You might have missed it, but the most expensive jumble sale in history took place in County Wicklow yesterday.

Guinness Heir, Garech Browne, auctioned off what he described as “clutter” in the run up to the sale of items from his home in Luggala Estate.

Mr. Browne said he was living with the contents of 2 hourse and he had “too much stuff”

When the auctioneers hammer went down on the final item, the sale had realised some €2.6m

The biggest sale of the 400 lots was an 18th Century hardwood cabinet on a stand which went for €200,000. This was followed by an Irish mahogany side table which sold for €180,000. Four drawings of Dublin by Joseph Tudor, dating from 1753, went for €100,000.