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Sunday (March 27th): Dolan’s Art Auction, Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick. 90 per cent of lots sold including: Village by Markey Robinson €4,500 (€3,000–€5,000); Lone Rider by Charles Harper €2,850 (€2,500– €3,000); Farmers by Arthur K Maderson €2,600 (€2,800-€3,500); The Fair Geraldine by Jack Donovan €2,000 (€500-€700); Heading Home by Ted Jones €1,900 (€1,800-€2,500).

Tuesday (March 29th): Adam’s, 26 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. Auction of fine period furnishings, paintings, silver and maps. 71 per cent of lots sold including: an Oriental carved cherrywood desk, €4,200 (€400-€800); an Irish late Georgian longcase mahogany clock, €4,000 (€2,000-€3,000); ; a set of six Victorian silver dinner plates, London 1838, makers marks ISH - J Hunt, stamped Storr and Mortimer, €3,300 (€2,500-€3,500); John Speed cartographer (1552-1629), Maps of the Four Provinces, €3,200 (€2,000-€3,000).