Here comes the giant crab: So much for collectors to get their claws into

From a seven-foot-tall crab to Cork pub memorabilia, Victor Mee and Fonsie Mealy's auctions have much to offer, writes Des O'Sullivan

An oversized bronze of a crab at Victor Mee.

The possibilities seem limitless at sales by Fonsie Mealy in Castlecomer and Victor Mee in Belturbet on Tuesday and Wednesday (May 28 and 29). 

A 16th-century tapestry once in the Rathcormac collection of American actor Hurd Hatfield and the advertising mirrors from the old Clancy's Bar in Cork city centre give some idea of the breadth and scope of Fonsie Mealy's two-day summer fine art auction with 1,200 lots.