Antiques: Huge choice in Killarney, Carrigtwohill and Durrow
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Collectors will be spoiled for choice as the winter selling season reaches its zenith thanks to big sales by Aidan Foley in Killarney, Sheppard's in Durrow and Lynes & Lynes in Carrigtwohill next week, with an array of astonishing and rare lots.
There is much to see and appreciate, from the finest of Irish furniture to a complete apothecary cabinet, a bronze stag, Patek Philippe and Rolex watches and even a Great Seal of Ireland of Henry VIII on vellum dated 1544.
The Killarney furniture including a museum-quality davenport at Aidan Foley's three-day sale has aroused international interest. The retirement auction on behalf of Pat O'Connor of Killarney Antiques is now on view at the shop on the Cork Road. The in-room and online auction with 1388 lots takes place at the Heights Hotel Killarney on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 2.30pm on each day.
A Killarney breakfast table, two davenports and a sewing table have estimate prices ranging from €3,000 to €50,000. There is a selection of Killarney trinket boxes, games boards, trays and travelling writing boxes on offer as well as antique furniture, a range of artists from Marshall Hutson to Maurice Wilks, Ann Tallentire and Sean O'Connor, mirrors, porcelain and collectibles including a 19th-century estate bronze bell and an original Cork Examiner enamel advertising sign.
At Sheppard's a pair of Irish 19th-century marquetry side cabinets once in the Long Room at Kilkenny Castle will highlight a three-day sale of contents from Grange Manor in Co Kilkenny and other clients on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The estimate for this historically important pair of cabinets sold separately at the dispersal auction at the castle in 1935 is €100,000-€150,000.
The seal of Henry VIII grants various properties around Inistioge including fishing rights on the River Nore to Milo Barron Bishop of Ossory and his brother David.
The estimate is €7,000-€9,000. More than 1600 lots will come under the hammer. Viewing gets underway today at Grange Manor, the auction is in Durrow and online.
A Patek Philippe man's watch with an estimate of €50,000-€80,000 will lead the Lynes & Lynes sale in Carrigtwohill next Saturday (November 30). There are contents from Gurrane House near Fermoy which has been in the Blackley, Grant and Deane families since it was built in 1850.
A collection of circus clowns in the auction (€2,500-€3,500) was amassed by a clown at Duffy's. Circus and is being sold by his nephew. A set of fine Georgian Cork 11-bar chairs (€4,000-€5,000) and a Georgian dining table (€3,000-€4,000) should generate interest.
Large old family houses contain hidden treasures. Among the signature pieces from Gurrane is a complete 19th-century mahogany apothecary cabinet (€600-€1,000) owned by Dr Travers Robert Blackley (1801-1876) and an 1850 going-away outfit.
This was worn by Mrs Charles Deane (nee Grant), who married Colonel Charles Deane of Gurrane circa 1850.
A Spanish School painting of The Virgin and Child distributing the Rosary to Saints and the Royal Family is estimated at €1,000-€1,500. There is a similar estimate on a Plan of the City and Suburbs of Cork drawn in 1832 by Thomas Holt. There will also be local interest in a Robert Stopford engraving of Cork Harbour and a large view of the Cork International Exhibition from 1903. Viewing gets underway in Carrigtwohill today.
The bronze stag is at Aidan Foley's auction and there is garden furniture on offer at all three sales.