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‘Celtic Phoenix’ effect as art and antiques market recovers

‘Celtic Phoenix’ effect as art and antiques market recovers

Salerooms report their best year in a decade, and predict further gains in 2018

Sat Jan 06 2018 - 06:00
As antiques market recovers, two businesses are expanding

As antiques market recovers, two businesses are expanding

Victor Mee Auctions Ltd and Blackrock Rare Books thriving in a competitive market

Sat Jan 06 2018 - 00:00
Going, going, gone . . . for $450m in New York or €450,000 in Dublin

Going, going, gone . . . for $450m in New York or €450,000 in Dublin

From a record Leonardo Da Vinci to an unsold Francis Bacon, 2017 had some memorable moments

Sat Dec 30 2017 - 05:00
Stolen, found – an Old Master nativity with a colourful past

Stolen, found – an Old Master nativity with a colourful past

Over four centuries "The Adoration of the Shepherds" has turned up in places as diverse as Delft in Holland, a royal palace in Germany, a French château, an attic in Clondalkin and a stately home in Co Wicklow

Sat Dec 16 2017 - 05:00
Auctions: First edition of ‘The Happy Prince’ by Oscar Wilde fetches more than €30, 000

Auctions: First edition of ‘The Happy Prince’ by Oscar Wilde fetches more than €30, 000

Unopened 134-year-old bottle of Jameson whiskey makes €4,800; 1st edition of ‘Ulysses’ fails to sell

Sat Dec 16 2017 - 00:00
Shoeless children, straw men – Victorian images of Leitrim for London auction

Shoeless children, straw men – Victorian images of Leitrim for London auction

Sotheby’s also offering a first-edition copy of ‘Ulysses’ with a top estimate of £250,000

Sat Dec 09 2017 - 05:00
What sold and what’s coming up in the salerooms

What sold and what’s coming up in the salerooms

Painting by Walter Osborne hits the top of its estimate and Morgan O’Driscoll

Sat Dec 09 2017 - 00:00
‘Rags, Bones and Bottles’ – An earthier fair city in this 19th-century painting

‘Rags, Bones and Bottles’ – An earthier fair city in this 19th-century painting

Osborne’s view of The Liberties in Morgan O’Driscoll’s art auction

Sat Dec 02 2017 - 06:00
Fine art and antiques results – Swish family Robinson

Fine art and antiques results – Swish family Robinson

Irish paintings in demand at Whyte’s while Sheppart’s host the Maureen O’Hara Collection

Sat Dec 02 2017 - 00:00
Thomas Ryan: an artist with an eye on politics

Thomas Ryan: an artist with an eye on politics

Gallery honours 88-year-old painter with show of a lifetime’s work

Sat Dec 02 2017 - 00:00
€120,000 ring and a cut-price Dior mink – Maureen O’Hara items sold at auction

€120,000 ring and a cut-price Dior mink – Maureen O’Hara items sold at auction

Hollywood star’s jewels flew, but furs went for less

Wed Nov 29 2017 - 19:00
Mosse mugs and snail plates - what sold at Mary Robinson country home sell off

Mosse mugs and snail plates - what sold at Mary Robinson country home sell off

Former president’s kitchenalia was snapped up but many artworks failed to sell

Wed Nov 29 2017 - 11:08
Lake Geneva by Lavery or the Dodder by Yeats?

Lake Geneva by Lavery or the Dodder by Yeats?

Irish artists take to the water in Whyte’s art auction

Sat Nov 25 2017 - 05:00
Mary Robinson’s Zimbabwean art and Maureen O’Hara’s religious medals: lots of surprises go under hammer

Mary Robinson’s Zimbabwean art and Maureen O’Hara’s religious medals: lots of surprises go under hammer

Sheppard’s auction reveals very different tastes of two of Ireland’s best-known 20th-century women

Sat Nov 25 2017 - 05:00
‘By Merrion Strand’ by Yeats makes €450,000

‘By Merrion Strand’ by Yeats makes €450,000

Several paintings by the artist have been sold recently

Sat Nov 25 2017 - 00:00
Painting that once adorned Aer Lingus chairman’s office is star in Adam’s sale

