Cork<\/a> auction house Lynes & Lynes is selling the entire contents in a single lot and he says the D-end bar counter \u201cis one of the best I have seen in a long time\u201d.<\/p>\n\u201cWhen the Reidys bought it 40 or 50 years ago, I heard about it and I think it cost serious money at the time, not too far off the lower end of my estimate, which is \u20ac70,000-\u20ac120,000,\u201d Mr Lynes said.<\/p>\n
He thinks it may have been supplied by architectural antiques and salvage firm Andy Thornton, whom he said expressed an interest in buying it back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However the British firm wanted the counter without the ornate glazed dividers –\u00a0 which Mr Lynes believes were added by the Reidys after the counter was installed. He added that it would compromise the counter to remove the dividers, which he thinks were made by a cabinetmaker in Cork.<\/p>\n
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The exquisite interior of Reidy’s Vault Bar on Lancaster Quay, Cork city.<\/p>\n
Mr Lynes is selling the counter, back fitting, dividers, lights, snug, keg lift and all the remaining furniture and internal doors in one lot, which he says is “quite unusual”. The only thing not included is the bentwood stools. Mr Lynes said a couple of people have already registered to bid and have paid the \u20ac2,000 deposit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The items can be viewed at Reidy\u2019s Vault Bar at 15 Lancaster Quay, Western Road, on Wednesday May 6 from 10am to 5pm and the auction will take place both online and in-person at Lynes & Lynes Unit 2F, Eastlink Business Park, Carrigtwohill, Co Cork. The lot can be viewed online at www.lynesandlynes.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everything in Reidy\u2019s Vault Bar will soon be going, going, gone in a clear-out of contents by auction…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,31915,61,60],"class_list":["post-425270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-commercial-property-munster-to-let","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Reidy’s Vault Bar – Wine & Spirit Store and Beer Garden on Western Road, Cork City. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n