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Irish Examiner
19-07-2025
- Business
- Irish Examiner
Antiques: Musical chairs and tables at sales that capture the imagination
Danish wishbone chairs, bronze boxing hares, a 19th-century French oak refectory table and a Black Forest musical chair are included among nearly 1,000 lots at online evening sales by Victor Mee this Tuesday and Wednesday (July 22-23). There is nothing in this eclectic selection to prevent the imagination of a collector from soaring to new and unexplored heights. Where to place a pair of cast-iron pier caps in the form of a stag standing on a ball? Maybe not to the taste of everyone, but they can be yours for an estimated €1,000-€2,000. There is a similar estimate on a fine sturdy three seater cast-iron garden bench, a pair of moulded sandstone lifesize models of Great Danes and a pair of 19th-century wrought-iron entrance gates. A pair of quartetto nests of tables at Woodwards in Cork. Hand-cut granite gate posts, a 19th-century sandstone trough, a wrought-iron portable glasshouse, a pair of sandstone lattice urns and an early 20th-century French wrought-iron greenhouse are all on offer. A French wrought-iron glasshouse at Victor Mee. A 19th-century brassbound campaign chest (€1,400-€1,800), a French William IV centre table with marble top (€800-€1,200), a 19th-century lime washed oak chest (€600-€1,200), a walnut inlaid credenza with three glazed doors (€400-€800), a Regency rent table with leather top (€400-€800), a Victorian rosewood and satinwood inlaid side table (€350-€650), a pair of art deco bedside lockers (€350-€650) and a bank of four graduated drawers in the shape of drums €300-€600) are included among nearly 400 lots of furniture with estimates of from a little as €10 for an Edwardian three-tier cake stand. A set of vintage wishbone Danish dining chairs at Victor Mee. A set of eight vintage Danish wishbone dining chairs with woven rush seats carry an estimate of €1,000-€2,000. A Black Forest musical chair and table at Victor Mee. A 19th-century Black Forest rosewood and burr walnut musical chair and table is slightly more expensive, at €1,500-€2,500. This inlaid furniture contains a hidden musical box. In Cork, viewing for the Woodwards online sale next Saturday (July 26) at 10am gets underway today. The sale offers a selection of furniture including a pair of quartetto nests of tables (€800-€1,200), a Georgian longcase clock (€400-€600), a Georgian bureau (€300-€400), a burr walnut demi-lune side table (€400-€600), a Victorian walnut card table (€250-€400), a pair of Victorian cast-iron urns-on-stands (€800-€1,200) and a large Persian rug (€600-€800). The auction is on view at Woodwards from 2pm to 4pm today and tomorrow, and from 10am to 4pm on Monday to Friday.
Irish Examiner
21-06-2025
- Business
- Irish Examiner
Antiques: A hot Georgian wine cooler and a cool Edwardian desk in Cork
A hot Georgian wine cooler or a cool Edwardian desk? The choice is yours at Woodwards summer auction in Cork next Saturday (June 28). Well-positioned each of these stylish antique pieces can add grace to most homes. Estimated respectively at €600-€800 and €400-€600, they are not particularly expensive and would have cost more 20 years ago. Such is the sad state of the market for antique furniture. The happy news (if that is not a contradiction in terms right now) is that furniture like this does offer spectacular value. The sale at Woodwards is rich in such pieces like a Regency crossbanded tea table (€400-€600), a D-end dining table (€200-€400), a parquetry inlaid hall table (€200-€400), a Victorian walnut davenport (€300-€500), a William IV card table (€250-€400) and a Regency Pembroke table (€300-€600). Among other offerings are a large Persian rug (€500-€800), a five-piece cast-iron patio suite (€800-€1,200), a gilt console mirror with marble tabletop (€800-€1,200) and art including Vanity Fair Spy prints and Victorian silhouettes and collectibles. The online auction starts at 10am next Saturday (June 28) and is on view at Woodwards from 2pm to 4pm today and tomorrow and from 10am to 4pm all next week.
Irish Examiner
17-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Examiner
Antiques: Correspondence of Michael Collins for auction
Artworks from the estate of Brian Looney, former editor of the Irish Examiner, are included in the Lynes and Lynes sale in Carrigtwohill next Saturday (May 24). The auction offers boardroom furniture from the Dulux factory in Cork, established in 1885 by the Harrington family. Lot 228 is a folder with correspondence between Michael Collins, then Minister for Finance, and Genoa-based Donal Hales, Irish consul for Italy from 1919 and brother of assassinated Cork TD Sean Hales. Artworks include Meeting of the Currachs by Ciaran Clear and a signed lithograph by the American artist Frank Stella. A mid-19th-century dining table is estimated at €4,000-€6,000 and a set of 12 Cork 11-bar chairs at €3,500-€4,500. There is jewellery including a platinum and diamond three stone ring, a 1950s penny-farthing bicycle and a church bell made by James Atkins, Cork, c1810 believed to be from St. Mary's Church in Cobh. A parquetry inlaid at Woodwards sale in Cork. The auction by Woodwards in Cork next Saturday offers antique furniture including a Georgian chest on chest, a George II card table, a pair of Edwardian demi-lune tables, an Edwardian parquetry table and a set of Cork chairs. There is a pair of cast iron garden seats by Pierce of Wexford, a model of a three-masted schooner and a selection of porcelain, glassware, rugs and mirrors. Both auctions are on view from today, and the catalogues are online.