Painting that once adorned Aer Lingus chairman’s office is star in Adam’s sale

‘By Merrion Strand’ is now most expensive Irish painting to be offered in 2017

Sat Nov 18 2017 - 06:00
Move over Ikea – antique brown furniture is back

Move over Ikea – antique brown furniture is back

A weekend sale at Adam’s seems to suggest that brown is back in town

Sat Nov 18 2017 - 06:00
Yeats, Paris nude and ‘Toymakers’ are de Veres highlights

Yeats, Paris nude and ‘Toymakers’ are de Veres highlights

First big winter art sales has plenty for art investors at range of prices

Sat Nov 18 2017 - 05:00
Auctions – The Final Chapter of the Yeats Family Collection

Auctions – The Final Chapter of the Yeats Family Collection

WB Yeats’s signature ‘pince-nez’ glasses make €10,000 – more than 16 times the estimated price

Sat Nov 18 2017 - 00:00
WB Yeats’s signature glasses sell for €10,000 at auction

WB Yeats’s signature glasses sell for €10,000 at auction

Poet’s pinch-nose spectacles fetch price over 16 times the top estimate in Kilkenny

Tue Nov 14 2017 - 21:14
All wrapped up for Christmas with Maureen O’Hara’s fur coats

All wrapped up for Christmas with Maureen O’Hara’s fur coats

Irish Hollywood star’s emeralds also to be sold in €500,000 Sheppard’s auction

Sat Nov 11 2017 - 05:00
Auctions and fairs: A guide to this week’s events

Auctions and fairs: A guide to this week’s events

A rare 1920s German money-box made €8,500 in a Mealy’s auction

Sat Nov 11 2017 - 00:00
WB Yeats’s trademark glasses for sale at €500-€600

WB Yeats’s trademark glasses for sale at €500-€600

Yet more items are to be auctioned as the family reaps a multi-million euro windfall

Sat Nov 11 2017 - 00:00
Daniel O’Connell portrait and cracked jug add spice to Mealy’s eclectic sale

Daniel O’Connell portrait and cracked jug add spice to Mealy’s eclectic sale

Rare German 1920s ‘Bonzo Bank’money box also among highlights

Sat Nov 04 2017 - 05:00
‘The ugliest painting to come to auction for quite some time’

‘The ugliest painting to come to auction for quite some time’

Art critic Eamonn Mallie is selling some of his art collection including an unattractive portrait of Van Morrison

Sat Nov 04 2017 - 00:00
Blackamoors and bronzes: Eclectic offerings at auctions from Bray to Louth

Blackamoors and bronzes: Eclectic offerings at auctions from Bray to Louth

Sat Nov 04 2017 - 00:00
Mary and Nick Robinson to auction 200 lots

Mary and Nick Robinson to auction 200 lots

Contents of Massbrook House include furniture, pictures, crockery and garden sculpture

Sat Oct 28 2017 - 05:00
Art and antiques: what sold this week

Art and antiques: what sold this week

At Whyte’s, ‘Riot Soldier, Belfast’, oil-on-board, by George Campbell, fetches €5,000

Sat Oct 28 2017 - 00:00
Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Saviour of the World’, sold for £45 in 1958, now for sale at $100m

Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Saviour of the World’, sold for £45 in 1958, now for sale at $100m

The thrilling history of ‘Salvator Mundi – the Holy Grail of Old Master paintings’

Sat Oct 28 2017 - 00:00
‘Captain Cook’, one of greatest finds in Irish auction history

‘Captain Cook’, one of greatest finds in Irish auction history

in Kilkenny 30 years ago, a lost portrait sold for IR£27K. Months later it made £600K

Sat Oct 21 2017 - 05:00
What sold this week in art and furniture and what’s coming up for sale

What sold this week in art and furniture and what’s coming up for sale

Sat Oct 21 2017 - 00:00
‘Celtic Phoenix is well and truly in flight,’ say Whyte’s, as Paul Henry’s ‘West of Ireland Bog’ sells for €100,000

‘Celtic Phoenix is well and truly in flight,’ say Whyte’s, as Paul Henry’s ‘West of Ireland Bog’ sells for €100,000

Winners and losers in the autumn art auctions

Sat Oct 21 2017 - 00:00
From graffiti artist to most expensive painter in America

