Auctions and Fairs

Sunday (November 22nd) Adam's, 26 St Stephen's Green, Dublin. Fine Period Interiors auction. 70 per cent of lots sold. Lot 386, a George I giltwood side-table "in the manner of Benjamin Goodison" €9,000 (€10,000-€15,000); Lot 164, a George II walnut tallboy chest €7,000 (€2,000-€4,000); Lot 161, a pair of early Victorian giltwood, plaster and gesso rectangular overmantel mirrors €7,000 (€6,000-€8,000); Lot 217, a Waterford cut-glass 12-branch chandelier €4,600 (€2,000-€4,000); Lot 413, a 19th-century Cary's Terrestrial Pocket Globe €4,000 (€1,200-€1,800); Lot 373, a set of 12 art deco walnut-framed and leather-upholstered tub-back dining chairs €3,200 (€2,000-€3,000); Lot 372, an art deco amboyna (wood) extending dining table (€2,500-€4,000) €2,600. Lot 95, a " club size Jaques Staunton ivory chess set", made in London in the late 1850s, estimated at 8,000-10,000, was unsold.

Sunday (November 22nd) Dolan's Art Auction House – Art & Antiques Auction, Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick. Butterflies & Sea Mist by Kenneth Webb €7,500 (€7,000-€8,000); Summer River by Mark O'Neill €5,750 (€4,000-€6,000); Bathing Pool Near Lismore by Arthur Maderson €4,000 (€2,800-€3,800); Stephen's Green by John Murphy €2,100 (€2,500-€4,000).

In The Long Grass, Near Killaloe by John Murphy (€2,500-€4,000) was unsold.

Tuesday (November 24th) John Weldon Auctioneers, Temple Bar, Dublin. A collection of first World War medals and memorabilia awarded to Alexander and Frederick Hamilton, brothers who served with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers €500 (€300-€500); "an Irish silver tea caddy, Dublin, 1836 by Richard Smith, chased in the chinoiserie style" €2,000 (€1,000-€2,000); a "diamond and ruby set bracelet, set with 16cts of diamonds and 1cts of ruby" €15,500 (€15,000-€20,000).