Auction results
Saturday (March 12th) Woodward's, Cork. A painting, The Royal Yacht Squadron escorting Queen Victoria to Cork Harbour, 1849 by George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson €28,000 (€25,000-€35,000). Sunday (March 13th) Whyte's History Sale, Freemasons' Hall, Dublin. 82 per cent of lots sold. A racecard for the Ward Union Hunt Steeplechases at Fairyhouse racecourse on Easter Monday 1916 (below) – an event attended by many British soldiers garrisoned in Ireland and who were therefore unable to respond immediately to the rebellion – sold for €4,000 – 10 times the median estimate (€300-€500).
An original copy of the 1916 Proclamation €185,000 (€150,000-€250,000); a "Half Proclamation" reputedly printed as souvenirs by British soldiers in Liberty Hall €8,000 (€5,000-€7,000); a bottle of whiskey distilled in 1916 by the Dublin Whiskey Distillery €15,000 (€15,000-€25,000); a diary owned by Éamon de Valera during his imprisonment in England after the Rising €5,400 (€3,000-€5,000); three photographs taken on board U-19, the German submarine that brought Sir Roger Casement to Banna Strand €4,200 (€1,500-42,000). The 1916 medals awarded posthumously to Proclamation signatories Thomas Clarke (€80,000-€120,000) and Joseph Plunkett (€70,000-€100,000) failed to sell. Tuesday (March 15th) John Weldon Auctioneers, Cow's Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. An Irish silver oval butter dish made circa 1780 in Dublin by silversmith Joseph Jackson €4,900 (€800-€1,500); a Pope John Paul II/Knock Centenary platinum medallion by John Roche of Grafton Street €1,280 (€1,200-€1,800). An Irish silver dish ring with a blue glass liner, made in Dublin in 1916 by Weir & Son, engraved "Presented to John Kennedy Esq by Lord Justice Molony in remembrance of the perils of Easter Monday 1916" and estimated at €5,000-€10,000 was unsold.
Forthcoming auctions
Sunday (March 20th) Victor Mee Auctions will hold a country house contents auction on the premises of Marlfield House, Clonmel, Co Tipperary at noon on behalf of the owner, Denis English. 800 lots including a "rare pair of Irish Georgian mahogany consul tables with marble tops, made circa 1770" (€40,000- €60,000); a pair of William IV mahogany bookcases (€4,000–€6,000); a Tipperary 40-branch crystal chandelier (€4,000-€6,000); a Waterford crystal chandelier, originally from Knocklofty Estate (€1,500-€2,500); a Georgian cast iron garden urn (€600-€1,200). Viewing today from 11am-7pm at Marlfield House. Monday (March 21st) RJ Keighery's City Auction Rooms, Waterford. Antiques auction at 10.30am. 800 lots. Saturday (March 26th ) O'Donovan & Associates Auctioneers, 1 North Quay, Newcastle West, Co Limerick. Antiques and house clearance "Easter Auction" at 11am. War of Independence medals; first editions of books by Patrick Pearse; antique furniture, jewellery and various historical collectibles.
Forthcoming fairs
Today and tomorrow (March 19th & 20th) South Court Hotel , Limerick. A two-day National Antiques, Art & Vintage Fair with over 100 dealers. 11am-6pm both days.
