Cork sales offer everything from butter tins to benches 

Des O'Sullivan casts his eye over two city sales poised to tempt collectors with valuable and appealing antiques

A pair of cast iron-garden benches at Woodwards.

A GOOD selection of great value and attractive antique furniture and collectibles will feature at two Cork city sales next Saturday (December 3). 

Local interest will be stirred by a painting of Mahon Golf Club by Josef Keys at Woodwards (€400-€500) and a double washstand from the state bedroom of the White Star liner RMS Celtic which ran aground off Roches Point in December 1928 at Marshs (€4,000-€6,000).