Sotheby’s to hold valuation days in capital this month

In Dublin, Sotheby’s will hold valuation days at 16 Molesworth St later this month. Irish and British paintings will be valued on Feb 20-21 and on Feb 24 it will be the turn of Chinese ceramics and works of art.

Dublin-born Angela McAteer, Sotheby’s deputy director and specialist in fine Chinese ceramics and works of art will be in attendance.

Next month Sotheby’s will conduct valuations for Old Master paintings on Mar 12 and 13 and on jewellery on Mar 14-15.

Meanwhile, an Edwardian bow front display cabinet, a Victorian rosewood settee and a Victorian chest of drawers, are included in the sale at Kerry Auction Rooms, Moyderwell, Tralee next Tuesday at noon.

The sale will include a collection of over 800 American, British and Irish first day covers from the late 1930s to the 1970s. Viewing gets underway today.

In other news, the Catalan painter and sculptor Antoni Tapies died aged 88 in Barcelona on Monday. One of Spain’s main exponents of abstract and avant-garde art in the second half of the 20th century, his work was displayed in museums around the world.