Lotabeg sale lived up to expectations
That was the auction that was. Lotabeg lived up to expectations as thousands viewed and then came to bid in person, as well as online and by phone for more than 700 lots at Mealy’s spectacular house contents sale in Cork on Tuesday.
Headline-grabbers included Sir Peter Lely’s portrait of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde which made €120,000, three Meissen ewers sold for €53,000 in total, a rare William IV circular dining table 7’ in diameter was knocked down to Carrigtwohill auctioneers Denis Lynes for €26,000 and a Republican Cork silver strawberry dish made 6,000.
