January 30th: Auction conducted by Town & Country at St Anthony's Hall, Dublin. Prices included: £1,300 for pair of Victorian hall chairs; £1,200 for Georgian bookcase; £1,100 for Edwardian display cabinet; £1,050 for late Victorian walnut dining table; £1,000 for painted Victorian overmantel mirror.
February 1st: Fine art auction held by Thomas P. Adams & Co, Main Street, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Prices included: £3,800 for George III chest; £1,650 for early 19th-century mahogany butterfly cabinet; £1,500 for collection of works of literature; £1,400 for early 19th-century mahogany sofa table; £1,050 for Victorian mahogany extending dining table.
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