AUCTION RESULTS
Wednesday (May 25th):O'Reilly's Fine Art, Francis St, D8. Mid-19th century diamond and blue enamel cluster ring, mounted in silver and gold, of possible Spanish royal provenance €3,900 (€3,000-€4,000).
Thursday (May 26th):
Christie's of London. British and Irish art: The Football Match by L.S. Lowry £5.6m (£3.5m-£4.5m); Played!! (pictured right) by Sir John Lavery £657,250 (£600,000-£800,000); Villa on the Nivelle by Sir Winston Churchill £505,250 (£200,000- £300,000); Coronation Street by L.S. Lowry £445,250 (£300,000- £500,000); Mary in Black by Sir John Lavery £61,250 (£50,000- £80,000); West of Ireland Cottages by Paul Henry £79,250 (£30,000-£50,000); Irish Fishermen by Mary Fedden £39,650 (£25,000-£35,000); An Old Woman by Paul Henry £34,850 (£30,000-£50,000); An Old Man from Connacht by Paul Henry £34,850 (£30,000- £50,000); Castle Townsend by Mary Fedden £20,000 (£15,000- £25,000).
FORTHCOMING AUCTIONS
Sunday (May 29th):Mullens, Laurel Park, Woodbrook, Bray, Co Wicklow. Irish and contemporary art auction at 2pm. Matthews Auctioneers, Annesbrook House, Duleek, Co Meath. Country house auction, 3pm. Morgan O'Driscoll Fine Art Auctioneers, at CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork. Auction of 125 paintings, with no reserves, by Kevin Sharkey at 4pm. Limerick Auction Rooms, Hamptons House, Garryglass Estate, Ballysimon Road, Limerick. Antiques auction at 2.30pm.
Monday (May 30th):Whyte's Irish art auction, Clyde Rooms, RDS, D4, 6pm. West of Ireland Landscape, 1925-1935 by Paul Henry €60,000-€80,000; Illustration for the Playboy of the Western World - Frontispiece by Sean Keating (€30,000-€40,000); Two Sisters by Daniel O'Neill (€30,000-€40,000); Only Two in It by Jack B Yeats (€25,000- €30,000); Farmhouse c 1989 by Thomas Ryan (€3,000-€4,000); Portrait of Berthold Hempel by Patrick Hennessy (€2,000- €3,000); Bank of Ireland, College Green by Aidan Bradley (€1,000- €1,500).
Wednesday (June 1st):Victor Mitchell Auctioneers, Mount Butler, Roscrea, Co Tipperary. Antiques auction at 10.30am.
FORTHCOMING FAIRS
Sunday (May 29th):Dublin City Book Fair, Tara Towers Hotel, Merrion Rd, D4, 11am-5pm. Toys of Yesterday, Collectors' Fair, Bray Wheelers' Clubhouse, Schools Rd, Bray, Co Wicklow, 10am-3pm. Antiques Fair, Clonmel Park Hotel, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, 11am to 6pm.
