Dev with Cherokees anyone?

Limerick offers much to tempt collectors this weekend.

The National Antique and Art Fair takes place at the South Court Hotel today and tomorrow and there are antique auctions at Limerick Auction Rooms and at O’Donovan’s in Newcastlewest today. Robin O’Donnell of Hibernian Antique Fairs will bring more than 70 dealers to Limerick and claims that, by volume of stands, this is Ireland’s biggest fair. There will be a huge selection on offer, with many members from the Irish Antique Dealers Association in attendance. Opening times are from 11am to 6 pm on each day.

No less than 500 lots will come under the hammer at Limerick Auction Rooms at 2.30pm. Rarities include an original photograph in poor condition of Éamon de Valera in the US with the Cherokees, a first 1913 edition by Thomas Hardy of A Changed Man and other tales and a World War I death plaque for Limerick nurse Elizabeth Grace Stewart who died on service in February 1916. Antique and household furniture will come under the hammer at O’Donovan and Associates, Newcastlewest at 11am today. A gold Krugerand features among a collection of coins and bank notes and the sale features sporting memorabilia and a selection of collectibles.