Sunday (Oct 24th): Woodview House Antique Auction, Ballycarney, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford.
Mahogany Irish blanket chest with brass mountings, by R. Strahan, Dublin €4,000 (€4,500-€5,000); Wexford dresser, circa 1780, €775 (€500-€600); Victorian rosewood chaise-longue €800 (€700-€800); bronze figure of Michael Collins, one of edition of nine, unsold (€4,000-€5,000).
Tuesday (Oct 26th): Gormley's Irish Artat the D4 Berkeley Hotel, Ballsbridge. Time to Reflect, Ken Hamilton, €5,300 (€8,000-€9,000); Boat in a Lough,Markey Robinson, €1,900 (€2,000-€3,000); Plotting Revenge, Graham Knuttel, €850 (€1,000-€1,200); Poolbeg, The Pigeon House, Thelma Mansfield, €340 (€400-€500).
Forthcoming auctions
Sunday (Oct 31st): Oliver Usher, Kells, Co Meath. Auction of the contents of Newberry Hall Demesne. 1pm. The sale takes place at the auction rooms in Kells and not at the house in Co Kildare. To include: set of 18 William IV mahogany dining chairs by Williams & Gibton (€12,000-€15,000); a William IV mahogany five-door library bookcase (€12,000-€15,000); a pair of 18th century gilded salon chairs (€2,000-€3,000); a Killarney wood cigar box cabinet (€1,200-€1,500).
Drum's, Malahide, Co Dublin. Auction of house contents at 199 Mount Prospect Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3. 2pm. To include pictures, fine art and garden statuary.
Hegarty Fine Art & Antiques. Auction Rooms at the Bypass, Bandon, Co Cork. 3pm. 300 lots to include antique furniture, paintings, collectibles, ceramics, glass, silver, jewellery.
Monday (Nov 1st): RJ Keighery Antiques, at City Auction Rooms, George's Quay, Waterford. Auction of art, Waterford crystal, books and rugs. 7pm. On the Beach, Arthur Maderson (€3,400-€4,600); When I'm 64,John Schwatschke (€1,200-€1,500); Waterford crystal Ardmore 12-branch chandelier (€5,500-€6,500); Waterford crystal Lismore nine-arm chandelier (€2,600 -€3,300); Waterford crystal 14in Kennedy bowl (€700-€1,000).
Tuesday (Nov 2nd): Weldon's, Cow's Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Auction of jewellery and silver. 2pm. A diamond cluster ring with a central stone certified as 3.01cts E colour SI2 clarity set in platinum (€20,000-€25,000); an Irish silver sugar bowl, Dublin 1911, engraved "Westmeath Hunt Puppy Show 1912, Presented by Frank Barbour Esq. 3rd Prize Won by Dingle, Walked by Mrs Smith" (€100-€200).
Tuesday and Wednesday (Nov 2nd, 3rd): Ashgrove Auction Rooms, Ballybrittas, Portlaoise, Co Laois. Two-day sale featuring 1,350 lots of art, antiques, jewellery and collectibles. Both evenings at 6.30pm.
Forthcoming fairs
Sunday (Oct 31): Dún Laoghaire Antiques Fair, Royal Marine Hotel. 11am-6pm. Admission: €3.50. Forty stands selling a mix of antique furniture, art, retro decor, jewellery, vintage fashion, old coins, rare books and general curios and bric-a-brac.
Hibernian Antique Fair, Carlton Hotel, Tralee, Co. Kerry. 11am-6 pm
