1798 1840 THE CENTENARY SALE Saturday, April 23rd, 2016 The Gresham Hotel, Dublin 1916 1922 THE CENTENARY SALE Saturday, 23rd April, 2016 Auction: THE GRESHAM HOTEL 23 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin Commencing at 10.30 a.m. sharp Viewing: At The Gresham Hotel, Dublin Thursday, April 21st, 10.30 – 7.00 p.m. Friday, April 22nd, 10.30 – 7.00 p.m. Lot 587 Auction Day: Session One: 1 – 351 (10.30 a.m.) Session Two: 352 – 657 (4.00 p.m.) Online bidding available via the-saleroom.com (surcharge applies) Contact Details for Viewing and Sale Days: + 353 87 2751361 + 353 87 2027759 Hotel: +353 (0) 1 8746881 Follow us on Twitter Email: [email protected] @FonsieMealy Illustrated catalogue: €15.00 Sale Reference: 0289 Inside Front Cover Illustration: Lot 540 Note: Children must be accompanied and supervised Inside Back Cover Illustration: Lot 535 Back Cover Illustration: Lot 514 by an adult. The Old Cinema, Chatsworth St., Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland fm T: +353 56 4441229 | F: +353 56 4441627 | E: [email protected] | W: www.fonsiemealy.ie PSRA Registration No: 001687 Design & Print: Lion Print,1 Cashel. 062-61258 Mr. Fonsie Mealy F.R.I.C.S. Mr. George Fonsie Mealy B.A. Paddle Bidding Buyers Conditions If the purchaser is attending the auction in person they must Buyers are reminded that there is a 23% V.A.T. inclusive premium register for a paddle prior to the auction. Please allow sufficient payable on the final bid price for each lot. The Auctioneers are time for the registration process. always pleased to advise clients and to execute bids on their behalf, but if successful, the purchase price payable will be the final bid Live Bidding price and the V.A.T. inclusive premium of 23% chargeable thereon. Please note that live bidding is available via the-saleroom.com. This Bids must always be made or confirmed in writing or by fax, service incurs a surcharge of 3% levied by the live auction host reference being made to each sale through the code names on the and chargeable on the hammer price in addition to the buyer’s title page of each catalogue. To ensure that bids will be accepted premium. The auctioneer advises all prospective buyers that live and that delivery of Lots is not delayed, intending Buyers should auctions are subject to technical issues that are beyond the control supply bank or other suitable references to the Auctioneers prior to of the auctioneers and as such the auctioneer cannot guarantee the the auction. The references should be supplied in good time to be accuracy of bids placed online. Absentee bidding and telephone taken up before the sale. Bids are accepted in Euro only. bidding are available as an alternative to live bidding and does not N.B. Payment by: Cash, guaranteed cheques, wire transfer incur any additional surcharge to the buyer. Issues relating to live (contact [email protected]), or credit card (mastercard/ bidding including initial registration should be addressed directly visa & subject to 3% surcharge. All Cheques or Drafts to be made with the live auction host. payable to “Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers”. Third Party Cheques or Absentee Bidding Drafts will not be accepted as payment for lots purchased. Absentee bids must be received no later than 5pm on Friday, Terms used in this catalogue have the meanings ascribed to April 22nd, 2016. Any bids received after this deadline cannot be them below: guaranteed. If you are bidding with us for the first time then please contact our office for guidelines on registration. Paintings, Prints, Works of Art, Furniture, etc. The first name or names and surname of the Artist or Craftsman: In Telephone Bidding our opinion a work by the Artist of Craftsman. Telephone bidding is available on lots with a pre-sale estimate of 500 € Attributed to: In our opinion probably a work by the Artist or or more. Registration for telephone bidding ends at 5pm on Friday, Craftsman but less certainty as to authorship is expressed than in the April 22nd, 2016. (Bids will not be accepted day of sale.) Any preceding category. requests for telephone bidding received after this deadline may not be processed. It would be advisable to leave a maximum covering bid Studio of: In our opinion a work that may have been executed in in case we are not able to contact you by telephone. whole or in part by the artist's hand. Circle of: In our opinion a work of the period of the Artist or Craftsman Condition Reports and Image Requests that is in a similar style to the work of that Artist or Crafstman. We recommend that the buyer views the item(s) in person prior to The surname of the Artist or Craftsman, preceded