Forthcoming Auctions

Irish silver may draw bidders at Blackrock

Although next Tuesday's auction at Thomas Adams of Blackrock, Co Dublin contains furniture from the Georgian to Edwardian periods, bidders may show more interest in the small selection of Irish silver, including some examples of provincial work. A pair of George II silver candlesticks, for example, is believed to have been made by Richard Sawyer of Dublin and, therefore, carries an estimate of £1,800-£2,000.

Lower prices are expected for a pair of Cork silver spoons by Carden Terry and a Georgian silver sifter spoon by Michael Walshe of Limerick, both lots carrying the same estimate of £400-£500. An Irish silver dish ring from the early part of this century, and in the rococo style, should sell for £700-£900.

Among the furniture lots is a Victorian mahogany extending dining table (£1,000-£1,500), a mahogany grandfather clock from the same period (£700-£900) and a Georgian linen press (£700-£900).

Luke's `Slievemore' may to sell for £25,000plus

Five Irish works are included in a sale of modern pictures being held by Phillips of London next Tuesday. Among these, the highest price is expected to be made by a John Luke landscape called Slievemore. Although earlier in date, both in composition and colouring, this bears similarities to a 1944 Luke, The Road to the West. Slievemore carries a pre-sale estimate of £25,000-£35,000, while Paul Henry's Rain on the Bog is expected to sell for £15,000-£20,000. Also in this sale is a Leech view of London Bridge dating from the late 1930s, which belongs to the tradition of Monet's Westminster Bridge views (estimate: £10,000-£15,000).

James Humbert Craig's Summertime on the Lower Bann is expected to make £3,000-£4,000.

Steam-powered rail engines in Belfast sale

Collectors of toy trains will want to view the range of working-scale locomotives and traction engines which will go on sale at Ross's of Belfast next Thursday. The collection of steam-powered engines appear to have been made with great precision. Accordingly, prices for these pieces are expected to be between £3,000 and £5,000.

Diamond bracelet for up to £16,000

O'Reilly's of Upper Exchange Street in Dublin is offering 400 lots of jewellery and silverware in its sale next Wednesday. Among the items likely to excite the greatest interest is a diamond flexible bracelet, carrying an estimate of £14,000-£16,000, and a diamond solitaire ring of some 2.6 carats (£6,000-£7,000).

There is also a diamond baguette and brilliant-cut diamond ring (£5,000-£7,000), a diamond solitaire ring of just over two carats (£5,500-£6,000) and a pair of Edwardian drop earrings (£3,500-£4,000).

Clearance sale of furniture in Dublin

Town & Country auctioneers will be holding a sale on the company premises in Dublin tomorrow at 2 p.m. This is a general clearance auction of furniture and includes Victorian hall chairs, dining and side tables and chests of drawers.