

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Forthcoming auctions

Mullens Laurel Park, Woodbrook, Bray, Co Dublin. Monday June 25th, on-the-premises auction at Springmount, Grangeford, Tullow, Co Carlow, noon. Items from the collection of Mr and Mrs Kevin Nolan, to include 18th- and 19th-century furniture and paintings, silver, jewellery, garden statuary and decorative objects. Progressive farmers with an eye for quality antiques, the Nolans held the World Ploughing Championships at Grangeford in 2006. Lot 96,  John Ross Murphy, Fishing Boats off Hook Head, signed and dated 1890, (€3,000-€5,000). Lot 122, a very rare Coromandel games compendium in wood box inlaid with brass, by the London maker Leuchars (€2,000-€2,500). Lot 379, Victorian cast-iron two-tier fountain, (€1,800-€2,200). Lot 7, Georgian Irish long case clock (€2,800-€3,200). Lot 89, William IV rosewood pod table, (€2,400-€2,600). Lot 35, set of 10 Chippendale dining chairs (€1,800-€2,200). For online catalogue, viewing times, bidding details and directions to the auction, see mullenslaurelpark.com

Morgan O'Driscoll, Irish Art online auction. Bidding ends Monday, June 25th, 6.30pm-9.30pm. Among the 230 lots are lot 7, John Shinnors, Field Forms, Shooting Star (€6,000-€9,000), lot 6, Basil Blackshaw, Grey Chaser, (€5,000-€7,000), lot 14, James Humbert Craig, Morning, Cushendun, Co Antrim (€5,000-€7,000), lot 12, Arthur K Maderson, Towards Evening, Lismore River Pool (€4,000-€6,000), lot 15, Kenneth Webb, Field Flowers, €4,000-€6,000, lot 9, Cecil Maguire, Silks at the Start, Laytown Races (€4,000-€6,000). For online catalogue, viewing times and bidding details see morganodriscoll.com

Hegarty's Auction Rooms, Bandon, Co Cork, Midsummer auction, Sunday July 1st, 4pm. To include the contents of the Levinge collection from Summer Cove, Kinsale.   Paintings, jewellery and furniture, including a selection of mid-century pieces. Lot 6, French bow-fronted mahogany commode, topped with green marble on tapering, fluted and turned legs (€900-€1,200). Lot 15, Chinese blue and white vase decorated with scrolling lotus and leaves (€2,000-€3,000).  Lot 34, Tom Byrne, Moon Rising Over The Copper Coast, (€500-€800). Lot 57, 18ct gold ruby and diamond cluster ring, art deco style (€1,300-€1,600). Lot 59, art deco "eye" style ring with blue sapphires surrounded by diamonds in 18ct gold (€1,500-€2,000). For online catalogue, viewing times and bidding details see hegartyantiques.com

Mount Juliet Antiques and Fine Art Fair, Saturday/Sunday June 23rd and 24th, 12pm-6pm, 11am-6pm. Two-day antiques and fine art fair with 20 stands, to be held as part of the one-day cricket international The Irish Leprechauns versus Holland. Admission is free, but there's an honesty door with all proceeds going to the Jack & Jill Foundation.