by “After”: In our the auction, or have a representative view the item(s) on their behalf. opinion, a copy of the work of the artist or craftsman. The Auctioneer will endeavour to make certain observations on the condition of items but the buyer is reminded that the condition report Signed – Stamped: Has a signature or stamp, which in our opinion is based on opinion and should not be taken as a statement of fact. is the signature or stamp of the artist or craftsman. All requests for condition reports and/or additional images of lots Bears Signature or Stamp: Has a signature or stamp, which in our in this sale must be received no later than 5pm Wednesday, April opinion might be the signature or stamp of the artist or craftsman. 20th, 2016. Any requests received after this deadline will not be Dated: Is so dated and in our opinion was executed at about that entertained. We cannot guarantee that all such requests received date. will be answered by the sale day. All measurements are given height before width and are approximate. Bears Date: Is so dated and in our opinion may have been executed at about that date. Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers reserve the right to withdraw or adjust any lot prior to the auction without notice. Any such lots so Abbreviations affected with be announced on the auction day. O.O.C.: Oils on Canvas O.O.P.: Oils on Panel O.O.B.: Oils on Board W/C: Watercolour Contact Details For Viewing and Sale Days GOU: Gouache MAH.: Mahogany 087-2751361 / 087-2672681 / 086-3425234 / [email protected] VICT.: Victorian EDW.: Edwardian W.A.F.: With all faults As Is: With all damages, faults, restorations, etc. Collection As a lot: With all faults S.N.S.R. - Sold Not Subject to Return All items purchased must be collected from the sale venue by 8pm on Saturday, April 23rd, 2016. All items will be removed to Castlecomer N.B.: Please note the auctioneers offer no After Sale Guarantee after 8pm on Saturday, April 23rd, for collection at our show rooms in whatsoever, with regard to mechanical and electrical items, or Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, at the purchaser’s own risk and expense. firearms. We accept no subsequent liability for any damage, loss or injury arising from the use of the foregoing. Important Notice While the auctioneer endeavours to answer clients enquiries, we accept no responsibility or liability for any inaccuracy in auction results given verbally during the sale day. We recommend that clients should only make such enquiries following the conclusion of the Sale. BUYERS CONDITIONS 1. INSPECTION: Ample opportunity is given for inspection and 4. If within 30 days after the Sale of any item, the Auctioneer each purchaser by making a bid for a lot acknowledges that receives a notice in writing from the Buyers by Registered he has satisfied himself fully before bidding by inspection or Post that such an item is a deliberate forgery, together with otherwise as to all the Sale Conditions, the physical condition the necessary evidence to satisfy the Auctioneers of such an of and description of the lot including but not restricted to allegation, then the Sale of that item will be rescinded and the whether the lot is damaged or has been repaired. net Purchase monies refunded (less any outlays incurred by the Auctioneers) to the Purchaser. 2. PROPERTY AND RISK: The property in a lot shall not pass to the buyer until he has paid the purchase price in full but 5. In the event of any dispute arising in relation to any of the each lot is at the sole risk of the purchaser from the fall of the foregoing, the matter shall be referred to an Independent hammer. Each purchaser shall forthwith give his full names Arbitrator to be agreed between the parties. and permanent address and if called upon to do so by the Auctioneer shall forthwith pay to Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers 6. Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers may at their option sell at a such proportion of the purchase price as the Auctioneer may “hammer price” below the reserve but in any such case the require. If the purchaser fails to do so, the lot may at the Sale proceeds to which the Seller is entitled shall be the same Auctioneer’s sole discretion be put up again and re-sold. as they would have been had the Sale been at the Reserve. 3. REMOVAL OF GOODS: 7. The Title of any Article or Articles purchased will not pass until (a) No purchase shall be claimed or removed until the sale has the Auctioneers receive full payment for same. been concluded. All lots shall be paid for and removed at the buyers risk and expense at the end of the Sale, failing which the 8.