In the salerooms: Great Irish deer horns, an unusual Paul Henry painting and an idyllic kids' scene by Dorothea Sharp
The fossilised horns and skull of a great Irish deer (Cervus Giganteus Hibernicus) sold for €40,000 at Fonsie Mealy's Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale, which took place on June 18 and 19. The 14-point antlers, spanning 249cm, were reputedly found in the Bog of Allen by the vendor's family and carried an estimate of €10,000 to €15,000.
In the same sale, a William IV Davenport desk that had once belonged to Oscar Wilde (est. €6,000 to €8,000) sold to a private collector based in Ireland for €29,000.
A French Bateau Bed, purchased from the Exposition Universelle – The Paris World's Fair, 1878, by Oscar's mother, Lady Wilde (est. €3,000 to €4,000), sold to a private collector in the UK for €15,000.
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Bonhams
The Milk Cart by Paul Henry (pictured top) fetched €282,500 at Bonhams sale of Modern British & Irish Art in London on June 18. The painting is unusual for Henry in that it shows a figure on a donkey cart with milk churns against his archetypal backdrop of whitewashed cottages, turf stacks, mountains and sky.
In the same sale, a portrait of Miss Bella Cullen by Sir John Lavery sold for €13,450.
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Adam's
A painting by the British artist Dorothea Sharp (1874-1955) more than doubled its upper estimate (est. €4,000 to €6,000) when it sold for €13,000 at Adam's on June 11. The painting – Playing in the Sand – shows a mother and children at the beach. Sharp, whose work occasionally turns up at auction in Ireland, is known for landscapes and pictures of children at play.
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