Herman White

i just was looking through daft and saw that a house that i was due to see on monday with herman white wasnt on there, i called to confirm viewing i had set up earlier this week for next monday to be told that it was gone… i asked if anyone was going to tell me this? the answer no she didnt have everyones number — i gave her my number. I am not using this company in the future and think it was very bad form and warn people trying to use them. So rude :(
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During the summer, myself and a few of my neighbours, and well friends as well, took to sitting on the front stoop of our house on the rare warm and sunny day, leading into a warm clear night. It was our way of claiming a bit of outside space, to make up for our lack of a garden. Then one day one of our neighbours announced that he was tired of us sitting in his way, ok he didn’t say that, but he did say that he had found a cheap table that was going to be auctioned off at Herman Wilkinson and that he would go down tomorrow and place his bid. This way we could use the bit of space behind the car to make a real outside area. This sounded absolutely fabulous to me. In the end, the table never materialised, but my interest had been piqued. What was this place of which he spoke?
I went the next week to check it out and I was amazed with the amount of furniture and other home goods that were being sold at such bargain prices. I was also amazed out how cool a lot of the items were! Alas, I had no use for the items being sold, but it’s definitely interesting to see and if I ever decide to be a grown up and buy a house, I think I might just have to go here to fill my house up with furniture!

This is a magical place. One of the few remaining auction houses in Dublin, I love to go here to browse through the newest stock, even though I’m not really looking to furnish my house. I try to imagine where the items came from, how old they are, what story they can tell.
Every week sees some new unique antique-​items, from tables and chairs to jewellery and kitchen utensils and the place has more of a museum feel than a shop. You can look through the potential treasures on Wednesdays from 2 to 6.30 and if you see something you like, write down the number and go to the auction at 10 the next day. Prices vary greatly and everything goes to the highest bidder, but you might leave with 3 paintings for a fiver or a 30 euro wooden dining-​table. Definitely worth the look!

Looking to furnish your whole house for less than € 100? Or maybe you’re an antiques buff scouting out your next best deal? Then the weekly auction at the Herman Wilkinson warehouse (out the back behind the carpark of Herman White auctioneers) is a place that will send thrills up your spine.
The whole warehouse is full to the brim with antiques, raggedy floral couches with the springs missing, old beds, cardboard boxes full of cassette tapes, first edition books and boxes of old Beano manuals, cabinets with drawers full of silver cutlery, faded photographs in cracked wooden frames, and many more gems besides. It is also a great place to pick up a bike for next to nothing, from an ancient heavy Dutch-​style bike complete with original basket and sprung leather saddle, to a 1980s pink racer or a modern, boyish mountain bike.
The auction is held every Thursday morning from 10am, and all the items are available to view until 6pm the previous day.
I have seen couches (quite horrible ones mind you) go for just € 2 here if no one else is interested, and beautiful mahogany dressing tables fetch € 120.
Even if you don’t buy anything, it makes for an interesting browse or an exciting spectacle as the bidding kicks off.