Forthcoming Auctions

The Dunes, Portmarnock, Co Dublin at 2 p.m. House contents auction conducted by Town & Country including: Victorian mahogany dining table (£1,200-£1,400); 19th century Biedermeier chest (£1,000-£1,200); set of six Victorian dining chairs (£900-£1,100); Victorian mirror-backed serpentine sideboard (£900-£1,000).

Wednesday: Woodward's Auction Rooms, Cook Street, Cork at 10.30 a.m. Furniture sale including Georgian mahogany chest of drawers, two sets of Victorian balloon-back dining chairs, Victorian mahogany card table, Victorian rosewood tea table, Victorian chest of drawers.

Mealy's, Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny at 11 a.m. Sale of rare and interesting books including: number of volumes of Transactions of the (Kilkenny) Royal Society of Antiquarians of Ireland (£750-£1,000); first edition of Herbert Hore's History of the Town and County of Wexford, along with a number of other volumes (£250£300); collection of Dolmen Press publications (£200-£300); first edition of Lady

Gregory's A Phantom's Pilgrimage or Home Ruin, 1893 (£200-£300); catalogue of sale of Kilkenny Castle contents 1935 (£75-£110).

James Adam Salerooms, St Stephen's Green, Dublin at 11.30 a.m. Sale of period furniture, porcelain, silver and paintings including: Irish George IV mahogany side table (£6,000-£10,000); Victorian mahogany breakfront bookcase (£4,000-£5,000); set of eight George III-style mahogany dining chairs (£4,000-£5,000); 19th century Irish George III-style mahogany rectangular side table; late 19th century gilt brass-cast electrolier (£3,000-£4,000).

Thursday: Drums, New Street, Malahide, Co Dublin at 7 p.m. Furniture and fine art sale including: mahogany show-frame double-ended William IV sofa attributed to Strahan (£1,500-£2,000); Georgian mahogany and string-inlaid wall cabinet (£800-£1,200); Georgian painted pine corner cabinet (£500-£800); pair of English silver candlesticks (£400-£500); Victorian blue and white dinner service (£400-£500).