Sunday(September 18th) Morgan O'Driscoll Fine Art Auctioneers, Cork. Retrospective, no-reserve sale of 136 paintings by artist John Kingerlee. 100 per cent sold for a total of €128,000.

Monday(September 19th) de Veres auction of contents of Willowbank, Monkstown, Co Dublin. 90 per cent sold for a total of €210,000. A chandelier €9,500 (€2,000-€4,000); a Meissen piece, dated 1740, €5,500 (€2,000-€3,000); a mahogany Regency dining table €5,500 (€6,000-€9,000).

Tuesday(September 20th) Sotheby's, London. A mirrored dining table owned by Sir Sir Henry "Chips" Channon and his wife, the heiress Honor Guinness, in 1930's London sold for 10 times its estimate. £75,650 (€86,610), estimate £5,000-£7,000.

Wednesday(September 21st) Sotheby's, London. Four-day auction of The Philatelic Collection of Lord Steinberg of Belfast concluded, bringing a total of £2.6 million (€3 million)

Forthcoming auctions

Today(September 24th) Whyte's History, Literature and Collectibles sale at the Freemasons Hall, Molesworth Street, Dublin. Noon.

Today(September 24th)

Kerry Auction Rooms Tralee. Noon. Auction featuring gold and silver coins and rare books including The Green Fool by Patrick Kavanagh, complete with dust jacket €1,200-€1,500.

Forthcoming fairs

Today and tomorrow(September 25th and 26th)

Irish Antique Dealers Association, Annual fair at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin. Saturday 11am-7pm; Sunday 11am-6pm. Furniture, rare books, prints, jewellery, glass, silverware, porcelain, paintings and sculpture. Plus lectures and displays on restoration and conservation.

Sunday(September 25th) Antiques Fair, Clontarf Castle, Dublin 3. 11am-6pm

Kilkenny Antiques Fair, The Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny. 11am- 6pm.

Toy Collectors’ Fair, Bray Wheelers’ Clubhouse, Schools Road (off Boghall Road), Bray, Co Wicklow. 10am-3pm.