Cinema posters go under the hammer
A collection of more than 1,000 cinema posters from the 1950s and 1960s are among the items on offer at tomorrow's antiques and collectables fair in Newman House, Dublin. The majority of famous actors from the period are features on these pictures, but dealers will also be bringing pieces with an older pedigree, such as a silver chalice with gilt decoration made by James Fox of London in 1867 and a pair of neo-classical candlesticks, hallmarked Birmingham, 1893. Plus, there is to be a large selection of stamps and postal history material, jewellery, porcelain, paintings and prints. The fair opens to the public at 11 a.m.
45 stands on offer at hotel sale
An antiques and collectors fair is scheduled to take place tomorrow at the Doyle Tara Towers Hotel starting at 10 a.m. There will be 45 stands offering a wide variety of goods, mostly dating from pre-1945.
Rare books on sale on Easter Monday
A copy of Pool & Cash's Views of the Most Remarkable Public Buildings, Monuments & Other Edifices in the City of Dublin published in the capital in 1780 will be among the rare items for sale at the next National Book Fair. This will take place on Easter Monday in its usual venue, the Masonic Hall on Dublin's Molesworth Street, where dealers will be presenting many items of specific Irish interest. These include William Young's Fighters of Derry published in London in 1932 and The Memoirs of Miles Byrne, edited in one volume by Stephen Gwynn and published in Dublin in 1907. More than 25 exhibitors are expected to participate in the event which starts at 10 a.m.
