There are many valuable things with a wide price range on show at the Irish Antiques Fair.
The tenth Irish Antiques Dealers' Fair takes place at the Mansion House in Dublin. Everything at the fair must be at least 100 years old. Among the antique oil lamps, candelabras, French clocks, on display is a painting of Donnybrook Fair.
There are about a million pounds worth of valuables on display at the fair.
There is also furniture, silverware, jewellery, rare books, maps, manuscripts, pistols, and a French automaton. A collection of writings by Padraig Pearse is valued at £1,800.
The cheapest item at the fair is an English thimble priced at one pound. The most expensive item is a pair of Italian marble tables priced at £11,000.
The fair opened on 4 August and runs until 9 August.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 7 August 1975. The reporter is George Devlin.
