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Mammoth sale From Mealy’s
Sunday, June 29, 2008 - By Ros Drinkwater
Outisize, ornamental furniture characterises the sale of the contents of Wells House in Co Wexford. Leading Mealy’s sale this week are the contents of Wells House in Co Wexford, seat of the Doyne family, who are descendants of Lord Chief Justice Doyne. The family’s taste ran to grand, Continental pieces such as the pair of monumental carved oak throne chairs which sat in the hall... Read Story
Chimney piece set to fetch €60,000
Sunday, March 23, 2008 - By Ros Drinkwater
Mealy’s next sale is a two-day event with more than 1,300 lots of fine art, furniture, porcelain, glass, silver and carpets. Estimates start at €40 rising to €50,000-€60,000 for a white and pink 18th Century chimney piece originally from The Grange in Woking, England. A second 18th Century chimney piece of white and coloured marble originally graced 12 Eccles Street, Dublin and has an... Read story
A Gothic revival at Mealy’s
Sunday,
February 12, 2006
In Britain, according the Antique Collectors Club’s annual index, for the fourth year running prices for standard pieces of antique furniture have fallen. The figures for 2005 saw the Antique Furniture Index register a record fall of 7 per cent to create thebest buyers market for more than a decade. There is no similar index with reference to the Irish scene, but the success of Mullen’s recent... Read Story
Silver lining for collectors at Mealy's sale
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Mealy's two-day sale this week boasts more than 1,300 lots of antique furniture, fine art and collectors' items, as well as a good deal to interest collectors of Irish silver. In this department, headline lots start with a rare, highly ornate Provincial two-handled cup by Joseph Johns of Limerick circa 1730-75, 13 centimetres tall and 11 ounces... Read story
Mealy's to showcase Aesthetic Movement
Sunday, July 10, 2005 - By Ros Drinkwater
Leading the stakes in the furniture section at Mealy's on July 19 are two fine Georgian pieces, a yew wood and cross banded chest (€5,000-€7,000), and a George III mahogany demi-lune side table with an inlaid rosewood and satinwood banded top, together with a later matching 19th century table by Edward Butler of Nassau Street, Dublin... Read story
Rare Irish books on sale at Mealy's
Sunday, May 29, 2005
At some time in our lives, most of us will buy a chair, be it the Barcelona, a Queen Anne wing or simply something to take the weight off our feet. But few of us will ever see, let alone own, a number of rare books with enormous Irish relevance that are coming up for sale at Mealy's. The back cover of the catalogue shows an illustration... Read Story
Fine furniture from Gore Booth home
Sunday, June 30, 2002 - By Aileen Power
If you have an eye for art and antiques and love a bargain -- auctions are events you will enjoy attending. They can also provide ample opportunity to buy that beautiful painting or table which could be worth a fortune in ten years' time. Furniture and art from Lissadell House, the Sligo home of Countess Markiewicz, is on sale... Read story
Mealy’s has the write stuff
Sunday, June 17, 2007 - By Ros Drinkwater
A rare and exquisite piece of furniture leads Mealy’s two-day sale on June 19 and 20.
