May 3rd: Woodward's, Cook Street, Cork. Furniture and fine art auction including: £3,700 for George II serpentine-fronted mahogany secretaire chest; £2,600 for Nude Bathers by Markey Robinson; £1,900 for Launching the Currach by James O'Halloran; £1,600 for nude study sketch by Roderic O'Conor; £1,500 for Georgian mahogany bookcase.

May 9th: Thomas P Adams, Main Street, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Furniture and fine art auction including: £2,400 for Georgian mahogany long-case clock with broken swan pediment; £1,850 for Victorian rosewood side cabinet; £1,500 for Victorian mahogany hunt table; £1,200 19th Century longcase clock; £1,100 for Victorian mahogany chiffonier. Sheppard's, The Square, Durrow, Co Laois. Antiques and fine art sale including: £9,000 for Wayside Refreshments by Emile Auguste Pinchart; £8,000 for Titanic Survivor by Sylvia Gosse; £7,000 for Scrabo from Mahee Island; £5,400 for Regency mahogany wine cellaret; £4,200 for 18th century mahogany serving table.

May 10th: James Adam Salerooms, St Stephen's Green, Dublin. Auction of period furniture, paintings, silver and porcelain including: £7,000 for pair of Victorian silver-mounted cut glass claret jugs; £5,400 for Queen Anne-style miniature oyster-veneered chest of drawers; £5,200 for pair of George III-style inlaid satinwood semi-elliptical side tables; £5,000 for Racehorse and Jockey after Isidore Bonheur; £3,500 for George III mahogany serpentine sideboard.