Country house collection to attract treasure hunters

All roads lead to Mount Congreve this weekend.

Rarity and quality will bring treasure hunters from far and wide to the magnificent house on the banks of the River Suir at Kilmeaden for what is undoubtedly Ireland’s finest country house auction in decades.

Notwithstanding the remark made to me by a director of Christie’s that it seemed easier to become a citizen of Switzerland than to acquire a temporary auctioneering licence in Ireland, the sale will be conducted by Mealy’s in association with Christie’s.