Auction Results

Saturday (January 21st): MacDonnell Whyte, stamps and postal history auction, Hilton Hotel, Charlemont Place, Dublin 2

Saturday(January 21st): MacDonnell Whyte, stamps and postal history auction, Hilton Hotel, Charlemont Place, Dublin 2. Postcard sent from the Titanic €8,500 (€5,000).

Tuesday

(January 24th): John Weldon Auctioneers, Cows Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin 8. Medals awarded to James Reid of Co Wexford for service with the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Royal Navy €8,300 (€2,500-€4,500).

Wednesday(January 25th): Bonhams, London. The New Governess by Edmund Blair Leighton £23,750 (£8,000-£12,000).

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Thursday(January 26th): Christie's, New York. Portrait of Emilia Olivia St. George, the Duchess of Leinster by Hugh Douglas Hamilton $13,750 ($8,000-$12,000).

Forthcoming Auctions

Tomorrow: Hegarty's Auction Rooms, Parnell Business Centre, the Bypass, Bandon, Co Cork. Antiques auction at 3pm.

Denis Drum Auctioneers, auction at Knockerra, Balkill Road, Howth, Co Dublin at 2pm. Over 230 lots including 10 oil paintings by the late artist Grace Barror, with estimates from €200-€400; and Looking towards Temple Street Hospital (oil-on-board) by Fergus O'Ryan RHA €2,500-€3,000.

Wednesday (February 1st): O'Reilly's Auction Rooms, 126 Francis St, Dublin 8. Auction of fine jewellery and silver at 1pm. An art deco diamond panel bracelet, mounted in platinum (€8,000-€9,000).

Forthcoming Fair

Tomorrow:Kerry Antiques Fair, Carlton Hotel, Tralee, Co Kerry, 11am-6pm.

Antiques Fair, Clontarf Castle Hotel, Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, 11am-6pm.

Michael Parsons

Michael Parsons

Michael Parsons is a contributor to The Irish Times writing about fine art and antiques