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The art of the Victorian seaside

The art of the Victorian seaside

A 19th-century painting called ‘The Convalescent’ evokes the healing power of the beach

Sat Aug 08 2015 - 02:00
Sotheby’s to relaunch ‘The Irish Sale’ in London

Sotheby’s to relaunch ‘The Irish Sale’ in London

Orpen and Yeats to feature as appetite returns for Irish art

Thu Aug 06 2015 - 01:00
Michael Flatley’s paintings generate sales of  €1 million

Michael Flatley’s paintings generate sales of €1 million

Retired dancer’s art career has taken flight following his debut exhibition in London

Tue Aug 04 2015 - 01:00
Bank holiday auction roundup

Bank holiday auction roundup

Paintings by Jack B Yeats and Harry Kernoff among those going under the hammer in the coming days

Sat Aug 01 2015 - 07:16
West Cork online auction

West Cork online auction

Lots include work by Mark O’Neill, Markey Robinson and Graham Knuttel

Sat Aug 01 2015 - 07:00
Wicklow’s stolen paintings

Wicklow’s stolen paintings

Art taken in burglary includes work by Lavery, Yeats and Paul Henry

Sat Aug 01 2015 - 07:00
Painting ‘en plein air’ – or plain rain

Painting ‘en plein air’ – or plain rain

Europe’s biggest outdoor painting event underway in Wexford

Sat Aug 01 2015 - 07:00
Man cutting hedge finds stolen paintings worth €180,000

Man cutting hedge finds stolen paintings worth €180,000

Garda confirm recovery of works by Sir John Lavery, Jack B Yeats and Paul Henry

Tue Jul 28 2015 - 16:49
Case over Beit art export licences resumes

Case over Beit art export licences resumes

An Taisce seeks review in High Court of licences to sell paintings in London

Mon Jul 27 2015 - 01:00
Cantillon’s first-edition ‘Essai’ makes £40,000 at Christie’s auction

Cantillon’s first-edition ‘Essai’ makes £40,000 at Christie’s auction

Kerry economist’s 18-century essay now one of the world’s most collectible rare books

Mon Jul 27 2015 - 01:00
Roger Casement letter sells online for $11,025

Roger Casement letter sells online for $11,025

Unpublished letter, which was sold to private buyer in Ireland, sheds new light on his growing disenchantment with the British empire

Sat Jul 25 2015 - 06:00
Bank holiday auction in Clifden

Bank holiday auction in Clifden

Jack B Yeats painting a highlight at Dolan’s

Sat Jul 25 2015 - 05:00
Auctions & Fairs

Auctions & Fairs

Sat Jul 25 2015 - 05:00
Stained glass adds colour to the last major auction of the summer season

Stained glass adds colour to the last major auction of the summer season

There were strong prices and big surprises at the Chatsworth sale at Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers

Sat Jul 25 2015 - 05:00
Jesuit pays 10 times estimate for Harry Clarke window

Jesuit pays 10 times estimate for Harry Clarke window

Priest pays €31,000 for piece depicting co-founder of order St Francis Xavier

Tue Jul 21 2015 - 21:12
British medal awarded in wake of 1916 to be auctioned

British medal awarded in wake of 1916 to be auctioned

Terenure bookseller decorated with St Andrew’s award for services rendered

Tue Jul 21 2015 - 01:00
Auction of Irish officer’s first World War belongings, intact after 100 years

Auction of Irish officer’s first World War belongings, intact after 100 years

Last major auction of summer includes collection from Harry Clarke Studios

Sun Jul 19 2015 - 20:00
See Naples and sigh

See Naples and sigh

Long blighted by a negative image, Naples deserves to regain its place in the list of the world’s must-see destinations

Sat Jul 18 2015 - 07:00
Auctions and results

Auctions and results

Sat Jul 18 2015 - 04:00
Northern Ireland art at Adam’s

Northern Ireland art at Adam’s

Paintings by George Campbell, Gerard Dillon and Daniel O’Neill can be viewed in Dublin and Down

Sat Jul 18 2015 - 03:00
Belfast publican pays €18,000 for Donegal carpet

Belfast publican pays €18,000 for Donegal carpet

The blue carpet, measuring 14m by 5m, was made for the New Ireland Assurance company for its Dublin boardroom in 1964

Sat Jul 18 2015 - 01:00
Charles Dickens and the ‘exceedingly whimsical’ fans exhibition

Charles Dickens and the ‘exceedingly whimsical’ fans exhibition

Mealy’s auction includes exotic fans once reviewed by Charles Dickens

Sun Jul 12 2015 - 10:20
Mechanical rodent for the rich

Mechanical rodent for the rich

Pearl, gold and enamel automaton mouse fetches more than €500,000 at Sotheby’s

Sat Jul 11 2015 - 05:00
€25,000 Donegal carpet for auction

€25,000 Donegal carpet for auction

‘New Ireland Carpet’ for auction at Mealy’s measures about 13.7m by 5m

Sat Jul 11 2015 - 05:00
Auction results

Auction results

Tony O’Malley’s ‘Bahamas Collage’ sells for €3,800 in online art auction

Sat Jul 11 2015 - 05:00
Harry Clarke stained glass windows to be auctioned

Harry Clarke stained glass windows to be auctioned

Pieces were made for churches in Ireland, Wales and New Zealand but never installed

Thu Jul 09 2015 - 01:00
Unknown  Roger Casement letter of  1913 to be sold in Cape Town

