23-05-2025
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- 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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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