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PSRA Licence No: 004155
Star lot : A magnificent example of an antique mahogany writing desk. This is an unusually ornate example with profuse carved, foliate cresting and a serpentine front. Inlaid with tooled leather and featuring 2 original crystal inkwells. This example features ample storage by means of drawers and cubbies and the tooled desk lifts up for storage within. Supported by ceramic castors. Fabulous looking desk.
about Lot 477
Star lot : A fantastic 247 carat Aquamarine, Sapphire and Diamond necklace, Set with a beautiful Halo clasp. Stunning piece. New from the gem company, RRP €480 All the gemstones are genuine and natural and are cold to the touch.
about Lot 54
Star Lot : A fabulous antique Edwardian upright overtrung piano made by Sherlock Manning. All keys in tact and clean and held on original brass castors and has beautiful carved ornament throughout the base. A simply beautiful and well looked after piece with a fabulous resonating sound. This is a very nice looking piano.
about Lot 558
A stunning sterling Silver graduated Moonstone chain link bracelet. With 9 lovely moonstones with great colour variations.
about Lot 40
Star Lot: A stunning original antique oil on canvas painting by the 19th century English school artist Edmund Morison Wimperis. Features a two shepherdesses in a sweeping rural landscape. Housed in a fabulous heavy antique Chippendale gilt frame. Wimperis does excellently at auction, fetching $3,250 for a similar oil work at Christie's. MM: W90 x L66 cm in frame. About 1851, Edmund was apprenticed to the wood-engraver Mason Jackson, for seven years, and also trained under the watercolourist Myles Birket Foster. From about 1863, he worked for the publisher Joseph Cundall and for the Illustrated London News. Later in his life, he started to paint and sketch with Thomas Collier. When aged about 38 he became a professional landscape painter and member of the Society of British Artists. In 1874, he joined the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, and went on to become one of its foremost members, being elected vice-president in 1895.
about Lot 95
Star Lot : A fantastic advertising Dolphin body suit. Very well constructed and contoured from foam with realistic air-painted bodywork. This was commissioned for a very high price (€1800) and then unfortunately not required due to Fungi's ''untimely'' passing. This is a costume you can put on. You would be a halloween legend forever. Please search South Dublin Auction on Tic Tok and have look at our latest video too see the dolphin in action.
about Lot 382
A fine example of a vintage sterling silver twist link unisex bracelet, set with a thick Lobster clasp. Weight of item: 38.47 grams.
about Lot 503
Star Lot : A jaw dropping antique Victorian mahogany dressing unit with full sized beveled mirror to centre, twelve drawers, six to each side for ample storage, tiered surfaces with gallery back and beautiful carved ornament details throughout. Includes two cast metal adjustable candlestick holders flanking the central mirror. This is a very rare piece with the full size mirror, its in very good order and comes apart for easy transport, one of nicest pieces we have seen.
about Lot 506
Star lot : Eight Fabulous designer Dining chairs. 8 chairs with ebonised wood legs and plush grey fabric upholstery with stud detailing and chrome handles on the rear. Made in Italy chairs cost €595 each Over €4000 in retail. They are in very good condition. (this lot is for the 8 chairs, the table will be sold at a lot later in the sale.
about Lot 136
Super Star Lot: An original very large enameled ceramic tile by the famed French artist George Braque (b1882-d1963) titled “Au Couchant, Oiseau” dating to 1950’s. This large piece features an abstracted composition of a bird silhouetted against a red and yellow sunset with a brown and black border. This tile was part of the Hugo Henkel Schwimmbad in Düsseldorf, Germany. This ceramic was commissioned by the Henkel group from Braque for the purpose of display in the public swimming pool built by Dr. Hugo Henkel. The pool, originally built in 1930, was intended to be an expression of Henkel’s system of a patriarchal and caring relationship between employer and employee. Mm: 41 x 69.5 cm Though Braque is perhaps best known for launching Cubism alongside Pablo Picasso, his focus on birds intensified in his later work, where his style loosened from the more geometric Cubism of his earlier pieces. He never left Cubism behind all together, but his volumes of bird works are a much airier and minimalist in expression. “Au Couchant, Oiseau” demonstrates his interest in nature and natural light that blossomed later in his career. Braque’s birds can be seen on a grand scale on the ceiling of the Salle Henri II at the Louvre in Paris along with other commissions. Braque has designed pool tiles before, most notably “Les Poissons” at the Foundation Maeght, France. Provenance: Purchased by current owner from Kunst und Antiquitaten, Gerhard Koktanek and Ans Meijer. The latter obtained the pieces from Gabriele Henkel of the estate of Dr. Hugo Henkel after the demolition of the Swimming pool in 1995. We have called and confirmed this provenance with the previous two owners. There is photographic evidence proving its ownership by Kunst & Antiquitaten and its existence in the Schwimmbad.
about Lot 100