What it went for: auction results

Auction results

Monday (April 11th) Dix Noonan Webb, London. Auction of "Paper Money". A 1928 Irish Free State "Lady Lavery" £50 note – "one of only about 20 surviving examples available to collectors" – estimated at £14,000 to £18,000 – failed to sell. A Royal Bank of Ireland £10 dated May 6th, 1929, sold for £4,800 (£4,000-£5,000).

Forthcoming auctions

Tuesday (April 19th) John Weldon Auctioneers, Unit 2, The Music Hall, Cows Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin. Auction of jewellery, silver and gold coins at 2pm. A diamond- and jade-set butterfly brooch set in 18ct gold €1,500-€2,500; a sapphire and diamond three-stone ring set in 18ct gold €4,000-€5,000 ; an Irish silver dish ring, Dublin 1928, by Weirs, with a blue glass liner, €2,000-€3,000; a rare James II gold guinea, dated 1685, €2,000-€4,000. Viewing from noon today. Details and catalogue at jwa.ie Wednesday (April 20th) O'Reilly's Auction Rooms, Francis Street, Dublin 8. Auction of jewellery and watches at 1pm. Viewing from noon tomorrow, Sunday (April 17th). For catalogue see oreillysfineart.com

Saturday (April 23rd) Lynes & Lynes Auctioneers, Eastlink Business Park, Carrigtwohill, Co Cork. Antiques auction at 11am. Some 400 lots from various residences throughout Cork city and county. Viewing from Wednesday (April 20th).

Forthcoming fair

Sunday (April 17th) The Navan Antiques, Collectibles & Vintage Fair, Ard Boyne Hotel, Navan, Co Meath, 11 am to 6 pm.

Forthcoming event

Bonhams will show a preview of highlights in its forthcoming London auction of modern British and Irish art in its offices at 31 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, tomorrow, Sunday (April 17th) between noon and 5pm and on Monday and Tuesday, April 18th and 19th . The lots on view, to be auctioned on June 15th, include paintings by Jack B Yeats, LS Lowry, William Scott and Daniel O'Neill; and sculpture by Dame Elisabeth Frink and FE McWilliam. The Irish highlight is Lough Corrib from Glenadda by Paul Henry (£40,000-£60,000).