Auction results:

Monday (September 12th) Morgan O’Driscoll Auctioneers, Skibbereen, Co Cork. Irish Art Online Auction. 81 per cent of lots sold. Lot 90,

Famine Ship

(a bronze) by John Behan, €11,000 (€9,000-€12,000); Lot 34,

Antrim Hills

, by James Humbert Craig, €6,500 (€5,000-€7,000); Lot 15,

The Yellow Roses

, by

Patrick Hennessy

, €6,000 (€5,000-€7,000. For full results see morganodriscoll.com Tuesday (September13th) John Weldon Auctioneers, Cow’s Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin. 71 per cent of lots sold including “a very important” diamond (4.02cts, H colour and VS2 clarity) single stone ring set with diamond shoulders in platinum” which sold to “a private Irish buyer for €55,000” (€55,000-€65,000).

Forthcoming auctions:

Tomorrow, Sunday (September 18th) Adam’s, 26 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, 11am. More than 600 lots comprising fine period silver, ceramics, pictures, furniture and decorative arts. Viewing today, 11am-5pm. See adams.ie Monday (September 19th) Herman & Wilkinson Auctioneers, 161 Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6. Antiques auction at 6.30pm. See facebook.com/Hermanandwilkinson Wednesday (September 21st) O’Reilly’s, 126 Francis St, Dublin 8. Auction of fine jewellery, watches and silver at 1pm. Saturday (September 24th) Lynes & Lynes Auctioneers, Carrigtwohill, Cork. Antiques auction at 11am. Includes items “removed from a Cork City Convent”: Lot 171, a monstrance (photograph above), made by

Benziger

Bros, New York, with its original case (€80-€150). Viewing begins on Wednesday (September 21st).

Forthcoming fairs and valuations:

Thursday (September 22nd) The

Ballymaloe Grainstore

, Shanagarry, Co Cork hosts de Veres art auctioneers who will provide free art valuations and appraisals for possible inclusion in their auction in Dublin on November 22nd, 2pm-6pm, followed by a talk

The Art of Collecting

, at 7pm by John de Vere White. Saturday and Sunday (September 24th and 25th)

Antiques Fair

, Wells House and Gardens,

Ballyedmond

,

Gorey

,

Co Wexford

, noon- 5pm each day. Includes demonstrations on furniture restoration by Maurice Molly; paintings conservation by Pearl O’Sullivan; and repairing china and porcelain by Mark Fortune. See wellshouse.ie for further details.