Sunday (June 12th):de Veres clearance art auction, D4 Berkeley Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4: 80 per cent of lots sold. Seated Woman(bronze sculpture) by Graham Knuttel €4,500 (€4,000-€6,000); Potato Gatherersby Markey Robinson €2,800 (€1,500-€2,000); Mountain And Loughby Kenneth Webb €2,600 (€2,000-€3,000); Coastal Scene, St Ivesby Tony O'Malley €1,500 (€500-€700); Shop Front, Bandonby Aidan Bradley €1,000 (€1,000-€1,500); Flower Seller on Grafton Streetby Norman Teeling €650 (€600-€900); The Hawthorn Bush, Ballymascanlonby Pádraig Lynch €420 (€400-€600); Carrrickminesby Rosita Manahan €110 (€200-€300).
Tuesday (June 14th): Gormleys, 25 South Frederick St, Dublin 2: 65 per cent of lots sold. Figura No. 22 by Maurizio Bonfanti €2,900 (€4,000-€5,000); Going Homeby Markey Robinson €2,800 (€2,200-€2,600); Family Aspirantsby Charles Harper €2,000 (€2,600-€3,000); Winterby Tom Carr €1,900 (€2,000-€2,500); October(Terrain Series) by Ger Sweeney €1,600 (€1,800-€2,200); At the Country Clubby Graham Knuttel €1,300 (€1,800-€2,200).
FORTHCOMING AUCTIONS
Today (Saturday, June 18th):Marsh's Auction Rooms, Rochford's Lane, off South Mall/Grand Parade, Cork. Antiques auction at 12 noon.
Wednesday (June 22nd):O'Reilly's Auction Rooms, 126 Francis Street, Dublin. Jewellery and fine art auction at 1pm. An art deco diamond target ring, mounted in platinum with a French hallmark, €18,000-€22,000; an 18ct gold pocket-watch, Paris, c. 1830, signed Le Comte, €3,000-€4,000; 10 Queen Elizabeth II gold sovereigns, €2,000-€2,400; a Victorian silver lift-top travelling inkwell €300-€400.
Thursday (June 23rd):Herman Wilkinson Auction Rooms, 161 Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6. Antiques auction at 10am. An 80-piece set of Canadian silver cutlery by Birks, €600-€1,000; a 10-piece art deco walnut dining room suite €400-€600.
FORTHCOMING FAIRS
Sunday (June 19th): Galway Vintage Fair, Radisson Blu Hotel, Galway, running from noon-7pm.
Sunday (June 19th): Dromoland Castle Antiques Fair, Co Clare. Takes place between 11am-6pm.
Sunday (June 19th):Toys of Yesterday, Bray Wheelers' Clubhouse, Schools Rd, Bray, Co Wicklow, from 10am-3pm.
