Tuesday (May 2nd): Mullen Bros, Oldcastle, Co Meath. 90th anniversary sale.
Antique furniture. Victorian D-end dining table €3,700 (€3,000-€4,000); mahogany two-door linen cupboard, Williams and Gibton, €2,700 (€2,000-€2,500); 19th century rosewood chiffonier €1,700 (€1,500-€1,800); large silver ladle, Dublin 1805, €600 (€500-€700); map of Ireland by D A Beauford 1797, €600 (€200-€300); two bottles Redbreast Irish Whiskey by Gilbeys, 1950 400 (€200-€240).
FORTHCOMING AUCTIONS
Thursday (May 11th): Sotheby's, New Bond Street, London. The Irish Sale. 2pm. 122 lots to include Sir John Lavery RHA RA (1856-1941) Bathing, Lido, Venice, 1912, oil on canvas, 25ins by 30ins (€580,000-€870,000); James Barry (1741-1806) King Lear Weeping Over The Body Of Cordelia, c1774, oil on canvas, 40ins by 50.5ins (€430,000-€580,000); Sir William Orpen RHA RA (1878-1931) The Window Seat, 1901, oil on canvas, 30ins by 22ins (€290,000-€430,000); Roderic O'Conor (1860-1940) Portrait of a Breton Girl, 1903, oil on canvas, 25.5ins by 21ins (€290,000-€430,000); William Scott RA (1913-1989) Cyclamen, 1946, oil on canvas, 18ins by 21.5ins (€174,000-€260,000); Harry Clarke RHA (1889-1931) The Ascension, 1930, stained glass, 132ins by 66ins (€145,000-€217,000); Jack Yeats RHA (1871-1957) Pontoon, 1947, oil on board, 9ins by 14ins (€36,000-€51,000).
Friday (May 12th): Christie's, King Street, St James's, London. The Irish Sale. 118 lots to include Sir John Lavery The Honeymoon, 1921, oil on canvas, 37ins by 28ins (€700,000-€1.1m); Sir William Orpen Portrait of Roland Knoedler, oil on canvas, 36ins by 30ins (€115,000-€175,000); Jack Yeats On the Court House Steps, 1946, oil on canvas, 14ins by 18ins (€100,000-€145,000); Paul Henry RHA (1878-1958) The Solitary Turf Gatherer, 1917, oil on canvas, 12ins by 17ins (100,000-145,000); Louis le Brocquy HRHA Image of Samuel Beckett, 1980, oil on canvas, 31ins by 31ins (€88,000-€120,000); Gerard Dillon RHA (1916-1971) Connemara Lads, oil on board, 23.5ins by 13.5ins (€60,000-€90,000); Colin Middleton RHA (1910-1983) The Bride, 1938, oil on canvas, 24ins by 20ins (€45,000-€75,000).
FORTHCOMING FAIRS
Tomorrow (May 7th): Toys of Yesterday. Sandyford Community Centre, Lamb's Cross, Dublin 18. 11am to 4pm. Toys and models, lead soldiers, trains, tinplate, dolls' houses etc. Admission €1 to Aware.
