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Signed first edition of ‘Ulysses’ by James Joyce set to make over €100,000

Signed first edition of ‘Ulysses’ by James Joyce set to make over €100,000

Rare copies of the James Joyce novel and WB Yeats first editions for sale in London

Sat Jun 13 2015 - 04:00
Sketch for Manet’s ‘Le Bar aux Folies-Bergère’ for £15-£20m

Sketch for Manet’s ‘Le Bar aux Folies-Bergère’ for £15-£20m

Preparatory sketch in oils for Impressionist’s most famous and popular painting

Sat Jun 13 2015 - 04:00
The lady and the travelling hat trunk

The lady and the travelling hat trunk

‘Portrait of a Lady with a Large Hat’ by Blakeney Ward for €1,500-€2,000

Sat Jun 13 2015 - 04:00
Auctions and Fairs

Auctions and Fairs

Sat Jun 13 2015 - 03:00
Michael Flatley prepares   to enter global art market

Michael Flatley prepares to enter global art market

Dancer is offering 25 pictures for sale as part of new Firedance exhibition in London

Tue Jun 09 2015 - 08:06
Thousands sign petition to stop sale of Beit collection Old Masters in London

Thousands sign petition to stop sale of Beit collection Old Masters in London

Paintings from the collection at Russborough House are to be auctioned to raise funds for the house’s upkeep

Mon Jun 08 2015 - 01:00
Major first World War painting in Bonhams sale

Major first World War painting in Bonhams sale

Painting by CWV (Christopher) Nevinson, estimated at £250,000-£350,000, is the top lot at London auction

Sat Jun 06 2015 - 06:00
Postcards from the past

Postcards from the past

Eclectic auction has more than 500 lots including medals, vintage cameras and coins

Sat Jun 06 2015 - 06:00
Auctions and results

Auctions and results

Sat Jun 06 2015 - 06:00
Horses for courses at de Vere’s

Horses for courses at de Vere’s

Paintings and sculpture with an equine theme at de Veres auction

Sat Jun 06 2015 - 06:00
Tiny jade seal makes €260,000 at Dublin auction of Chinese art and paintings

Tiny jade seal makes €260,000 at Dublin auction of Chinese art and paintings

Matchbox-sized piece of carved jade was possibly used to stamp documents in Peking’s Forbidden City during the reign of the Emperor Qianlong in the 18th century

Sat May 30 2015 - 07:00
Duchess’s Irish treasures sold in London

Duchess’s Irish treasures sold in London

Viceroy’s star and badge insignia – included in the auction of items of the late Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe – sold for £21,250

Sat May 30 2015 - 06:30
Auctions & Results

Auctions & Results

Sat May 30 2015 - 05:00
Irish art market rebounds

Irish art market rebounds

Top lot at Whyte's Irish art auction was a portrait of British actress Gladys Cooper by Sir William Orpen which made €175,000, well above the estimate of €80,000-€120,000

Sat May 30 2015 - 05:00
The aristo act: living it up in Lismore Castle

The aristo act: living it up in Lismore Castle

Fancy living like a duke or duchess? As an earl or countess? A lord or lady? You can savour aristocratic life in this Irish castle

Sat May 30 2015 - 01:00
Viceroy of Ireland’s jewels found in London bank vault

Viceroy of Ireland’s jewels found in London bank vault

Star of Order of St Patrick hidden in trunks filled with tiaras and other family treasures

Wed May 27 2015 - 01:01
Significant collection of Victorian Irish art  ‘rediscovered’

Significant collection of Victorian Irish art ‘rediscovered’

Sotheby’s to auction collection of paintings from the estate of Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe, who died aged 99, last year

Sun May 24 2015 - 11:00
Auctions & Results

Auctions & Results

Sat May 23 2015 - 05:00
Brick from the Mahdi’s tomb used as a Big House doorstop

Brick from the Mahdi’s tomb used as a Big House doorstop

Sat May 23 2015 - 00:00
GAA medals fetch record prices

GAA medals fetch record prices

Medal awarded to a member of Clare’s first All-Ireland Hurling team in 1914 sells for €9,750

Sat May 23 2015 - 00:00
‘I do not think it will offend you’: Letter from WB Yeats to Maud Gonne

‘I do not think it will offend you’: Letter from WB Yeats to Maud Gonne

Handwritten letter from the poet makes €16,000 at Adam’s sale of rare Irish books and historical memorabilia

Sun May 17 2015 - 10:15
€179.4m Picasso sale marks ‘new era’ for booming art market

€179.4m Picasso sale marks ‘new era’ for booming art market

Monet, Giacometti, Rothko and Lichtenstein among the big names making record prices

Sat May 16 2015 - 05:00
Auction of GAA memorabilia includes Clare’s first All-Ireland hurling medal

Auction of GAA memorabilia includes Clare’s first All-Ireland hurling medal

1901 All-Ireland football medal awarded to Dublin captain David ‘Gush Brady’ estimated at €1,500-€2,000

Sat May 16 2015 - 05:00
Maud Gonne’s harp is a top seller

Maud Gonne’s harp is a top seller

Irish history goes under the hammer at Whyte’s sale

Sat May 16 2015 - 05:00
Forthcoming auctions

Forthcoming auctions

Framed Blackrock College union golden jubilee dinner menu signed by Éamon de Valera for sale by Matthews at €1,000-€1,500