In the days when entertainment was active rather than passive, collections were all the rage and the custom-built cabinet that held them took pride of place in the homes of the great and the good, the most famous being the Badminton Cabinet... Read story
Bibliophiles spoilt for choice
Sunday, December 02, 2007 - By Ros Drinkwater
Two sales compete for the attention of bibliophiles this month. At Mealy’s Rare and Scarce Books on December 4, the headline lots include the Verschoyle Archive, a collection of 400 letters to John Stuart Verschoyle, assistant editor of London Review, whose correspondents included Rudyard Kipling, Frank Harris, Thomas Hardy... Read story
Size matters at Mealy's sale
Sunday, June 24, 2001
- By Donnacha O' Maille
Kilkenny auctioneers Mealy's of Castlecomer have an exciting sale lined up this Tuesday and Wednesday. The two-day marathon, with some 1,500 high quality lots going under the hammer, contains many interesting items. As always, there is a good collection of fine 18th and 19th century Irish, English and European furniture on offer... Read story
GAA fans splash out at sale of sporting history
Wednesday March 21 2007 - By Louise Hogan
GAA fans started a bidding war at an auction of sporting memorabilia sending the price of a rare Roscommon All-Ireland medal soaring to €20,000. The lifelong obsession of the late Brendan Brennan, the son of TD Tom Brennan, a founding member of Fianna Fail, fetched thousands for his family as his collection of rare tickets, programmes and posters went under the hammer... Read story
Rich pickings for the well-heeled after estate heir has spring clean
Wednesday May 03 2006 - By Shane Hickey
€2.6m garage sale of goodies proves that all 'clutter' is not equal IT was probably the most expensive jumble sale in history. A total of €2.6m for a load of old "clutter" isn't a bad day's work. And there's still more to come. Deep in the Wicklow Mountains yesterday, the Bentleys and BMWs queued for a spot on the front lawn as Guinness heir, Garech Browne, auctioned off... Read story
World and his wife drop in to visit the great house
Sunday April 30 2006
By Liam Collins
DEER scattered into the hills as the helicopter descended, turned over the lake and landed in the parkland in front of Luggala. Even Lady Iona Mount Charles was impressed as U2 manager Paul McGuinness and Sarah Owens emerged into the Wicklow dusk and walked towards the tent, where they were greeted by Brenda Jordan (wife of film director Neil Jordan) and Lord Henry Mount Charles... Read story
Evidence of a charmed life
Saturday October 09 1999
A collection of two lifetimes is about to be dispersed, says Ciara Ferguson, as the Murnaghan collection goes under the hammerONE EVENING in December 1988, the General, alias the late Martin Cahill, donned his balaclava and broke into Number 25 Upper Fitzwilliam Street. He served tea to the owner Alice Murnaghan and her housekeeper, both of whom he held overnight while his... Read story
Copy of 1916 Proclamation fails to sell at auction in New York
Saturday, December 27, 2008
A COPY of the 1916 Proclamation failed to sell at a Sotheby’s auction of rare books and manuscripts in New York earlier this month. It had a pre-sale estimate of $180,000-$275,000 (€140,000-€212,000). The catalogue description of the lot noted that it had previously sold through Hodges Figgis in Dublin in 1966 and had up to a dozen small tears at the folds causing damage to... Read story
Ticket for 'Bloody Sunday' game makes €7,600
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - By Ian O'Riordan
THE POTENTIAL value of championship match programmes became increasingly evident at yesterday's auction in Dublin of rare and collectable GAA items. Organised by Mealy's of Castlecomer and taking place at the Tara Towers Hotel in Dublin, the earliest known extant of an All-Ireland hurling final programme - the 1913 final between Kilkenny and Tipperary - was sold for €3,600... Read story
Heads and reds beside the bed
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Although the walls are painted in a neutral colour, Flawless Fawn by Crown, the accessories in the bedroom of 5 Rockfort Avenue make it a moody, interesting space. The centrepiece of this room is undoubtedly the striking red triple wardrobe. The free-standing glass-fronted wardrobe is by Ligne Roset, and it was bought at Arnotts (01-805 0400) for €2,000. The painting over the bed is by Dalkey artist Jennifer Fitzgerald and the old gilt-framed Dutch portrait adds some gravitas to the proceedings. The painting came... Read story
Rare Proclamation sold for €360,000
Tuesday 04 Apr 2008
An original signed copy of the 1916 Proclamation has fetched a record €360,000 at an auction in Dublin tonight.The Proclamation, which was signed by Sean McGarry, a bodyguard to Tom Clarke, was purchased by a private Irish collector over the telephone, and is expected to remain in the country. "The Proclamation is arguably the singularly most important document in the history... Read story
Antiques feature with Maggie Williams
Wednesday, 2 February 2005
Antiques feature with Maggie Williams
Wednesday, 19 January 2005
This week Maggie visits the Mealy brothers' auction house in Co Kilkenny... View Video
Antiques feature with Maggie Williams
Wednesday, 26 January 2005
This week Maggie meets a collector of Irish angling memorabilia... View Video