Garden offerings and pub collectibles at these Cork and Tipperary sales

 There are bargains to be found in two auctions

A Regency rosewood and brass inlaid card table at Sean Eacrett's sale.

If the idea of a real bargain in antique furniture floats your boat, then a sale by Sean Eacrett next Monday (September 7) should be of interest. The entire contents of Templetuohy Antiques in Co. Tipperary will come under the hammer. The auction of 893 lots offers 542 furniture pieces headed by a large pitch pine and oak kitchen table, a Regency rosewood brass inlaid foldover card table and a William IV mahogany console table, all estimated at €800-€1,200.

An unusual antique stone well head at Woodwards.

These are estimates only. At many auctions, lots fail to reach the low estimate and sell anyway. Demand for antique furniture is not strong, and there are bargains to be found in an appetising selection that includes everything from a 19th-century circular rent table with blind tooled green leather top, a pair of wingback chairs with deep button backs and a continental two-door vitrine with painted panel doors.

A continental walnut and veneered cylinder writing desk with ivorine panels on inlaid cabriole supports and a Regency Irish supper table with hairy paw supports are each estimated at just €300-€500. A 19th century two-door elm armoire (€150-€250), a Regency sofa table (€150-€250), a 19th century ebonised single door side cabinet (€100-€200) and an antique oak dresser (€80-€120) give a good idea of the value to be found.

A continental walnut and veneered cylinder desk at Sean Eacrett's sale.

The selection includes mirrors, rugs, torcheres, various chairs, work tables, desks, blanket boxes, trunks, teapoys and even some cast iron Guinness weather vanes at €60-€100. The auction is on view in Templetuohy today and tomorrow and the live and online sale will take place in Ballybrittas, Co. Laois from 10 am next Monday.

The auction by Woodwards of Cork next Wednesday (September 9) will feature garden items and catering equipment from Ballinacurra House, Kinsale. An antique stone well head on an octagonal base is among the more unusual lots. It is complete with four sculpted lion heads and a heraldic shield. There are garden vases, a sundial, a long stone trough and garden seats in an auction that includes ovens, fridges, tables and chairs. It will be on view in Dunderrow from 11 am to 4 pm next Tuesday (September 8) and on the morning of the timed online auction, which finishes from noon.

A sundial at Woodwards.

Collectors of pub memorabilia, and there are many of them, will flock to the viewing at the Groody Inn, Castletroy, Limerick today and tomorrow for Aidan Foley's entire pub clearance sale, which gets underway online at 4 pm next Monday (Sep 7). On offer are 496 lots of collectible items, including the entrance porch, two bar counters, carvery units, cold rooms, seating, coloured glass panels, pub mirrors, enamel signs, vintage pictures, tables and glasses.