Buyers in London and Amsterdam will have an opportunity to bid for more than 1,300 works of art from the collection of Dr Anton C.R. reesmann at an auction to be held in April, writes Joe Armstrong.
A major Dutch collection to be auctioned by Christie's over four days in April in London and Amsterdam is expected to realise some €24 million.
The Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann collection includes more than 1,300 works of art. The four London auctions comprise impressionist and modern art; old master pictures and drawings; European furniture, works of art and Chinese export porcelain; and portrait miniatures, gold boxes and objects of vertu.
The Amsterdam sale of Dutch works of art includes silver, engraved glass, pictures, prints, antiquarian books, clocks and furniture.
A businessman, entrepreneur and collector, Dr Dreesmann (1923-2000) collected across a wide spectrum of categories. Georges Seurat's Le tas de pierre highlights the April 9th impressionist and modern art sale and is expected to fetch €960,000 to €1,450,000.
Sien, facing left and a dune landscape by Vincent van Gogh are each estimated at €193,000 to €290,000.
Other highlights include Jawlensky's portrait Julia, estimated at €240,000 to €320,000; Au Bois de Boulogne by van Dongen, expected to realise €645,000 to €800,000; and Trois pêcheurs en barque, with a price tag of €98,000 to €130,000. The old master pictures and drawings auction on April 11th is graced by Hendrick Avercamp's Skaters on the ice, estimated at €960,000 to €1,280,000, and his An estuary, with a moored fishing smack near a jetty, expected to sell for €320,000 to €480,000.
A highlight of the old master drawings is a tulip book containing 42 drawings of tulips on vellum, expected to make €128,000 to €192,000.
A Louis XV amaranth tulipwood marquetry table à la Bourgogne (an 18th century style in two woods with a purple hue) by Jean-Pierre Latz highlights the European furniture auction on April 10th.
It is expected to fetch between €400,000 and €640,000. Meanwhile, a Louis XV kingwood, fruitwood and marquetry bureau de dame by Roger van der Cruse is estimated at €240,000 to €400,000.
Highlighting the portrait miniatures, gold boxes and objects of vertu auction on April 11th is a rare German snuff-box by Johann Christian Neuber, Dresden, circa 1775.
The box comes with a booklet listing its various agates. It is expected to sell for €160,000 to €240,000.
The Amsterdam sale on April 16th includes a circular repoussé plaque by Paulus van Vianen, 1611, estimated at €32,000 to €48,000; a rare dish signed and dated by Adam van Vianen, Utrecht, 1622, estimated at €110,000 to €160,000; and an intricate bowl on foot with grotesque monster stem by Christian van Vianen, 1628, expected to realise €190,000 to €290,00.
The current Collectibles Corner mail bid sale, run by Mr Peter Geoffroy, closes on Monday, March 4th.
To get a catalogue or more information, phone 086-8573270.
Highlights include All-Ireland Final programmes, which have become very collectable, letters hand-written by Mr Sean T O'Ceallaigh while he was president of Ireland, and topographical postcards of most counties in Ireland.
A 1920s GAA programme fetched just over €570 (£450) at the last Collectibles Corner auction.
Mr Geoffroy told The Irish Times: "This time we have more of the same vintage. They go down by about €100 each decade. Programmes from the 1940s and 1950s are hard to come by but even early 1960s finals are collectable - they can fetch €20 to €50 for both football and hurling."
One of the six lots of letters by Sean T O'Ceallaigh is a 1948 hand-written and signed letter on official notepaper headed Uachtarán na hÉireann making arrangements for a reunion of the 'Bachelor Club' at Áras an Uachtaráin.
Estimated at €100, this lot includes a 1959 newspaper cutting giving details of the bachelor club and referring to the reunion at the Áras.
The other letters were typed on an old Irish language character typewriter that included the séimhiú and buailte, but they are each signed by him.
jmarms@irish-times.ie
