Roderic O’Conor (1860-1940) – SEASCAPE WITH SUNSET, c.1898
Early viewing for Whyte’s sale of Important Irish Art on November 23 gets underway in Dublin today. The auction offers a strong selection of work by leading artists including Roderic O’Conor, Jack B Yeats, Mary Swanzy, Louis le Brocquy, Walter Osborne and Genieve Figgis. This c1898 oil on canvas by Roderic O’Conor is estimated at €30,000-€40,000.
DARTH VADER’S LIGHTSABER
There was a world record for any Star Wars memorabilia when Darth Vader’s lightsaber sold for $4.87 million at Heritage Auctions in Dallas on November 12. The prop, used by actor David Prowse and his stunt double the Olympic fencer Bob Anderson, was most famously brandished in the duel with Luke Skywalker in “The Empire Strikes Back”. It was wielded by Vader before he delivered the famous line: “I am your father”. The price broke the record set in July for Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber in the same Cloud City fight, which made $3.75 million at Heritage Auctions.
ROBERT GEMMELL HUTCHISON (1855 – 1936) – A Soldier’s Farewell (C. 1890)
Robert Gemmell Hutchison’s ‘A Soldier’s Farewell’ depicts a boy leaving home to go to war, with a mother and her children at the train station. The oil on canvas is a leading lot at Sheppards Irish and international evening art sale on November 19 with an estimate of €10,000-€15,000. A total of 232 lots will come under the hammer. Viewing gets underway in Durrow today and the catalogue is online.
A selection from the stand of Doug and Susan Eames
All roads lead to Limerick Racecourse this weekend. The National antiques, art and vintage fair will be held on November 14 and 15 at this convenient location in the heart of Munster. It is a fully indoor event with ample parking. On offer is a wide selection of antique furniture, Irish art, jewellery, silver and all sort of collectibles.
Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958) – Cottages by the Sea
This c1935-40 oil on canvas board by Paul Henry is at Adams Important Irish Art sale in Dublin on November 18. The estimate is €80,000-€120,000. It is one of three works by Paul Henry in this auction of 123 lots. New Ross, 1939 is estimated at €70,000-€100,000 and Old People watching a Dance has an estimate of €60,000-€80,000. Viewing at Adams gets underway on November 18 and the catalogue is online.
HEREND POISSON VASE
This Poisson vase by Herend is at R J Keighery’s auction in Waterford on November 15. More than 750 lots will come under the hammer. Among them is a large collection of Waterford Crystal, antique furniture, jewellery, chandeliers and collectibles. The vase illustrated here is estimated at €3,000-€4,000.
TEN artworks by Tracey Emin will be displayed by Gormley’s at Art Source at the RDS from November 13-15. Ranging from 2016 to the 2026 series “I need tomorrow” released earlier this year to coincide with Emin’s prestigious retrospective Tate Modern exhibition A Second Life, which celebrated 40 years of her work. Emin’s art in Dublin comprises a mixture of handmade lithograph prints and limited edition photography pieces. Art Source features a large selection of affordable art and pieces from some of the biggest names in the art world like Banksy and Andy Warhol.
One of a pair of Italian giltwood sofas, Genoa, circa 1740-1744
A pair of Italian giltwood sofas made €345,600 at Sotheby’s evening sale of contents from the Parisian residence of His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah Al Thani. They had originated from the Galleria Dorata, Palazzo Carrega-Cataldi, (now Chamber of Commerce), Via Garibaldi, Genoa, Italy. They rank among the very best of mid-18th-century Genoese Baroque cabinetmaking. Following three successful auctions totalling €12.8 million, with 100% of lots sold, two further sales continue until November 9.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for October 5, 2026).
A cased model of Titanic at Lynes and Lynes.
A cased model of Titanic, some rare Cork silver or a Webley-Wilkinson 1902 revolver once owned by a Victoria Cross winning resident of County. Cork whose real life military career makes the fictional James Bond career look slightly tame.
The choice is yours at sales by Lynes and Lynes in Carrigtwohill on Saturday November 14 or at leading modern and antique gun auctioneers Holts of King’s Lynn in Norfolk on November 11.
If you are looking for something out of the ordinary then how about a rare long horn chair in original condition. This one, lot 92 at Lynes and Lynes estimated at €2,000-€3,000, was made by Wenzel Friedrich (1827-1902) of San Antonio in Texas and it is in original condition.
A Webley-Wilkinson 1902 revolver at Holts. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £11,500
The life of Lt. Gen. Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO was most certainly out of the ordinary. With a mother of Irish descent he was born into the Belgian aristocracy in May 1880. Abandoning Oxford after one term this action man enrolled in the British Army to fight the Boers and served in the Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War.
He was shot in the face, head, stomach, groin, ankle, leg, hip and ear, blinded in one eye, survived two plane crashes, tunnelled out of a prisoner of war camp and ripped off his own severely injured fingers. After arriving back in England in 1943 he was posted to China as Churchill’s personal representative. He married for the second time aged 71 and settled in Co. Cork where he died aged 83 in 1963. Carton de Wiart is buried at Caum Churchyard which backs on to his old home at Killinardrish near Macroom. His cased and engraved .455 Webley-Wilkinson 1902 revolver is estimated by Holts at £3,000-£5,000.
A longhorn chair from Texas at Lynes and Lynes
Revolvers and horn chairs may not be what floats your boat but with 481 lots in total there is much at Lynes and Lynes – on view in Carrigtwohill from today – which may be of interest. On offer is a selection of silverware, furniture, maritime items, art, jewellery and collectibles like old toys and rugs. Three oil paintings by Fergal Flanagan, pruched at the Lavit Gallery in 1998, offers view of Youghal and its clock tower, UCC and the South Mall in Cork at estimates of just €300-€500 each.
The Titanic model is estimated at €1,000-€1,500. Maritime lots include telescopes, ships wheels and clocks along with watercolours and prints of well known ships.
The selection of antique furniture in the sale includes a Georgian sideboard, a Victorian bookcase, Irish turf and plate buckets, Cork 11-bar chairs, a satinwood banded sofa table and a Killarney tray.
A selection of lots at Lynes and Lynes.
A 1775 Cork silver soup ladle by Stephen Walsh and a c1790 set of twelve Cork silver teaspoons by John Nicholson are each estmated at €1,000-€1,500. A set of nine similar vintage teaspoons with crests by John Nicholson have an estimate of €1,000-€1,200. Other lots of silver include a George II coffee pot, an early set of cased berry spoons, a collection of English silver cutlery and an Austro-Hungarian silver spirit kettle on stand with matching teapot and water jug.
The leading jewellery lot is an emerald and diamond bracelet (€3,000-€4,000) and there is a selection or rings, earrings, bracelets, pendants and necklaces in the auction. Persian rugs are very reasonably estimated and a c1785 longcase clock by Hercules Troy of Dublin with brass dial is estimated at €2,000-€2,500. The catalogue for the sale is online
Full Size Metal Coat of Armour on Stand UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 13,000
Luxury Dromoland Castle Hotel in Co. Clare is closing for a six month refurbhishment from this month. The largest redevelopment in its 63 year history as an hotel will cost an estimated €55 million. Next week auctioneer Aidan Foley will conduct a two day sale with 776 lots of bedroom contents, occasional furniture, curtains, rugs, wall hangings and commercial kitchen equipment. The catalogue for the sales, which get underway at 5 pm on November 9 and 10, is online. As our picture shows you might even find a suit of armour.