Anyone for a vintage cocktail shaker in Temperance Hall?

Des O’Sullivan previews two sales in Co Cork featuring everything from fine furniture to modern Irish art.

What better venue for an antique auction than the Temperance Hall in Kinsale with its old-fashioned name? The new owners of lot 287 could put their newly acquired Art Deco silver-plated cocktail shaker (estimated at €30-€50) to good use by concocting that classic blend of bourbon and rye known far and wide as an Old Fashioned.