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  • KILLARNEY WORKBOX MAKES 5,200 IN SKIBBEREEN

    THIS Victorian walnut three tier dumb waiter made a hammer price of 2,600 at Ted Hegarty's Bandon auction on July 25

    The classically inlaid Killarney workbox sold in Skibbereen. (click on image to enlarge).

    A Killarney lady’s workbox made a hammer price of 5,200 at the Morgan O’Driscoll sale in Skibbereen on Sunday, July 25.

    Classically inlaid with arbutus and other woods the table is decorated with the crown over the harp, scenes of Muckross Abbey, ferns and shamrocks.  There is a beautifully fitted interior.

    The estimate on the piece had been 5,000-7,000, and when fees and VAT are added to the hammer price it will come in at around 6,300-6,400.

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