Unknown Roger Casement letter of 1913 to be sold in Cape Town

Casement expresses disillusionment with British Empire, criticises policy in S Africa

Tue Jul 07 2015 - 01:00
Lucian Freud’s ‘Four Eggs on a Plate’ fetches almost £1m

Lucian Freud’s ‘Four Eggs on a Plate’ fetches almost £1m

Francis Bacon’s ‘Self-Portrait, 1975’ sells above estimates for £15.3m at Sotheby’s

Sat Jul 04 2015 - 05:00
Portrait of Michael Collins in west Cork auction

Portrait of Michael Collins in west Cork auction

Noel Murphy painting in online art auction

Sat Jul 04 2015 - 05:00
Auction results

Auction results

Jack B Yeats’ ‘The Light of Town’ sells above estimates for £67,300 at Christie’s Auctions

Sat Jul 04 2015 - 04:00
Asian lots top Sheppard’s bill again

Asian lots top Sheppard’s bill again

Chinese Qing period vases sell for €60,000 – 50 times the top estimate

Sat Jul 04 2015 - 04:00
The Irish bishop and his tiger skin trophy

The Irish bishop and his tiger skin trophy

Preserved tiger skin and the photo of the bishop who shot the animal in 1911 among quirky lots at Sheppard's auction

Sat Jun 27 2015 - 06:00
Auction results: ‘First version’ of Manet painting sells for £16.9m

Auction results: ‘First version’ of Manet painting sells for £16.9m

Sat Jun 27 2015 - 05:00
Mixed results for first editions of James Joyce’s Ulysses

Mixed results for first editions of James Joyce’s Ulysses

Portrait of the Artist goes for £40,000 and Poems by WB Yeats sells for £9,000

Sat Jun 27 2015 - 05:00
‘Selfies’ by Francis Bacon go on sale at London auction

‘Selfies’ by Francis Bacon go on sale at London auction

Sotheby’s says self-portraits ‘exude conceptual brilliance and painterly genius’

Sat Jun 27 2015 - 05:00
Cork priest’s war medals to go on auction this week

Cork priest’s war medals to go on auction this week

Fr Tom Duggan was a staunch nationalist who fought for British in both World Wars

Sat Jun 27 2015 - 01:00
Cork priest who served in two World Wars but was staunch nationalist

Cork priest who served in two World Wars but was staunch nationalist

Fr Tom Duggan was captured as a PoW and attended IRA leader Tom Barry’s wedding

Sat Jun 27 2015 - 01:00
Christie’s formally withdraws auction of Beit pictures

Christie’s formally withdraws auction of Beit pictures

Six paintings, including two Rubens, were set to be sold on July 9th

Thu Jun 25 2015 - 14:36
Gun  Ian Paisley gave to Bertie Ahern was loan, not gift

Gun Ian Paisley gave to Bertie Ahern was loan, not gift

Carbine reputedly used at Battle of the Boyne to be auctioned

Wed Jun 24 2015 - 16:37
Beit painting sold to Ukrainian-born billionaire

Beit painting sold to Ukrainian-born billionaire

Britain’s richest man Leonard Blavatnik buys Beit painting in private Christie’s deal

Mon Jun 22 2015 - 01:00
Walter Frederick Osborne, Jack B Yeats paintings for London auctions

Walter Frederick Osborne, Jack B Yeats paintings for London auctions

Osborne’s ‘Boy on a Donkey in Snowy Landscape’ estimated at £10,000-£15,000

Sat Jun 20 2015 - 00:00
Artist  couple’s personal collection to be sold

Artist couple’s personal collection to be sold

Works by sculptor Conor Fallon and painter Nancy Wynne-Jones in last auction of Dublin summer season

Sat Jun 20 2015 - 00:00
‘Royal Ascot’ bidder fails to nab ‘Goresbridge’ painting at de Veres

‘Royal Ascot’ bidder fails to nab ‘Goresbridge’ painting at de Veres

Irish buyer purchases Peter Curling’s ‘Horse Fair at Goresbridge’ for €31,000

Sat Jun 20 2015 - 00:00
Auction results

Auction results

Sat Jun 20 2015 - 00:00
Russborough House refuses request to delay Beit sale

Russborough House refuses request to delay Beit sale

Heather Humphreys asked trust to reconsider auction of paintings from collection

Tue Jun 16 2015 - 22:10
Two Russborough Beit paintings sell for £112,500

Two Russborough Beit paintings sell for £112,500

Paintings sell at low end of expectations at auction in London

Tue Jun 16 2015 - 17:50
Questions over authenticity of Russborough painting

Questions over authenticity of Russborough painting

Rubens’s The Monk was apparently rejected for auction and is returning to Ireland

Tue Jun 16 2015 - 08:38
Two Beit works from Russborough House ready for sale

Two Beit works from Russborough House ready for sale

Christie’s auctioneers will sell paintings by John Atkinson Grimshaw in London

Mon Jun 15 2015 - 01:00
Terry O’Neill photos of Hollywood stars for auction in London

Terry O’Neill photos of Hollywood stars for auction in London

Prints include Brigitte Bardot, Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen and David Bowie

Sat Jun 13 2015 - 05:00
Lucien Freud’s golden eggs for the duchess

Lucien Freud’s golden eggs for the duchess

Painting given by artist Lucian Freud to the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire to be auctioned in London

Sat Jun 13 2015 - 05:00
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