Antique and fine arts: McGuinness collection on auction at Hegarty’s
The antique furniture, art and collectibles amassed over several decades by retired Cork- based orthopaedic surgeon Tony McGuinness and his wife Geraldine, will come under the hammer at Hegarty’s in Bandon next Tuesday evening at 7pm.
The contents of Bealaha Bridge House, Kilbeg, Bandon form the bulk of the sale. There is some wonderful Irish 18th century furniture including a card table and a wine table.
A fine William IV oval ended dining table with two extra leaves is estimated at €2,000-€3,000. A set of 10 early 19th century dining chairs is estimated at €1,200-€1,800, Among the other prime pieces on offer are a Regency rosewood fold over card table (€1,500-€2,000), an Edwards and Roberts display cabinet, a pair of Victorian library chairs, a 19th century writing table, a Regency rosewood sofa table and occasional furniture.
Collectibles include some Cork silver pieces by William Egan, Oriental Famille Rose and Famille Vert porcelain; an Imperial green and yellow Chinese bowl with a five-clawed dragon motif impressed with the six character mark; 19th century English porcelain and Moorcroft pottery.
There is a selection of contemporary Irish art headed by a Mark O’Neill still life with boots and conkers (€2,000-€4,000) and work by Norman J McCaig, Kitty Wilmer O’Brien, Alex McKenna, Frank Egginton and others.
Work by Gwen John and Dame Elizabeth Frink bring an international dimension to the art on offer.
Viewing is from 12pm to 5pm today and on Monday, from 2pm to 5pm tomorrow and from 12pm to the start at 7pm on Tuesday.
Antique furniture, fine art and garden furniture will feature at Woodward’s auction next Saturday (October 22) at 11 am.
The contents from two residences in Kinsale and an estate in Monkstown have provided a strong Cork theme with a number of pieces by the well known O’Connell furniture making family, formerly at Lavitt’s Quay.
Two sets of Cork 11-bar chairs made by O’Connell’s are each estimated at €1,000-€2,000.
There are chests of drawers with estimates from €100-€400.
A d-end twin pillar dining table is modestly estimated at just €200-€300 and bureaux are estimated at just €100-€200.
Modern furniture from a house at Scilly, Kinsale includes a dining table and six chairs, a triple cabinet, a fitted home office cupboard and a walnut gentleman’s linen press.
A George II walnut chest of drawers (€800-€1,200), a French 18th century commode (€700-€1,000); three large Dutch baroque gilt framed mirrors c1700; a Georgian inlaid half moon card table (€600-€900); a Georgian teardrop chest (€400-€600); a William IV rosewood card table (€300-€500), and a set of eight ribbon back dining chairs (€300-€500) will feature among the antique pieces on offer.
There is a pair of cast iron garden seats with an estimate of €2,000-€3,000, a pair of large stone lion statues (€3,000-€4,000) and some garden vases, as well as Waterford Crystal, Mason’s Ironstone, Clarice Cliff ceramic art, rugs and mirrors.
Art on offer includes a limited edition print of the Royal Cork Yacht Club by Peter Monamy and art by Robert Ballagh, Markey Robinson, Normal Teeling and Terence Attridge Williams.
The sale is on view from noon to 5 pm today, from 2 pm to 5 pm tomorrow and from 10 am to 5 pm all next week.
An exhibition of 50 works by artist, Lucian Freud, opens at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, in Dublin, next Friday. There are 30 paintings and 20 works on paper.
On loan from private collections, they will be presented in a dedicated Freud centre in Imma’s Garden Galleries for five years, with all 50 works on display over the first 12 months.
There will be a series of subsequent exhibitions to include new work and commissions by contemporary artists, in response to Freud. Sponsors include BNP Paribas and Credit Suisse.
Auctions of post-war and contemporary art, at Christie’s, in London, during Frieze week, totalled £91m and confirmed the strength of the global market.
The collection of Dublin-born, pioneering art dealer, Leslie Waddington, one of the first to participate in Frieze, was a sellout.
There will be an antiques and interiors auction, with more than 600 lots, at Matthews, Oldcastle, Co. Meath, at 6.30pm next Tuesday. Viewing gets underway today.
In Dublin, there will be an auction of fine jewellery and watches at James Adam, next Tuesday, at 6pm.
This will be followed, at 1pm on Wednesday, by the regular monthly sale of jewellery, silver, and art at O’Reilly’s, Francis St., Dublin.
The Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan, in Dublin, is the venue for one of Ireland’s largest antique fairs this weekend.
There will be more than 70 stands, filled to the brim with all sorts of antique and collectible items. Organiser, Robin O’Donnell, says that no less than 20 of the dealers have never previously shown at any fair in Dublin. pening times are from 11am to 6pm, today and tomorrow.
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