Saturday (Nov 13th): Whyte's sale of History, Literature Collectibles at the Freemasons Hall, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2. 1867 Fenian Flag €52,000 (€30,000-€50,000); Pádraig Pearse's Irish Volunteer belt buckle €7,500 (€8,000-€10,000); Currency Commission 1931 Ploughman £10 banknote €2,400 (€2,000-€3,000); 1798 model lead soldiers €520 (€200-€300); the 1911 Royal visit to Ireland: A collection of photographic glass plates €340 (€200-€300).
Tuesday (November 16th): Adam's, St Stephen's Green, Dublin. Two Victorian inlaid boxes €140 (€200-€300); Portrait of a Sailor, Henry Scott Tuke €3,000 (€3,000-€5,000); Highland Cattle Watering at a Stream - Free Roamers, Douglas Cameron €2,800 (€2,000-€4,000); set of four George IV shell-shaped salts from the collection of the late Louis Kinlen €1,200 (€800-€1,200); George II Irish oval sauce tureen engraved with the crest of the Earl of Kildare €5,700 (€600-€1,000).
Matthews Auction Rooms, Oldcastle, Co Meath. Two Village Shawlies with Mountains Beyond,Markey Robinson, €2,200 (€3,000-€5,000); Edwardian inlaid satinwood Carlton House desk, €1,800 (€2,000-€3,000); Regency satinwood corner cabinet, €1,200 (€800-€1,200); Edwardian diamond ring, €3,600 (€3,000-€5,000); a 1926 Enfield revolver, €300 (€250-€350).
FORTHCOMING AUCTIONS
Sunday (Nov 21st): Hegarty Fine Art & Antiques. Auction Rooms at the Bypass, Bandon, Co Cork. 3pm. Auction of antiques to include: satinwood library bookcase (€4,000-€6,000); mahogany serving table with satinwood panel inlay (€2,500-€3,500); Regency rosewood foldover card table (€1,200-€1,800); Set of eight mahogany dining room chairs, stamped James Schloonberg & Co, Tottenham, London (€1,200-€1,500).
Carty Auction Rooms, Nobber, Co Meath. Antiques auction. 2pm. Featuring 400 lots including furniture and clocks.
Monday (Nov 22nd): Millar's, 4 Main St Dundrum, Dublin 14. Auction of antique furniture, contemporary and fine art. 6.30pm. To include: A fine dining table from the estate of the late Harold F Clarke at Leopardstown racecourse by Dublin cabinet makers Mack, Williams & Gibton (€15,000-€20,000); a Regency pier glass from the drawingroom at Lissadell House, Co Sligo (€7,000-€9,000).
Tuesday (Nov 23rd): Weldon's, Cow's Lane Temple Bar, Dublin. Auction of fine jewellery, gold and various collectibles. 2pm. A diamond three-stone ring, total estimated weight of diamonds 2.60cts set in 18ct white gold (€6,000-€7,000); antique diamond and sapphire set necklace in a fitted West & Sons, Dublin box (€2,000-€3,000).
FORTHCOMING FAIRS
Sunday ( Nov 21st): Clontarf Castle Antiques Fair, Clontarf Castle Hotel, Dublin 3. 11am-6pm. Admission €3.50. Forty exhibitors featuring furniture, fine art, 20th century vintage fashion and jewellery, coins and banknotes, military medals and postcards.
The Midlands Antiques Fair, Tullamore Court Hotel, Portlaoise Rd, Tullamore, Co Offaly. 30 stands. 11am-6pm.
