Antiques: Luftwaffe badge on sale in Kerry

A Luftwaffe badge with a handwritten date of ‘20-5-42’ is for sale at Kerry Auction Rooms next Tuesday.

More than 800 lots will come under the hammer at Kerry Auction Rooms next Tuesday at noon. There is Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian furniture, porcelian, silver, jewellery and collectibles including a selection of German war medals from World Wars One and Two from the Schleicher family, as well as a 1948 London Olympics bronze medal. The sale is on view at Moyderwell, Tralee from 11am to 6pm today, 2pm to 6pm Sun, 11am to 8pm on Monday and from 9am on Tuesday.

A pair of antique gilt leg side tables estimated at €600-€800 sold in strong bidding to an Irish buyer for €12,500 at RJ Keighery’s sale in Waterford on Monday. A pair of antique gilded and painted side tables made €1,250, an Edwardian longcase clock by Alex Gordon, Dublin made €2,200 and a carved Burmese cabinet made €720.