Private art collection sells for €2.5m

Part of a rediscovered private art collection including unseen paintings by Jack B Yeats and Louis le Brocquy was tonight sold for €2.5m – a million euro over its pre-sale estimate.

Private art collection sells for €2.5m
Tue, 04 Dec, 2007 - 22:05

Part of a rediscovered private art collection including unseen paintings by Jack B Yeats and Louis le Brocquy was tonight sold for €2.5m – a million euro over its pre-sale estimate.

Owned by the late Cork obstetrician Dr JB Kearney, the Dublin auction included both paintings and sculptures by Irish artists hidden away for 30 years.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: CorkPlace: DublinPlace: UlsterPlace: LondonPerson: Jack B YeatsPerson: Louis le BrocquyPerson: DrPerson: JB KearneyPerson: Paul HenryPerson: KearneyPerson: AdamPerson: James O’HalloranPerson: Managing DirectorPerson: Dr KearneyPerson: le BrocquyPerson: Gerard DillonPerson: Colin MiddletonPerson: Yeats’Person: HenryPerson: Pablo PicassoPerson: David HockneyPerson: Patrick HeronEvent: Cork ROSCOrganisation: Arts Council of IrelandOrganisation: Friends of the National Collections of Ireland
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