Saturday (November 26th):Lynes and Lynes Auctioneers, Carrigtwohill, Co Cork. An Irish Georgian mahogany three-pillar dining table from Dunkathel House in Glanmire €60,000 (€40,000-€60,000); set of 10 Irish Georgian mahogany dining chairs €9,500 (€12,000-€15,000); 19th-century terrestrial globe made in London in 1858 by C Smith €6,800 (€2,000-€3,000).
Monday (November 28th):Christie's, London. Memos by Winston Churchill regarding War of Independence in Ireland £1,125 (£1,200-£1,800).
Adam’s fine and decorative arts auction, 26 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. Mid-Georgian mahogany bracket clock (pictured) by London clock-maker Anthony Marsh €4,000 (€4,000- €5,000); Victorian walnut chaise longue €420 (€500-€800); set of six early 19th century mahogany dining chairs €400 (€500- €800); pre-first World War tortoiseshell and silver- mounted dressing table set €130 (€200-€300); Victorian timber golf club €90 (€100-€200).
Tuesday (November 29th):John Weldon Auctioneers, Cows Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin 8. Gold items included a 22ct necklace (25.5 grams) €780 (€650-€850); fine gold bangle (35.7 grams) €800 (€800-€1,200); 1oz Krugerrand coin, dated 1978, from South Africa €1,400 (€1,000-€1,500); ruby and diamond bracelet set in 18ct gold €1,150 (€1,000-€1,500); silver medal engraved on the reverse "The Royal Horticultural Society to Mrs Toner for begonias Dublin Show August 1929" sold for €52 (€50-€100).
FORTHCOMING AUCTIONS
Tomorrow: Hegarty's Auction Rooms, Parnell Business Park, The Bypass, Bandon, Co Cork. Antiques auction at 3pm with over 400 lots: pair of wall lights, reputedly from a theatre in Chicago and signed Tiffany Studios, New York €2,000-€3,000.
Monday (December 5th):Mullen's Laurel Park, Woodbrook, Bray, Co Dublin. Antiques auction at 10am with over 1,100 lots: Irish Georgian mahogany longcase clock by William Maddock of Waterford €3,000-€5,000; 19th century boulle work side cabinet with marble top €4,000-€6,000; three-piece silver tea set, London 1910 €700-€900.
Tuesday (December 6th):Ashgrove Auction Rooms, Ballybrittas, Portlaoise, Co Laois. Antiques auction at 4.30pm.
Wednesday (December 7th):Ross's Auctioneers, 37 Montgomery Street, Belfast. Auction of Irish paintings at 7pm: The Casualty (oil on board, nine by 14 inches) by Jack B Yeats £75,000-£80,000.
Saturday (December 10th):O'Donovan Associates, Newcastle West, Co Limerick. Antiques auction at 11am: Georgian and Victorian furniture, silver, gold, coins, books, clocks, barometers, paintings, Waterford glass and Benin bronzes.
FORTHCOMING FAIRS:
Tomorrow:Dublin City Book Fair, Tara Towers Hotel, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, 11am-5pm. Thirty exhibitors offering antiquarian, rare and collectable books, as well as signed first editions by authors including Seamus Heaney, John McGahern, Liam O'Flaherty, Graham Greene, Roddy Doyle, Benedict Kiely, Mary Lavin, Bram Stoker and President Michael D Higgins.
Kinsale Antiques Fair, Acton’s Hotel, Kinsale, Co Cork, 11am-6pm.
Antiques and Collectors Fair, Freemasons Hall, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, 11am-6pm.
Thursday to Sunday (December 8th-11th):Francis Street Christmas Fair, hosted by shops in Dublin's antiques quarter, Francis Street, Dublin 8. Thursday 6pm-8pm, Friday and Saturday 10am-6pm and Sunday 1pm-5pm.
