What it went for: auction and fair results

Auction Results: Wednesday (June 15th) Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London. A set of 12 police "mugshot" photographs of Irish Volunteers arrested in Dublin after the 1916 Rising £2,500 (€3,146), £2,000-£4,000 (€2,517-€5,200).

Wednesday (June 15th) Bonhams, New Bond Street, London. Modern British & Irish Art. Single File by Jack B Yeats £80,500 (€100,862), £30,000- £50,000 (€37,810-€62,983); The Cottage by the Lake by Paul Henry £79,300 (£30,000-£50,000); Lough Corrib from Glenadda by Paul Henry £27,500 (£30,000-£50,000).

Wednesday (June 15th) O’Reilly’s Auction Rooms, Francis Street, Dublin 8. An antique 17 Carat Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) sapphire and diamond cluster ring €12,000 (€11,000-€12,000).

Forthcoming Auctions:

Tomorrow, Sunday (June 19th) Delvin Farm Country Antiques, Gormanston, Co Meath, closing down and complete stock clearance sale on the premises by Victor Mee Auctioneers starting at noon and continuing on Monday evening, June 20th, at 5pm.

Tuesday (June 21st) John Weldon Auctioneers, Cow's Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin. Auction of jewellery, silver and gold coins at 2pm. Eight 1 Kilo bars of Silver guiding €450-€650 each [see image above].

Tuesday (June 21st) Christie's, London. Modern British and Irish Art auction. A Summer Evening – The Thames (oil-on-canvas painted circa 1913) by Sir John Lavery £80,000-£120,000 (€101k-€151k)[see image above].

Wednesday (June 22nd) Oliver Usher's Auction Rooms, Kells, Co Meath. Antiquarian & Rare Book Auction at 11.30am. 800 lots. Three "rare" first editions by 19th-century Irish mathematician Sir William Rowan Hamilton – including Researches Respecting Quaternions (€2,000-€3,000); a New York 1933 edition of Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated by Harry Clarke, €200-€300 .

Forthcoming Fairs:

Today and Tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday (June 18th & 19th) National Antiques, Art & Vintage Fair, South Court Hotel, Limerick. Daily 11am-6pm.

Tomorrow, Sunday (June 19th) Antiques & Collectibles Fair, Tara Towers Hotel, Merrion Rd, Dublin 4. 11 am to 6 pm.

Forthcoming Valuations:

Thursday & Friday (June 24th and 25th) Bonhams, 31 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2 – free valuations by appointment – of Chinese art and antiques by specialist Sing Yan Choy who is visiting Ireland "in search of treasures to sell at the company's London, Hong Kong, New York, and San Francisco salerooms".