December 11th:

At Mullen's, Laurel Park, Bray, Co Wicklow. Fine art auction including: £5,000 for Portrait of the Artist's Son by Stephen Catterson Smith; £4,800 for Shipping Scene by Van der Block (Dutch, 19th century); £3,600 for Mending the Nets by Richard Wane; £3,200 for Landscape and Estuary with Figures and Boats by A W Fowles.

December 13th:

James Adam Salerooms, St Stephen's Green, Dublin. Irish art sale including: £38,000 for On Achill Sound by Paul Henry; £30,000 for Spring Showers by William Leech; £25,000 for Poet and Shepardess by Beatrice, Lady Glenavy; £20,000 for Old Farmyard, Mareil, Marly by William John Hennessy; £18,000 for Dear Harp of My Country by Daniel Maclise.