First edition of ‘Whoroscope’ by Samuel Beckett, sells for €4,200€250,000 spent at rare books auction in BallsbridgeSat Dec 14 2013 - 00:00
Rare books, manuscripts and maps in Dublin auctionAntiquarian travel books and signed first editions among the top lotsSat Dec 07 2013 - 01:00
‘The Ferry’ by Walter Frederick Osborne – the highest art auction price in Ireland this yearSat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00
Mealy’s backtracks on ‘Hitler watercolour’Mealy’s withdraws catalogue description ‘attributed to Adolf Hitler’ citing ‘difficulties associated with accurately attributing his work’Sat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00
Last big Irish art auction of 2013Adam’s says ‘green shoots’ are appearing in the Irish art marketSat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00
Three-day auction in Durrow has lots of surprising treasuresVintage clothes, wine and a stuffed pine-marten among highlights at Sheppard’sSat Nov 23 2013 - 00:00
Nama sells more of Derek Quinlan’s art – at massively reduced pricesLe Brocquy painting makes just one-fifth of its 2006 valueFri Nov 22 2013 - 01:00
Orpen’s ‘Portrait of Lady Idina Wallace’ sells for €1.1 millionPainting bought by an unnmaed private bidder in the United StatesWed Nov 20 2013 - 08:42
Orpen portrait of Lady Idina Wallace goes under hammerPainting will go under the hammer with a guide price of £800,000-£1.2 millionTue Nov 19 2013 - 10:39
Did Hitler paint this watercolour? Art dealer seeks help to solve puzzleMealy’s Fine Art has accepted landscape painting for its December auction and catalogued it as ‘attributed to Adolf Hitler’Mon Nov 18 2013 - 01:00
High priestess of Carlow-based ‘Fellowship of Isis’ cult dies, aged 96Olivia Durdin Robertson lived with her extended family in Huntington Castle in Clonegal, on the Carlow-Wexford borderSat Nov 16 2013 - 01:00
Frenzy of spending in the international art marketGlobal big spenders bought contemporary art, luxury watches and huge diamonds in a record-breaking series of auctions this weekSat Nov 16 2013 - 01:00
Irish art buyers keep it realAbstract art is a hard sell in Ireland where collectors prefer traditional, representational artSat Nov 16 2013 - 01:00
Alleged ‘forgeries’ withdrawn from Dublin art auctionPaintings had been consigned to sale by the heirs of the late Mervyn SolomonThu Nov 14 2013 - 13:55
Mystery surrounds identity of owner of world’s most expensive paintingWork acquired by anonymous telephone bidder after fierce competition for pieceThu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00
Bringing home the Bacon: triptych sells for record $142.4m1969 piece raises bar and becomes most expensive work ever sold at auctionWed Nov 13 2013 - 07:47
Price of Nama’s Le Brocquy paintings drops dramaticallyEstimates for London auction of art seized from financier Derek Quinlan cut by an average of 50 per centMon Nov 11 2013 - 15:30
Guinness family selling Maclise painting ‘Figure of Erin’Study for Irish artist’s murals in London’s House of LordsSat Nov 09 2013 - 00:00
Antique Chinese bowl from Russborough House makes €500,000 in London auctionSale of Sir Alfred Beit’s Chinese porcelain collection will help with roof repairs in historic publicly owned mansionThu Nov 07 2013 - 01:00
Great escape in Kilkenny for €1.85mThis 18th-century house on 91 acres with a fully-equipped equestrian centre and unique follies, has a colourful history as a former hideaway from a very public scandal involving a British aristocrat’s wife and Lord ByronThu Nov 07 2013 - 00:00
Busy month of auctions and art sales ahead in DublinAuctioneers and dealers competing for a share of pre-Christmas spendingSat Nov 02 2013 - 00:00
Portrait of “woman who scandalised a generation”Orpen’s 1915 painting of Lady Idina Wallace to be auctioned in LondonSat Nov 02 2013 - 00:00
Francis Bacon painting set to sell for $100 million in New YorkDublin-born painter now one of the most expensive artists in historyThu Oct 31 2013 - 01:00
Chinese porcelain to provide windfall for Russborough HouseItems from Sir Alfred Beit’s collection to be auctioned at Sotheby’sMon Oct 21 2013 - 10:22
