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Irish Independent
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
In the salerooms: A record-breaking Kashmir sapphire, Jack B Yeats and more
A sapphire and diamond ring formerly estimated between €8,000 and €12,000 fetched a record-breaking €550,000 at Adam's on May 13. The estimate increased to €150,000 to €250,000 when the gemstone was found to be from Kashmir, where it was mined in the 19th century. See Whyte's Whyte's auction of Irish & International Art takes place Monday, May 26. The highest estimate in the sale is for Paul Henry's West of Ireland Bog (Lot 18: est €120,000 to €180,000). In contrast, Achill Horses, 1933, by Mainie Jellett (Lot 37: est €70,000 to €100,000), depicts the west of Ireland in an abstract style radically different to those of her peers, Paul Henry and Charles Lamb. See Dolan's The Summer Auction of Irish Art & Whiskeys closes at Dolan's on Monday, May 26. The highlight of the sale is an oil painting by Jack B Yeats, Man Running (1947) (est €100,000 to €150,000). 'It was painted in a period when Yeats was confronting his own mortality and his paintings often centred on elderly male figures wandering across an uncultivated but impressive terrain,' writes art critic Roisin Kennedy. See Hegarty Antiques The auction of The Kingsland Collection Part II takes place live online at Hegarty Antiques on Wednesday, May 28. Highlights include some rare provincial Irish silver: a set of 10 silver dessert spoons by Patrick Connell of Limerick, circa 1785 (Lot 6: est €4,000 to €5,000); and a silver sugar castor by Daniel McCarthy of Cork circa 1770 (est €2,200 to €3,200). See
Irish Independent
25-04-2025
- Automotive
- Irish Independent
In the salerooms: Irish carnival memorabilia, a vintage French diamond cocktail ring and more
A sale of Carnivals & Collectibles, which takes place at Victor Mee Auctions on April 29 and 30, includes a consignment of Irish carnival memorabilia from the fairgrounds at Warrenpoint, Co Down and Buncrana, Co Donegal: a carousel horse (Lot 549: est. €600 to €1,200); a 1970s tinplate fairground motorcycle in original condition (Lot 547: est. €200 to €400) with stickers on the windshield; and several batch lots of vintage marionettes (each lot est. €60 to €80). Advertising memorabilia in the sale includes a rare Irish Jacob's Biscuits advertising figure from the 1930s (Lot 516: est. €600 to €1,200); a Crow Bar Tobacco enamel advertising sign (Lot 337: est. €500 to €800) – 'The Sensible Man knows what is best and insist upon it' – and a 1950s P&T postman's bicycle with wicker baskets (Lot 588: est. €200 to €400). See Hegarty Antiques The Kingsland Collection sale at Hegarty Antiques in Bandon, Co Cork, takes place live online on April 30 from 11am. Highlights include an Irish Celtic Revival silver coffee/teapot (Lot 7: est. €600 to €800) by Thomas Weir & Sons (1928), embellished with intertwined Celtic rope detail dotted with raised ball decoration; and a piece of Danish vintage china – a Royal Copenhagen Musselmalet sugar bowl (c.1900) made of blue and white ceramic on a metal base (Lot 237: est. €80 to €150). Amongst the jewellery in the sale, a vintage French diamond and enamel cocktail ring in yellow gold (Lot 34: est. €1,400 to €1,800) is designed as a flower with green and blue enamel petals and diamonds placed like dewdrops. See
