May 17th: Christie's, King Street, London. Irish art sale including: £1,103,750 for The Whistle of a Jacket by Jack B Yeats; £124,750 for Self-portrait with Palette by Roderic O'Conor; £113,750 for A Girl in Black by Sir John Lavery.

May 18th: Sotheby's, New Bond Street, London. Irish art sale including: £1,983,500 sterling (new record for an Irish painting at auction) for Portrait of Gardenia St George by Sir William Orpen; £465,500 for The Return from Market by Sir John Lavery.

May 22nd: Adams, Main Street, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Antiques and fine art auction including £4,400 for three-stone diamond ring of approximately 2.8 carats.