Sunday (October 2nd): Dolan’s Art Auction House, Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick – 80 per cent of 230 lots sold. Path to the Pasture by Mark O’Neill, €1,500 (€1,800-€2,400); Apple and Rose Jug by David Ffrench le Roy, €800 (€1,000-€1,500); Chasing Butterflies by Thelma Mansfield, €475 (€600-€800); Heytesbury Street by Michael Morris, €400 (€500-€700); Making it to Moneygall by John Schwatschke, €800 (€500-€800).
Monday (October 3rd): de Veres art auction, D4Berkeley Hotel – 75 per cent of lots sold for a total of €275,000. Kerry Hills by Jack B Yeats €29,000 (€30,000-€40,000); Shepherding by Walter Frederick Osborne €23,500 (€8,000- €12,000); Connemara Landscape by Walter Frederick Osborne €21,000 (€10,000- €15,000); Basement (sketch) by Jack B Yeats €2,200 (€2,000-€3,000).
Forthcoming Auctions
Tomorrow:Matthews Auction Rooms sale of the contents of house at Main Street, Virginia, Co Cavan at 2.30pm. On the premises of the residence of the late Miss Mary Rudd. Approximately 300 lots. A rare opportunity to see a house "virtually untouched" in a century. Georgian, Regency, Victorian and Edwardian items "in original condition". Including pair of mahogany hall chairs with painted family crest (€600-€900); Victorian serpentine-shaped brass fender (€600-€900); brass-bound oyster bucket (€200-€300); antique double barrelled shot gun in brass-bound mahogany case (€600-€900). Viewing today.
Forthcoming Fairs
Tomorrow:Antiques Fair, Bunratty Castle Hotel, Bunratty, Co Limerick, 11am-6pm.
