Strahan table, Killarney worktable among top lots

Cork auctioneers O'Regans are holding a sale on the company's premises next Thursday where the lots will be a mixture of house contents from city and county. Among these is an early Victorian dining table by Strahan of Dublin and a profusely decorated Killarney worktable. Both of such items never fail to attract bids, as should a set of 10 early Victorian dining chairs and a William IV cellaret. Other interesting lots include a William IV chiffonier, a Regency Pembroke table, a Victorian three-door bookcase and an Irish circular rug, 15 feet in diameter with Greek key border and an oriental motif. The sale starts at 11 a.m.

Only Waterford vase of its kind is to be sold

The contents of Tournore House, Dungarvan, come up for sale next Tuesday, as auctioneers P.F. Quirke dispose of more than 700 lots. Items of particular note include a number of pieces of William IV furniture, such as a single pod mahogany teatable, a rosewood centre table and a mahogany service table. Of particular interest to local buyers will be a Waterford cut and engraved glass vase, the centre reserve bearing the Dungarvan coat of arms surrounded by a diamond decoration. The auctioneers believe this to be the only such vase in existence. The sale also offers other pieces of Waterford glass, chandeliers and candelabra, as well as items of Meissen and Belleek.

Irish pier tables may fetch £12,000-£18,000

A pair of George III white-painted and mahogany pier tables - believed to be Irish and originally supplied to the fourth Earl Fitzwilliam for Coollattin House, Co Wicklow - is to be sold by Christie's in London next Wednesday. The tables are included in an auction of the contents of an English property, Wentworth Woodhouse, home of the Wentworth family. The Wentworth-Fitzwilliams owned Coollattin until its sale 21 years ago; Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire, from which certain items are now being sold, was one of the family's other houses. The tables are expected to fetch £12,000-£18,000.

Also at Christie's recently, an oil called The Dream of Charlemagne by Daniel Maclise sold for £26,119.

Art deco bedroom suite for up to £1,800

Navan auctioneer Joseph Carty is holding a sale tomorrow, when both a five-piece art deco bedroom suite and a two-leaf, D-end dining table are expected to make the same figure of £1,500-£1,800. Similarly, both a linen press and a double-end sofa carry estimates of £800-£1,000. Also in this sale are four-door sideboards, large pine tables and Victorian prints.

Knock Abbey's contents to be sold this month

The contents of Knock Abbey, which was sold along with 30 acres for £460,000 at the end of last month, will come up for sale on Tuesday, July 14th. Home for the past two centuries to the O'Reilly family, the auction in this Co Louth property should hold considerable interest for all lovers of country house sales. A full preview of the auction will given on this page next Saturday.