Sunday (September 4th)Matthews Auctioneers, sale of the contents of Sallymount House, Castlepollard, Co Westmeath. Over 95 per cent of the 594 items sold for over €400,000. Two Terriers by William Osborne €5,800 (€4,000-€7,000); Irish Regency serving table €4,000 (€3,000-€5,000); Edwardian Sheraton two-door bookcase €2,500 (€2,000-€3,000); 1904 American Eagle gold coin €1,050 (€600-€900).
Wednesday (September 7th) Adams, sale of collection of the late Jill Cox (Beaufield Mews Antiques, Stillorgan, Co Dublin). 89 per cent of lots sold for a total of just over €500,000. The Decision by Daniel O'Neill €26,000 (€25,000-€35,000); Sketch of a Nude, half-length by Roderic O'Conor €9,000 (€5,000-€8,000); Connemara Woman with Red Skirt by Sean O'Sullivan €8,200 (€5,000-€8,000); The Auction Buyers by Ena Douglas €6,600 (€1,000-€1,500); Woman of Connemara by Grace Henry €6,500 (€3,000-€5,000); Pas De Dieu (watercolour) by Eamonn O'Doherty €820 (€400-€600). Also: a "Second Period" Belleek vase decorated with portrait medallions, depicting Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith €1,500 (€800-€1,200); a Staffordshire Pottery figure of Charles Stewart Parnell €340 (€200-€300).
Forthcoming Auctions and Fairs
Sunday and Monday (September 11th and 12th)
Mullens, Laurel Park, Woodbrook, Bray, Co Wicklow. Two-day fine art and furniture Sale at 12 noon each day.
Sunday (September 11th) Antiques Fair, Freemasons Hall, 17 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2. 11am-6pm.
Sunday (September 11th) The Dublin City Book Fair, Tara Towers Hotel, Merrion Road, Dublin 4. 11am-5pm.
Sunday (September 11th) Adare Antiques Fair, Woodlands House Hotel, Adare, Co Limerick. 11am-6pm.
Friday-Sunday (September 16th-18th) Town of Books Festival, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny. booktownireland.com
