Antiques: Nine American gold eagle $10 coins make €10,000 in Dublin
Always a safe haven for money in a stormy climate gold — headed by a group of nine American gold eagle ten-dollar 'Indian Head' coins from 1926 — made up no fewer than eight of the top 10 lots at the James Adam Jewellery Box sale in Dublin on June 24.
They were the top lot of the auction and made €10,000 at hammer.
A collection of 26 gold half-sovereigns made €7,500, a group of 12 gold sovereigns made €6,500, 23 Victorian half-sovereigns made €6,000 and other gold coins in the top 10 made hammer prices of €6,000, €5,500 and €5,000.
Where all that leaves everything else on the auction market in Ireland right now is an open question. All sorts of collectibles are selling well, Irish art continues to be a mainstay, demand for antique furniture remains pretty much in the doldrums and demand across the board can best be described as variable.
A 1913 centrepiece by West and Son with Celtic Revival detailing at Sheppards.
House sales are always a draw. Sheppard's will offer contents from a classic Victorian house at 6 Royal Terrace in the leafy suburbs of Dun Laoghaire on July 15 and 16.
There will be much interest in the collection of lawyer Philip Murphy, a partner at McCann FitzGerald, who died last year. His father, JT Murphy, served as a Labour Party TD for West Cork from 1923 until his sudden death in 1949, at which point he had been Minister for Local Government in the John A Costello government.
Philip Murphy and his late wife Constance were collectors of everything from Killarney ware and antique clocks to silver, Arts and Crafts carpets and oriental art.
Among the prime lots in the sale are:
an 18th-century Irish ebonised bracket clock by Graydon, Dublin (€4,000-€6,000),
a Donegal runner by CFA Voysey (€3,000-€6,000),
a Guangxu lime-glazed bowl (€3,000-€6,000),
a pair of Ottoman flintlock pistols (€2,000-€3,000),
a West and Son Irish silver Celtic Revival centrepiece from 1913 (€2,000-€3,000),
a Killarney games box (€1,400-€1,800),
two Killarney writing boxes and a Killarney ware box, each estimated at €800-€1,200,
and a 19th-century marine chronometer by Thomas Roberts, Liverpool (€4,000-€6,000).
Art by Mark O'Neill, Graham Knuttel, Markey Robinson, Louis le Brocquy and John Butler Yeats will feature at Aidan Foley's auction at 6pm on July 7 and 8.
This is a sale of art, antique furniture, garden statuary and collectibles, offering everything from a Georgian oak coffer and a Killarney wood trinket box to Victorian games, tea and dining tables and Oriental rugs and runners.
A Warming Glow by Mark O'Neill at Aidan Foley's auction.
A double-weight Vienna wall clock in walnut is estimated at just €200-€400, as is an 18th-century oval dropleaf dining table and a Victorian parquetry inlaid side table.
Tribal art is always of interest, and a large carved African mask is estimated at just €60-€100. Choices range from a coromandel wood games box ((€60-€80) and a vintage Babycham dish for nibbles (€40-€80) to a pair of large blue and white platters (€200-€300) and a Tiffany style table lamp (€200-€250).
The auction is on view in Doneraile on July 5, 6 and 7.
Should you decide to go in search of gold, you will find it at the Matthews sale in Kells on Sunday and Monday. Lot 538 is a US Liberty double eagle 1903 gold 20-dollar coin (€1,500-€2,500).
A selection of the jewellery on offer at Matthews in Kells.
A Queen Elizabeth II gold sovereign is estimated at €400-€700, and a 1905 half-sovereign is estimated at €200-€300. The top lot is an art deco diamond-link bracelet mounted in platinum (€20,000-€30,000), and the sale offers a wide selection of desirable pieces.
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