'Sunday (March 13th): Brady Fitzgerald Auctions (Maynooth) sale of the contents of Esker House, Lucan, Co Dublin. 85 per cent of lots sold. Set of 10 Victorian spoon back dining chairs, €2,400 (€2,000-€3,000); pair of Victorian hand-forged 10ft cast-iron gates, €1,700 (€1,500-€2,000); vintage 1959 Deutz tractor (in running order), €1,550 (€300-€400); Victorian mahogany grandfather clock, €1,500 (€1,000-€1,500).

Morgan O'Driscoll, Fine Art and Antiques, Skibbereen, Co Cork; a pair of George II, 10in-high candlesticks, made circa 1755 by John Walker of Dublin, €6,400 (€4,000-€6,000); a Killarney-ware table €4,400 (€4,000-€5,000). Monday (March 14th): Whyte's Irish and British Art, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Young Couple in a Landscape by Gerard Dillon €30,000 (€25,000-€30,000); The Finishing Touch by James Brenan €22,000 (€15,000-€20,000); Miss Kate Gentles by Sir John Lavery €21,000 (€12,000-€15,000); On the Way to Doocharry by James Humbert Craig €15,000 (€8,000-€10,000); Oncoming Storm by James Arthur O'Connor €15,000 (€8,000-€10,000); Best Bet Here by Graham Knuttel €3,000 (€3,000-€4,000).

Thursday (March 17th): Bloomsbury Auctions, London. A 1910 political poster, Their Irish Master £2,000 (€2,287) (£150-£250/€173-€288), roughly 10 times its estimate.

FORTHCOMING AUCTIONS

Wednesday (March 23rd): Woodward's, Cook Street, Cork. Antiques auction at 6pm.

FORTHCOMING FAIRS

Today and tomorrow (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.

Tomorrow, Sunday (March 20th): Navan Antiques and Collectors' Fair, Ardboyne Hotel, Navan, Co Meath. 12 noon-6pm.