Monday: Glen Royal Hotel, Maynooth, Co Kildare from 11 a.m. Antiques fair with 35 stands.

October 15th: Mullen's, Laurel Park, Bray, Co Wicklow. Antique furniture auction including: £2,800 for French kingwood and ormolu china cabinet; £2,000 for set of six rosewood dining chairs; £1,800 for pair of gilt overmantel mirrors; £1,550 for mahogany kneehole desk. October 17th: Town House Hotel, Naas, Co Kildare. Antiques auction organised by Oliver Usher including: £2,700 for Victorian silver and gilt coromandel vanity case; £1,700 for Victorian mahogany circular dial-turned column grandfather clock; £1,500 for mahogany dining table and 10 spoon-backed chairs; £680 for Regency mahogany bow-fronted chest of drawers;

October 18th: Herman & Wilkinson, Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin. Antiques auction including: £5,500 for Bechstein boudoir grand piano; £4,800 for pair of architectural drawings.