From graffiti artist to most expensive painter in America

After U2, now Yoko Ono is selling her Basquiat as prices for the artist soar

Sat Oct 21 2017 - 00:00
Fine Art: Vintage and retro – antiques of the future

Fine Art: Vintage and retro – antiques of the future

Tea trolleys and cocktail cabinets: Auction of mid-20th-century furniture in Dublin

Sat Oct 14 2017 - 05:00
Auction results: Adam’s Townley Hall sale totals €2m

Auction results: Adam’s Townley Hall sale totals €2m

An Irish Georgian oil-on-canvas painting by George Barret Snr fetches €200,000

Sat Oct 14 2017 - 00:00
Mirrors, silver and furniture in Adam’s whopping €20 catalogue

Mirrors, silver and furniture in Adam’s whopping €20 catalogue

Dublin auctioneer to hold annual sale of some 900 lots at Townley Hall in Co Louth

Sat Oct 07 2017 - 05:00
What sold this week in fine art, antiques

What sold this week in fine art, antiques

World record price for Chinese ceramics at Sotheby’s, Hong Kong

Sat Oct 07 2017 - 00:00
Hollywood glamour adds huge value at London auctions

Hollywood glamour adds huge value at London auctions

Vivien Leigh and Audrey Hepburn memorabilia hit record highs

Sat Oct 07 2017 - 00:00
One art action, three very different women

One art action, three very different women

Whyte’s sale has three notable paintings of women by Orpen, Lavery and O’Conor

Sat Sept 30 2017 - 05:00
Antiques & Art: auction results and forthcoming sales and fairs

Antiques & Art: auction results and forthcoming sales and fairs

‘Self-Portrait, New York’, an oil-on-canvas by John Butler Yeats, goes for just under €100,000 at Sotheby’s in London – a new auction record for the artist

Sat Sept 30 2017 - 00:00
Will Francis Bacon’s ‘Red Pope’ break the €100m mark?

Will Francis Bacon’s ‘Red Pope’ break the €100m mark?

‘This painting gives me a shiver down my spine,’ says Christie’s chairman

Sat Sept 30 2017 - 00:00
WB Yeats’s love letters fail to sell in London auction

WB Yeats’s love letters fail to sell in London auction

Poet’s writing desk, chair and hairbrushes sold but low estimate not reached for top lot

Wed Sept 27 2017 - 04:00
Thank Paul Henry for the original Wild Atlantic Way

Thank Paul Henry for the original Wild Atlantic Way

Artist’s compelling West of Ireland landscapes introduced Connemara to the world

Sat Sept 23 2017 - 05:00
Water Colour Society still selling after all these years

Water Colour Society still selling after all these years

Annual show in Dún Laoghaire is Ireland’s largest selling exhibition of watercolours

Sat Sept 23 2017 - 01:00
Wicklow collector’s stash of banknotes has some rare Lady Laverys

Wicklow collector’s stash of banknotes has some rare Lady Laverys

London auction house sells comprehensive private collection of Irish ten-shilling notes

Sat Sept 23 2017 - 00:00
Antiques and art: Auction results and forthcoming sales

Antiques and art: Auction results and forthcoming sales

1920s saphire and diamond ring fetches €22,000 at Adam’s

Sat Sept 23 2017 - 00:00
Investing in Irish art for a rainy day? It’s not without risk

Investing in Irish art for a rainy day? It’s not without risk

Irish art took a hit in the recession, but de Veres’ auction may spark fresh interest

Sat Sept 16 2017 - 05:00
Forthcoming Auctions & Fairs

Forthcoming Auctions & Fairs

Photographic stills from the film ‘The Quiet Man’ more than double the estimate

Sat Sept 16 2017 - 00:00
Something for every buyer (and browser) at next weekend’s RDS Antiques Fair

Something for every buyer (and browser) at next weekend’s RDS Antiques Fair

Growing demand for Art Deco and mid-century modern reflected by sellers

Sat Sept 16 2017 - 00:00
Yeats love letters, artwork goes on view in Dublin before auction

Yeats love letters, artwork goes on view in Dublin before auction

200 items from the ‘Yeats Family Collection’ are being sold by WB Yeats’s grandchildren

Thu Sept 14 2017 - 17:04
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