December 1st: At Victor Mitchell, Mount Butler, Roscrea, Co Tipperary. Antiques and furniture auction, including: £5,800 for Victorian mahogany roll-top desk; £4,600 for Regency rosewood writing table; £4,200 for walnut bachelor's chest; £3,700 for three-door Victorian mahogany bookcase; £2,300 for Georgian pine corner cabinet.

December 7th: At John Ross & Co, Montgomery Street, Belfast. Irish art sale, including: £22,000 for Fighting Cockerel by Basil Blackshaw; £19,000 for Hit the Floor by William Conor; 16,000 for Collecting Wood on the Ballycastle Strand by James Humbert Craig; £15,000 for Pulling Flax by William Conor; £15,000 for The Fluter by William Conor.

December 8th: At James Adam Salerooms, St Stephen's Green, Dublin. In conjunction with Bonhams, an Irish art sale, including: £56,000 for West of Ireland Coastal Scene by Sean Keating; £50,000 for Dublin Cab by Harry Kernoff (new record for this artist); £50,000 for Only Two in It by Jack B. Yeats; £43,000 for The White House, Samoa by Mary Swanzy; £20,000 for The Adventuress by Percy French (new record for this artist).