Forthcoming Auctions

Today: At Whyte's, Marlborough Street, Dublin at 1 p.m. "Eclectic Collector" sale, including: lower half of the 1916 Proclamation of Independence (£7,000-£8,000); Sinn Fein's North County Dublin Comairle Ceanntair 1919-22 minute book in manuscript (£1,200-£1,500); four Irish scenes posters by Paul Henry for L.M.S. Railways (£800-£1,000 each); set of Ireland maps dating from 1837-38 for the Railway Commissioners (£200-£250); Marklin model railcar dating from late 1940s (£150-£200).

Tomorrow: At Lindsay Road, Phibsboro Road, Dublin at 2 p.m. House-contents sale to be conducted by Town & Country, including: two Victorian inlaid rosewood chiffoniers (£2,000-£3,000); Victorian mahogany dining table (£1,200-£1,400); art nouveau bedroom suite (£800-£1,200); Regency marble clock (£800-£900); Victorian ebonised credenza (£500-£800). At Thomas P. Adams & Co, Main Street, Blackrock, Co Dublin, at 6.30 p.m. Antique furniture, wine and Irish paintings sale, including: pair of Louis-Philippe French kingwood side cabinets (£3,500-£3,800); At Downings, Co Donegal by Maurice C. Wilks (£2,600-£3,200); George IV mahogany sofa table (£2,800-£3,000); early Victorian mahogany console table, stamped Strahan (£2,500-£3,000); Evening Sun, Renvyle, Connemara by Maurice MacGonigal (£2,500-£3,000).

Tuesday: At Christie's, South Kensington, London, at 2 p.m. Irish silver sale, including chocolate pot by Robert Calderwood, Dublin, circa 1750 (£3,000-£5,000 sterling); George III Irish snuff box/vinaigrette with multiple compartments, with maker's mark J.H. (Script), Dublin 1812 (£2,000-£3,000); pair of George III silver tablespoons by Daniel Lysaght, Limerick, circa 1785 (£600-£800); George III sugar bowl by Matthew West of Dublin, circa 1770 (£500-£700); Edwardian dish ring, with maker's mark J.S. Dublin, 1905 (£500-£700). Thursday: At Drums, New Street, Malahide, Co Dublin, at 7 p.m. Furniture and fine-art auction, including: Stolen Apples by John Willis (£2,000-£3,000); near complete 12-place Minton impressed early 20th-century dinner service (£2,000-£2,500); pair of antique French gilt showwood-frame armchairs (£1,500-£1,800); Victorian oyster shell walnut and inlaid Sutherland table (£1,000-£1,200); inlaid Edwardian mahogany revolving bookcase (£400-£600).