Forthcoming auctions and Forthcoming fairs
January 17th:Oliver Usher Auctioneers, John Street, Kells, Co Meath. Georgian hunt table €3,000 (€2,800-€3,500); Victorian brass half tester bed €1,200 (€800-€1,000); pair of Edwardian mahogany open bookshelves €1,100 (€800-€1,000); set of six Victorian mahogany dining chairs €650 (€500-€800); Georgian mahogany secretaire bookcase €600 (€600-€800); large giltwood circular convex mirror €580 (€500-€800).
Today:MacDonnell Whyte, stamps and postal history auction, 1pm, Hilton Hotel, Charlemont Place, D2. Postcard sent from Titanic €5,000.
Tomorrow:Dolan's art auction, Rochestown Park Hotel, Rochestown Road, Douglas, Cork at 3pm. Viewing: today 10am-9pm. Almost 250 paintings, some without reserves, and many with estimates under €1,000. Artists include Mark O'Neill, Norman Teeling, Graham Knuttel, Mat Grogan, Diana Marshall and Thelma Mansfield.
Monday(Jan 23rd): Mullen's Laurel Park, Woodbrook, Bray, Co Dublin. Antiques auction at 11am, 800 lots. Furniture, paintings, mirrors, pianos, lamps, light fittings, rugs, porcelain, bronze, silver, and jewellery.
Tuesday (Jan 24th): John Weldon Auctioneers, Cows Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin 8. Auction at 2pm of diamond jewellery, gold and silver. A Georgian Irish silver dish ring, circa 1755, decorated with images of flora and fauna (including a dolphin) €8,000-€10,000.
Thursday(Jan 26th): Charity art auction for Haiti, Origin Gallery, 83 Harcourt St, Dublin 2. Paintings from the Galerie Monnin, Port-au-Prince on view from tomorrow, Sunday and throughout the week until the auction at 7pm on Thursday. Funds raised will support the work of Irish charity Haven working in Haiti.
Tomorrow:Dublin City Book Fair, Tara Towers Hotel, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, 11am-5pm.
Dromoland Castle Antiques and Art Fair, Dromoland Castle, Co Clare, 11am-6pm.
