Antiques: A Buick, a bear and a breakfast table up for auction

A turquoise Tourer, rare jade animal ornaments and carved walnut furniture appeal to Des O'Sullivan 

A rare jade bear at James Adam, top left; a pair of Satsuma vases, below left, and a 1914 Buick Tourer, right, both at Lynes and Lynes.

An eyecatching turquoise tourer, rare antique jade pieces and a walnut chest on chest are among the choices available at auction now. The chest on chest is at Woodwards in Cork today (Saturday) with an estimate of €1,000-€1,500). A carved walnut breakfast table with a similar estimate is also on offer here.

The 1914 Buick Tourer in fine condition is among the leading lights at Lynes and Lynes sale in Carrigtwohill next Saturday (November 15). Contents from several Cork residences and two newly closed businesses, Canty's Garage and The Cotton Ball pub, ensure that there will be no shortage of local interest in this sale.

With everything from stuffed moose heads with antlers (€100-€200) to a bottle of Midleton Whiskey from the old West Cork Bottling Company in Bandon (€200-€300), a large old Murphy's Stout and Porter sign and the Cork Cup from 1925, a greyhound trophy, there is plenty for collectors to browse over.

A 1914 Buick Tourer at Lynes and Lynes.

The auction offers jewellery, clocks, mirrors, Cork dining chairs and other furniture, a selection of antique oil lamps, two five branch Waterford Crystal chandeliers, a pair of Satsuma vases and a 1940 portrait of the Cork businessman and founder of Sunbeam Wolsey William Dwyer (1887-1951) by Sean O'Sullivan.

A pair of Satsuma vases at Lynes and Lynes.

Along with the Buick (€15,000-€20,000) rarities include two old Lady Lavery £10 notes from 1972 with printing errors. The estimate is €3,000-€4,000. Viewing from 10am to 5pm daily gets underway today (November 8).

A rare jade bear at James Adam.

With estimates from €80 (for an ashtray netsuke stag horn) to €80,000 for a large Buddhist temple painting or thangka the sale of fine Asian art at James Adam this Wednesday (November 12) is now on view in Dublin. There are rare antique jades like a celadon tiger face from the Western Zhou dynasty c1100-771 BC (€1,000-€1,200), lots of porcelain, enamels, cloisonne wares, fans, paintings, furniture, carpets, bronze plaques, carved ornaments and ivory, pendants, folding screens and masks among more than 400 lots.

The sale kicks off with four figures of seated Buddhist lions. From the Yongzheng period in China c1725 they are estimated at just €200-€300. The auction has already been on view in Paris. 

It is on weekend view at James Adam at St Stephen's Green, Dublin, from 1pm to 5pm today and tomorrow and from 10am to 5pm on Monday and Tuesday.

A Georgian walnut chest on chest at Woodwards sale in Cork today.

In Cork, Woodwards has a good selection of antique furniture including a harlequin set of Cork chairs, a Victorian secretaire, a Georgian inlaid cellarette, a French bonheur du jour and a Victorian three-tier dumb waiter. There is a set of 17 portraits of figures from the 1916 Rising by Rod Coyne. Other lots of note include a large Kashan carpet, a mounted Greenland goose and a large cast-iron garden seat. All catalogues are online.