January 22nd: Denis Drum, New St, Malahide. January furniture and fine art auction.
Top prices included Scott of Dublin late Georgian long case clock €4,000 (2,000); Regency mahogany drop leaf side table 1,250 (800); five-branch Waterford electrified chandelier 1,150 (€1,200); Victorian traditional cast-iron settee 1,100 (800-1,000); painting of dappled grey racehorse in stable signed AJ1879 1,000 (1,000-1,500).
Forthcoming Auctions
Tomorrow: 4 Clontarf Rd, Clontarf, Dublin 3. Denis Drum Auctioneers house contents sale at 2 p.m. Approximately 300 lots including three-piece gilt wood drawingroom suite upholstered in satin (1,500); Georgian Cuban mahogany chest of drawers (600-900); pair of cast-iron decorative two-seater garden seats (2,000); bronze fountain of young maiden 4ft high (€1,500); fold over antique breakfast table (€800); pair of inlaid side cabinets with drawers (1,200); Victorian silver creamer (200).
Monday: Vienna Woods Hotel, Glanmire, Cork city. Morgan O'Driscoll fine art and furniture auction at 2 p.m. Items include paintings by John Shinnors, Tom Carr, Tony O'Malley and Patrick Hennessy; Georgian, Regency and Victorian furniture (see article far left).
Tuesday: Auction Rooms, Sixmilebridge, Co Clare. John Dunphy antique and fine art auction at 10.30 a.m. Items include George III four poster bed (€2,500); Regency card and tea tables; Victorian extending dining table (10,000); Victorian mahogany bookcase with domed top (3,000-4,000); Dutch serpentine chest of drawers; Boulle work table; Chesterfield couches; gilt mirrors and inlaid display cabinets, paintings, clocks and collectables.
Auction Rooms, John St, Kells, Co Meath. Oliver Usher antique and furniture auction at 5 p.m. Includes clearance from Co Meath priest's residence and Co Kildare executor's sale. Victorian rosewood chaise longue, inlaid rosewood parlour suite, mahogany extending dining table, Victorian marble fireplace, Georgian rosewood barometer, Irish Georgian pine dresser, Waterford chandelier and side lights, Van Dyck school painting. Books, linen and cutlery.
Saturday: The Elms, Punchestown, Co Kildare at 11 a.m. Fine arts and antique furniture auction from the estate of Mr W Halpin of Ballymore Eustace to include Victorian inlaid walnut davenport (€1,000); Victorian inlaid chiffonier (1,500-1,800); mahogany pedestal sideboard (2,500).
Forthcoming Fairs
Tomorrow: Davenport Hotel, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Antiques, collectables and books monthly city centre fair of 40 stands with antique furniture, silver, porcelain, linen, old postcards, coins, banknotes, military medals, photographs and more. Admission: €3.