Antiques: Villa gates from Tuscany, a Shell petrol pump globe and Irish fireplaces

The market for collectibles is strong in Ireland and internationally, writes Des O'Sullivan

A pair of large Italian Tuscany villa gates at Victor Mee.

A fine pair of large forged iron gates from a villa in Tuscany might set the scene nicely now that climate change is upon us. This decorated and atmospheric pair, complete with two side pedestrian entrance gates and scroll-design side pillars, is at Victor Mee's online summer garden sale on Wednesday (July 15) with an estimate of €6,000-€8,000.

An original red telephone box, an 18th-century industrial cast-iron cider press, 21 square metres of Bert and May reclaimed floor tiles in a geometric art deco pattern of predominantly greys, and an early 19th-century metal three-legged pot are among the collectibles at this sale of 733 lots.