May 9th:

Town & Country, Ormond Quay, Dublin: £3,800 for an English George III oak dresser; £1,900 for a set of eight Victorian rail-back dining chairs; £1,360 for a Victorian three-piece white walnut bedroom suite; £1,100 for a Victorian mahogany dining table; and £980 for a George IV mahogany twin pedestal sideboard.

May 12th:

James Adam Salerooms, St Stephen's Green, Dublin. Contemporary and traditional art sale: £3,800 for Dusk Kuala Perkhi by Barrie Cooke; £3,100 for By the Pool by Arthur Maderson; £2,200 for Untitled by Michael Tyrell; £2,000 for Bent Rainbow by Patrick Scott.