Sat May 16 2015 - 05:00
Bargains are back at Dublin auctions

Bargains are back at Dublin auctions

Pre-summer art auctions at Adam’s and Whyte’s mark a return to more affordable prices

Sat May 16 2015 - 02:00
Cabbage vendors, butter markets and the 100-year-old woman from Kerry

Cabbage vendors, butter markets and the 100-year-old woman from Kerry

A vast collection of vintage Irish postcards – to be auctioned next month – paints a picture of a long-forgotten Ireland

Sat May 16 2015 - 01:00
Russborough to sell Old Masters to fund upkeep of house

Russborough to sell Old Masters to fund upkeep of house

Sale of paintings by Christie’s in London could raise €11 million

Tue May 12 2015 - 07:22
Picasso smashes record for most expensive auctioned artwork

Picasso smashes record for most expensive auctioned artwork

‘Les Femme d’Alger (Version ‘O’) sells for in $179.4 million at Christie’s

Tue May 12 2015 - 06:35
Sheppard’s to hold first Dublin auction

Sheppard’s to hold first Dublin auction

‘Chinese Ceramics and Asian Works of Art’, with 120 lots, will be held on May 26th

Sat May 09 2015 - 02:00
‘Finest private library’ of rare publications

‘Finest private library’ of rare publications

Collection of late Tony Sweeney to be auctioned at Adam’s

Sat May 09 2015 - 02:00
Auctions

Auctions

Sat May 09 2015 - 02:00
Roy Lichtenstein’s  €1,000 painting now valued at €50m

Roy Lichtenstein’s €1,000 painting now valued at €50m

Art auctions at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in New York expected to net between $2bn and $2.5bn

Sat May 09 2015 - 00:00
Winston Churchill’s  ‘Victory Watch’ to be auctioned in London

Winston Churchill’s ‘Victory Watch’ to be auctioned in London

British war leader’s Swiss gold timepiece to be sold 70 years after VE Day

Sat May 09 2015 - 00:00
James Connolly’s membership card for the Scottish Labour Party  to be auctioned

James Connolly’s membership card for the Scottish Labour Party to be auctioned

1916 leader was born in Edinburgh to immigrant parents from Co Monaghan

Sat May 09 2015 - 00:00
British soldier scandalised by 1918 Fermoy

British soldier scandalised by 1918 Fermoy

Private sent to Cork town for training wrote of horror at drunken women and bad food

Mon May 04 2015 - 12:37
Auctions & Valuations

Auctions & Valuations

Sat May 02 2015 - 00:00
Rare history lots include 1916 footage

Rare history lots include 1916 footage

Newsreel of foundation of the State to be auctioned which includes footage of 1916 Rising and funeral of Michael Collins

Sat May 02 2015 - 00:00
Monet’s view of London parliament for auction

Monet’s view of London parliament for auction

The great French Impressionist admired the city’s ‘extraordinary’ light effects

Sat May 02 2015 - 00:00
Female nude makes €19,000

Female nude makes €19,000

Oil-on-canvas by French artist Paul Sieffert sells above its estimate at Sheppard’s two-day auction in Durrow, Co Laois

Sat May 02 2015 - 00:00
Beit paintings: Russborough House old masters for auction

Beit paintings: Russborough House old masters for auction

Millions of euro expected from sale of works, some of which recovered after robberies

Thu Apr 30 2015 - 00:01
Kilkenny boarding school has hotel potential for €1.35m

Kilkenny boarding school has hotel potential for €1.35m

This 17-bed Georgian mansion in Kilkenny has been partially renovated and could make a plush private residence or a country house hotel

Tue Apr 28 2015 - 15:00
Dining table makes €70,000 at Adam’s auction

Dining table makes €70,000 at Adam’s auction

600 lots offered at on-site auction of contents of Courtown House, a mansion in Kildare

Sat Apr 25 2015 - 02:00
Weird and wonderful sale at Sheppard’s

Weird and wonderful sale at Sheppard’s

Viewing begins in Durrow and online today for 1,300 eclectic lots

Sat Apr 25 2015 - 02:00
Auctions and Fairs

Auctions and Fairs

Sat Apr 25 2015 - 02:00
Two nudes for sale: one at €16,000, the other for €46m

Two nudes for sale: one at €16,000, the other for €46m

A pretty study by Sieffert contrasts with a benefits worker in raw honesty by Freud

Sat Apr 25 2015 - 01:00
Michael Flatley paintings are top sellers at Dublin art auction

Michael Flatley paintings are top sellers at Dublin art auction

Dancer has become one of the most expensive living Irish artists

Sat Apr 25 2015 - 00:00
Art auction in Kelly’s Hotel,  Rosslare

Art auction in Kelly’s Hotel, Rosslare

400 lots at Dolan’s auction of 20th Century and contemporary Irish art

Sat Apr 25 2015 - 00:00
Auctions & Fairs

Auctions & Fairs

Sat Apr 18 2015 - 00:00
Great opportunity to have pieces of art valued this weekend

Great opportunity to have pieces of art valued this weekend

Russborough House in Wicklow is hosting variation on the ‘Antiques Roadshow’

Sat Apr 18 2015 - 00:00
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