Sunday (February 6th):Dolan's Irish Art Auction, Clontarf Castle Hotel, Clontarf, D3. Glena Bay, Killarney,Bartholomew Colles Watkins €5,200 (€2,800-€3,500); Bringing Home the Cattle,Frank McKelvey €4,500 (€4,000-€6,000); Harbour on Aran, Sean O'Sullivan €4,250 (€3,500-€4,500) ; Coastal Landscape, Co Kerry, Evie Hone €4,000 (€2,700-€3,000); Banjo Player and Friends, J B Vallely €4,000 (€2,800-€3,500); Towards Lerici, Italy, Arthur K Maderson €4,000 (€3,500-€5,000); Blue Eyes, Graham Knuttel €2,400 (€1,800-€2,500); Chardonnay and Cheese, David Ffrench le Roy €2,200 (€1,000-€1,500); Self-Portrait in the Studio, Norman Teeling €1,900 (€800-€1,200).
Drums Fine Art Auctioneers of Malahide, Co Dublin: auction on the premises of Burnside, 126 Dublin Road, Sutton, Dublin 13. Paintings sold included Young Girl Seated by Julius F Schrader, €4,000 (€4,000-€6,000) and Treescape Near Malahide, by Nathaniel Hone €2,800 (€2,500-€3,500); and among the furniture items, a fold-over Regency mahogany card table, €1,500 (€1,500-€1,700).
Monday (February 7th): Morgan O'Driscoll, Irish art auction, Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island, Cork. 71 per cent of lots sold including: Lying Down Girl (bronze sculpture) by Frederick Edward McWilliams €11,000 (€12,000-€15,000); Rock Pool, Connemara by Kenneth Webb €10,400 (€12,000-€15,000); The Committeeby Mark O'Neill €6,300 (€7,000-€9,000); Countryscapeby Gladys Maccabe €5,000 (€5,000-€7,000); Lens Askewby Ciaran Lennon €5,000 (€5,000-€7,000); le Marché de Nuit by Arthur K Maderson €4,800 (€5,000-€7,000); Moonlit Still Life by Graham Knuttel €4,525 (€4,000-€5,000); Still Life – Flowers and Vasesby Trudie Mooney €2,500 (€3,000-€5,000).
FORTHCOMING AUCTIONS
Tuesday (February 15th):Herman Wilkinson of Rathmines will hold an auction of house contents on the premises of 33 Rathdown Park, Terenure, Dublin 6W at 11am.
Highlights include a rare Belleek classical female figure - painted to appear bronze, (€1,500-€2,000); an inlaid mahogany display case in the style of William Hicks, (€1,500-€2,000); and a Georgian Sheraton-style teapoy (€800-€1,200). There’s a selection of gold sovereign and half-sovereign coins.
Matthews Auctions Rooms, Oldcastle, Co Meath. 6.30pm. Auction with over 300 lots with antique furniture, china and paintings including Ben Bulbenby James Craig (€6,000-€9,000).
Wednesday (February 16th):Adam's, 26 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2. 11am auction called Adam's Attic featuring 600 lots with an eclectic mix of porcelain, furniture, pictures, silver glass and various collectibles - most with low estimates. Viewing tomorrowfrom 2pm-5pm and continues Monday and Tuesday.
FORTHCOMING FAIRS:
Sunday (February 13th): Antiques, collectibles and vintage fashion Fair at Tara Towers Hotel, Merrion Rd, Dublin 4. 11am-6pm.
