Two Cork antique sales set to hit the right notes for collectors

A 19th-century harp from Kinsale's Ballinacurra House, together with art and garden furniture are up for auction

A 19th-century pedal harp by Sebastian Erard at Woodwards.

Lots from Ballinacurra House in Kinsale, where Michael Jackson stayed with his children in 2007, will come under the hammer at Woodwards in Cork next Saturday (June 27). 

Among the lots on offer are a 19th-century harp by the pioneering French maker Sebastian Erard, a Georgian inlaid breakfront sideboard, a Victorian walnut davenport, an eight-foot-long wake table, an ornate gilt and velvet kingsize bed, a pair of Regency gilt mirrors, a Georgian demi-lune games table, an Edwardian campaign chest on chest and a Victorian settee. 

A 19th-century pedal harp by Sebastian Erard at Woodwards.

Viewing gets underway at Cook Street in Cork today,  and the catalogue is online.

Aidan Foley's online evening auctions on Monday and Tuesday at 6pm, now on view in Doneraile, offer 122 lots of paintings and prints headed by Translucent Study by Francis Tansey and a pencil sketch of Lily Yeats by John Butler Yeats. 

Vivien John's 'The Islands' features at Aidan Foley's sale.

There is a Regency-style three-pillar dining table, a Victorian boot-and-stick stand, a Victorian oak consul table, an Edwardian Sutherland table and a pair of gilt-framed armchairs among a selection of 82 lots of furniture. 

A selection of pub memorabilia, garden furniture, porcelain and crystal and a wide variety of collectibles is on offer.