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A Look Ahead: The February Decorative Interiors Sale

  Welcome back enthusiasts! We haven’t blogged in a while, but as the Victor Mee Auctions team zealously prepares to host our first sale of our 2022 auction calendar with the February Interiors Sale on February 2nd and 3rd, we thought it high time we had a chat! You may recall, in a blog post of yore, we talked about a design trend known as maximalism. AKA the reaction to minimalism; More is more, loud and proud, display your wares. We’ve got [...]

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IRISH HISTORY, LAVISH ACCENTS AND STATEMENT PIECES : THE JANUARY DECORATIVE INTERIORS HIGHLIGHTS BLOG

We’re not going to mention that thing. You know that thing that has everyone trudging drearily through January and a third national lockdown. Somehow it feels like a natural opener to anything said. We’re not going to touch it though. We know you know and you know we know and we all know together what we know. It’s gloomy and it’s disheartening and we don’t want to talk about it. We want to talk about fresh things; those that excite [...]

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The McCabe Collection – A Legacy

Next weeks memorabilia auction of an incredible private collection of memorabilia and advertising includes brands such as Guinness, Old Bushmills, Murphys, Jameson, Beamish, Harp Lager, Smithwicks, Cork Dry Gin, Paddy, Dunvilles and much much more. There’s something really rather special afoot at Victor Mee Auctions at the moment. The McCabe Collection Sale taking place this Monday and Tuesday October 5th and 6th is something spectacular. It’s not just because it boasts almost 1400 lots that have never been seen before. [...]

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Continuing the Trend: September Decorative Interiors Highlights

Proudly putting forward another set of highlights as we approach the sale of the latest sumptuous selection of home décor and interior lots in the September Decorative Interiors Sale by Victor Mee Auctions taking place September 20th online at 2pm. Having announced our latest offering of antique treasures going under the hammer in our Decorative Interiors Sale on September 20th, we are thrilled to, once again, bring you a small selection of some of our favourite pieces that contribute to [...]

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IRISH PUB MEMORABILIA AND COLLECTIBLES SALE HIGHLIGHTS

Some fantastically rare and highly collectible items are set to appear in our Irish Pub Memorabilia and Collectibles Auction taking place live online next Wednesday August 12th. Every time we host a sale, we are faced with the same predicament; choosing highlights. How do we go about choosing some lots over others? The truth is that we quite like all the lots we take in for sale at our auctions. You wouldn’t find them in our catalogue otherwise. It’s [...]

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THE HEART AND HOME

Stunning collection of antique home interiors and decorative pieces going to auction in the Summer Garden and Decorative Interiors Sale by Victor Mee Auctions this weekend. There is often a reservation in buying antique interior pieces for the home. To the novice eye, antiques are often seen as expensive, formal and complicated. Buying them is a sport best left to the wealthy and the experts. It can be intimidating to venture into the antiques game. We regularly see buyers, particularly [...]

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CRÈME DE LA CRÈME

Exquisite Collection of Garden Décor and Furniture to go under the hammer in the Summer Garden and Decorative Interiors Sale By Victor Mee Auctions Despite the oft lacklustre personality of the Irish summer, we’re still a nation of outdoorsy people. We love a grand soft day. We love to walk the dog. We love a freshly cut lawn and a blooming bed of paeonies. Even more, we love putting our stamp on our environment. We’ve used the word “haven” before. [...]

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Business Unusual At Victor Mee Auctions

We thought you should know… As the country awakens from the unexpected hibernation brought on by the Coronavirus pandemic, we’d like to take an opportunity to say welcome back and how we have missed you to all of our clients and friends here at Victor Mee Auctions. Last month saw us host our first auction since the lockdown was implemented in Ireland. We conducted the sale exclusively online and we experienced unprecedented interest and bids. Unsure if we could match the [...]

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Dusting Down the Gavel

 Extraordinary Turn out for Our First Ever Exclusively Online Sale There’s a buzz about a live auction that it is oft said cannot be imitated. Bidders trailing in, catalogue in one hand, pen in the other, game face on. The office is always a flurry of activity as bids surge in and the phone boils over with questions and eager registrations. There’s a tension as the auctioneer takes his place on the rostrum; the room falls silent. A palpable nervousness [...]

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The Grandest of Farewells

Gerard Derry’s Retirement Auction by Victor Mee Auctions marks the end of an era for one of the most renowned figures in the business and comprises 845 lots of decorative and eclectic interior and garden pieces. Retirements are a big deal. They mark a life’s work. In the case of this sale, they also mark a life’s passion. Gerard Derry entered the antiques trade around the same time as our very own Victor Mee, the two striking a rapport over the [...]

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