July 29th: At Drum's of Malahide, Co Dublin. Furniture and fine art auction, including: £3,800 for French marquetry bureau; £3,500 for circular painted satinwood table.

August 8th: At 9 Sandymount Avenue, Dublin. House contents auction, conducted by Town & Country, including: £4,000 for The Passing Shower by Thomas Hunt; £2,950 for George IV mahogany serving table; £2,400 for Victorian boulle and tortoiseshell credenza; £1,900 for Irish Victorian mahogany grandfather clock, signed Hopkins & Hopkins, Dublin; £1,450 for Victorian glazed pottery centrepiece in the Minton style.