Sunday (March 6th):de Veres Irish Art Spring Clean Auctionat the D4 Berkeley Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Of the 332 lots, 80 per cent sold. Noreen with Polaroidby Nick Miller, €3,200 (€3,000-€5,000); Image of Bono(screenprint) by Louis le Brocquy, €2,800 (€1,500-€2,500); Head and Musical Instrumentsby Martin Mooney, €2,000 (€2,000-€4,000); The Green Menby Lady Beatrice Glenavy, €1,700 (€1,000-€1,500); The Harbour Wallby Markey Robinson, €1,700 (€2,000-€3,000); Flower Seller,Grafton Street by Norman Teeling, €700 (€600-€900); Swimming at the Forty Footby Stephen Cullen, €670 (€500-€700).
Tuesday (March 8th): Oliver Usher Auctioneers, Kells, Co Meath. Autograph album with signatures of TDs from the 2nd Dáil, including Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith 1,900 (1,500-2,000); Killarney-ware writing box 850 (300-500); Trees and Shrubs (5 volumes) by W J Bean 225 (50-80).
FORTHCOMING AUCTIONS
Sunday (March 13th):Brady Fitzgerald on-site auction of the contents of Esker House, Lucan, Co Dublin. 12 noon. An interesting mix of 430 lots ranging from vintage 1950 Deutz tractors "for parts" (no estimates) to taxidermy (a cased, stuffed barn owl €100-€200). Highlights: an "extremely fine" mahogany cabinet with satinwood inlay by Edwards and Roberts, €8,000-€10,000; set of 10 Victorian spoon-back dining chairs, €2,000-€3,000; rosewood, two-door gun cabinet €1,500-€2,000; antique mahogany-framed jockey's weighing chair, €400-€500; 39-piece Ironstone blue and white dinner service, €500-€1,000.
Morgan O'Driscoll, Fine Art Antiques, Skibbereen, Co Cork. Auction at 4pm. Cows in Landscape, an oil-on-canvas signed and dated 1877 by Thomas Sydney Cooper, €6,000-€8,000; a pair of George II, 10in-high candlesticks, made circa 1755 by John Walker of Dublin, €4,000-€6,000; a Killarney-ware table marquetry inlaid with images of Muckross Abbey, ferns, shamrocks and a harp, €4,000-€5,000; and an extensive range of Waterford Crystal collectable pieces.
FORTHCOMING FAIRS
Saturday and Sunday (March 19th and 20th):National Antique, Art Collectibles Fair, South Court Hotel, Limerick. 11am-6pm both days. 70 dealers selling antique furniture, silver, jewellery, china, porcelain, Irish contemporary art, books, clocks, coins and banknotes.
