Tuesday (August 23rd)John Weldon Auctioneers, Cow's Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. A diamond solitaire ring set in platinum €12,400 (€13,000-€15,000); a silver cornucopia-style sugar caster, London, 1898, €600 (€600-€800); a pair of diamond-set earrings in 18ct gold by Chopard €300 (€300-€500); an Irish silver RDS medal, inscribed 2Royal Dublin Society Horse Show 1939, Class 9 Filly Foal First Prize awarded to Lady Brooke" €170 €100-€200).
Thursday (August 25th)Baldwin's (UK) Auction in Hong Kong of Asian coins, banknotes and medals. Chinese medal, Order of the Striped Tiger awarded to Irish Presbyterian missionary, Dr F W S O'Neill $5,000/€3,470 ($5,000-$6,000/€3,470-€4,166)).
Forthcoming auctions
Monday (August 29th)R J Keighery, City Auction Rooms, George's Quay, Waterford. Antiques auction at 11am.
Woodview House Auction Rooms, Ballycarney, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. Antiques auction 6pm. An Irish Regency mahogany longcase clock by Samuel Lahee, Wexford €5,800-€7,500. Italian oil painting, “after Raphael’s Madonna of the Chair”, in carved giltwood frame €8,000-€12,000.
Wednesday (August 31st)Victor Mitchell Auctioneers, Mount Butler Salesrooms, Roscrea, Co Tipperary. Auction at 10.30am. A set of five Georgian portraits by George Smith, 1751 of the Randall family of Sussex. To be sold in three separate lots. Estimates €1,000-€1,500 per lot. Also antique furniture, porcelain, pictures.
O’Reilly’s, 126 Francis Street, Dublin 8. Auction of jewellery and silver. 1pm. 450 lots. A diamond solitaire ring (a pear-shaped 6.69 ct, F colour, VS2 clarity diamond set in platinum) €80,000-€100,000; a late Victorian diamond and blue enamel lady’s fob watch, above, on a white gold chain €2,500-€3,500; a Georgian (circa 1820) diamond cluster ring set with rose-cut diamonds €1,800– €2,200.
Forthcoming fairs
Today(Saturday August 27th)Cork City Book Fair Gresham Metropole Hotel in MacCurtain Street 11am-4pm.
Tomorrow, Sunday (August 28th)Antiques Fair, Royal Marine Hotel , Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. 11am-6pm.
Kinsale Antiques Fair, Acton’s Hotel, Kinsale, Co Cork. 11am-6pm.
