Art and antique sales in Limerick, Dublin and London
'Bathers, Naylor's Cove, Bray' by Harry Kernoff at Sotheby's in London next Wednesday.
The antique and art season is beginning to hot up in the run-up to Christmas.
Limerick Racecourse is the venue for the National Antiques, Art and Vintage Fair on Saturday and Sunday. Outstanding Irish art will come under the hammer at deVeres in Dublin next Tuesday and Sotheby's expects around €2 million worth of Irish art to change hands at evening and day sales in London on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The calendar for the next few weeks is brimful of interest and offers a huge array of choices to eager collectors across all price levels and genres.
Limerick Racecourse has proven to be an ideal venue for Hibernian Antique Fairs.
There is easy access and lots of space for antique shops, art galleries and vintage dealers.
An across-the-board selection this weekend includes a Victorian vanity box complete with travel accessories, bottles and even hat pins.
Along with a covetable selection of antique furniture, including a c1790 Irish double-sided library table with hairy paw feet and Irish art, there are selections of clocks and watches, militaria, jewellery, porcelain and silver.
Art by Paul Henry, Walter Osborne, Gerard Dillon, Tony O'Malley, Norah McGuinness, William Scott, John Shinnors and Barry Flanagan will feature strongly at deVeres on Tuesday evening.
Bidding on this timed online sale which draws to a close from 6pm on November 21 is already open. It is on view at Kildare Street in Dublin for the next four days.
The evening and day sales at Sotheby's in London next Tuesday and Wednesday (November 21 and 22) are part of British and Irish Art Week, a series of events celebrating the art of Ireland and Britain from the 19th to the 21st centuries.
The Lavery's have emerged from the collection of the artist's family. Another evening highlight is a significant early carving by F.E. McWilliam titled Woodhenge. The estimate for the piece is €229,220-€343,830.
Meantime, Bonham's first sale on the island of Ireland is now open for bidding online. The Irish Sale: Vision and Voice will offer art by Paul Henry, Donald Teskey, Sir William Orpen, Maeve McCarthy, Margaret Clarke, Frank McKelvey, Wiliam Leech and Jack B Yeats along with an annotated typescript of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce and handwritten lyrics of Your Song Saved My Life by Bono.
The auction will be on view at the City Assembly House in Dublin from November 24-28, when the sale will be held.
