Sarah Purser painting Sold for €240,000
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1.00 News: Eileen Magnier, North Western Correspondent, reports on the auction later today of the house contents of Lissadell House
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News At One: Eileen Magnier, North-West Correspondent, reports from the sale of the contents of the historic house
There is huge interest in the sale, with thousands of people bidding in person, in writing and on the phone.
The famous painting by Sarah Purser of a young Constance Markievicz and her sister Eva was sold to a private Irish collector for €240,000. The guide price was between €30,000 and €50,000.
A William Haverty painting, 'The Limerick Piper', sold for a record €238,000, seven times the previous recorded price for a Haverty. It was also bought by a private Irish collector.
HOK Fine Art Auctioneers had estimated that the total sum to be realised at auction would be approximately €1m.
However, by the half-way mark this afternoon, the auction had already realised €1.2m.
