Auctions and results

Auction results

Sunday (January 25th) Hegarty's, Bandon, Co Cork. An early Queen Victoria gold sovereign, dated 1838, €1,500 (€1,000-€1,500).

Tuesday & Wednesday (January 27th & 28th) Bonhams, London. The Gentleman's Library Sale. A vintage Dunhill Aquarium cigarette lighter, £1,875 (€1,500); miniature gold bust of Sir Winston Churchill, £7,500 (£2,000- £3,000); section of the first transatlantic submarine telegraph cable, linking Ireland to Newfoundland, £1,375 (£500-£700).

Wednesday (January 28th) Christie's, New York. Old Master Paintings. Boy Peeling a Fruit by Caravaggio, $3 million- $5million, failed to sell.

Forthcoming Auctions

Sunday (February 1st) Matthews Auctioneers, on-the-premises auction at Kedagh Park House, Glenamaddy, Co Galway. 1.30pm. Executors' sale of the contents of the former residence of the late Fr Brian Hanley. Over 600 lots.

Monday (February 2nd) RJ Keighery City Auction Rooms, Waterford. Antiques auction at 10.30am. To include early examples of Mosse pottery, advertising signs, Waterford Crystal and period furniture.

Tuesday (February 3rd) Adams Blackrock, 38 Main St, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Interiors & Fine Art Auction, 11am. Peatstacks, Connemara (oil-on-canvas) by George Gillespie, €1,000- €1,500; nine- branch Waterford Crystal chandelier, €1,500-€2,000; Victorian gilt overmantel mirror, €1,200-€1,500; pair of Worcester "Blind Earl" plates, circa 1770, €300-€500.