Fine Irish Art Sale May 26 6.30pm

Morgan O’Driscoll Fine Art & Antiques Auctioneers
Radisson SAS Hotel & Spa
Little Island
Cork City
Ireland

Viewing Times

Monday 26th May 2008 - 10.00am - 6.30pm

Sale Commences
Monday 26th May - 6.30pm

Phone Numbers for Days of Sale
+353 86 2472425
+353 87 1277472

Auction info www.morganodriscoll.com

An oil painting by Irish artist Harry Kernoff will be auctioned at Adam’s Important Irish Art Sale on Wednesday.

‘A Bird Never Flew on One Wing’, which hung in O’Brien’s Pub on Upper Leeson Street for more than 30 years, is expected to fetch up to 120,000 euro in the sale. Depicting two archetypal Irish characters enjoying a drink after a day’s work, the painting features a backdrop of over 50 Dublin pub names, including The Bailey, Shelbourne, and International.

The annual Irish Sale at Christie’s London realised £2,591,588 and was 73% sold by value. The top lot was Nathaniel Hone, R.A (1718-1784), Double portrait of Lieutenant-General the Hon. Philip Sherard and Captain William Tiffin, at the Battle of Brücke-Mühle, which realised £294,500.

Bernard Williams, International Director of Irish Art at Christie’s and Claire Bailey-Coombs, Head of Sale said: “We are particularly pleased that the majority of great Irish artists are represented in today’s annual Irish sale top ten. This demonstrates the current depth of demand, spanning three centuries from the 18th century to the contemporary. A bustling sale room saw animated bidding, with many of the top lots going to private collectors. Christie’s are thrilled to have been able to negotiate the private sale, prior to the auction, of the exemplary Harry Clarke stained glass window ‘Unhappy Judas’ to the National Museum of Ireland. This work is now returning home to Dublin, where it was created in 1913.”

Chris Fain, CEO of OnlineAuction.com (OLA.com), is one of only fifty CEOs from the United States to be invited to a business conference in Ireland to be held May 7th through 9th. Event organizers stated they were interested in innovative companies with strong growth potential.

Representatives at the conference will include:
US Undersecretary of State Dr Paula Dobriansky
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Prime Minister, Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
The Rt Hon Dr Ian Paisley MP MLA, First Minister of Northern Ireland
Martin McGuinness MP MLA, deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
Nigel Dodds OBE MP MLA, Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

Minister Dodds commented, “…we are greatly encouraged by the level of interest shown by the US business community to date.

The conference, which will run from 7–9 May, is a one time opportunity for Northern Ireland to engage directly with influential US business representatives.

The conference continues to have strong support from the US administration, the governments of the UK and the Irish Republic as well as companies of the calibre of Nortel, Allstate and Citi.”

OLA is an online auction company located in Grants Pass, Oregon. Unlike other auction sites such as eBay, there are no listing or selling fees. Sellers join for a low monthly or yearly fee and may have direct contact with buyers.

For more information:
http://www.onlineauction.com

The Irish Auctioneers and Valuers Institute (IAVI) says its members will not now publish any sales figures other than the exact sale price achieved for any property.

The IAVI said terms such as ‘region of’, ‘close to’ or ‘above’ cannot be used. The IAVI and the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers met the National Consumer Agency this week.

The IAVI believes that the new system can be in place for sale IAVI members’ results published in the week commencing May 5th, as newspapers have already been furnished with the details that will be published up to and including Sunday May 4th.

IAVI President Mr Edward Carey explained that the publication of actual sales price would require the consent of the seller and buyer under the Data Protection Act.

“Unless the legislation changes it is likely that very few sale prices, other than the small portion of properties sold publicly at auction, will be made known to the public. The IAVI has advised the National Consumer Agency that the solution being adopted will result in a market that lacks transparency.

“The IAVI calls on the Government to urgently address this problem by either instructing the Valuation Office to collate and publish a register of all property sales or amending the Data Protection Act to permit auctioneers, estate agents and valuers to release exact sale prices and rents without the consent of sellers, buyers, landlords or tenants. In the view of the IAVI, any such changes should also be retrospective so that historic data may be published to provide an accurate picture of past prices and rents,” he said.

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