An Irishman's DiaryIT MAY have lacked the popular appeal of Peig: The Musical! but Ireland’s first-ever grand opera in the Irish language was a …Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
From Thurles to PekingMEALY’S TWO-DAY Summer Fine and Decorative Art auction next week features jewellery, paintings, and furniture from the late Matty…Sat May 26 2012 - 01:00
Bathing nuns and a Brittany pub sceneA William Leech bought for £150 in the 1950s has an upward estimate of €400,000 at Adam’sSat May 26 2012 - 01:00
Portrait of comedian Jimmy O'Dea for sale in LondonREADERS OF A CERTAIN age will recall, with great fondness, Jimmy O’Dea, a Dublin actor and comedian who died in 1965Sat May 26 2012 - 01:00
Mount Congreve porcelain bowl sells for £157,250A slightly chipped soup bowl from a house in Co Waterford has sold for £157,250 (€195,000) at auction in LondonFri May 25 2012 - 01:00
First Mount Congreve auction next weekON WEDNESDAY next in London, Christie’s, in association with Mealy’s, will hold the first of two auctions to dispose of art and…Sat May 19 2012 - 01:00
A golden memento of Princess MargaretA BROOCH once owned by the late Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and younger sister of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, is to…Sat May 19 2012 - 01:00
Envoy's diplomatic bag of swag up for auctionWHAT TO do with an unwanted gift from North Korea? At the risk of upsetting the supreme leader, a retired Irish diplomat has …Mon May 14 2012 - 01:00
Irish sport tackled by Polish artistFEW IRISH artists paint sporting subjects and those who do produce decidedly patchy resultsSat May 12 2012 - 01:00
Separating the ducks from the geeseTHE TITLE of a painting to be auctioned in Dublin this month has been changed after closer analysis revealed a flock of geese…Sat May 12 2012 - 01:00
Gloomy day for Irish art in LondonPrices were light years away from the boom when 57 lots by Irish painters and sculptors went under the hammer at Sotheby’sSat May 12 2012 - 01:00
Bacon painting sells for $44.8m at auctionA MALE nude painting by Dublin-born artist Francis Bacon has sold for $44.8 million (€34Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Bacon painting fetches €34m at auctionA male nude painting by Dublin-born artist Francis Bacon sold for $44.8 million (€34Thu May 10 2012 - 01:00
Air hostess flying high as Beatles menu goes up for saleA former Aer Lingus air hostess hopes to make a tidy sum next week when an in-flight menu signed by all four members of the Beatles…Wed May 09 2012 - 01:00
Beauty and the Bacon: two portraits to be auctionedTWO RADICALLY different views of the human figure by Irish artists – a male nude by Francis Bacon and a portrait of a Co Meath…Wed May 09 2012 - 01:00
Le Brocquy tapestries may make less than half 2001 priceA WEEK after his death, it has emerged that some of artist Louis le Brocquy’s most significant work is to be sold at auction …Thu May 03 2012 - 01:00
Collins mementos keep the buyers busyTHIS WEEK Mealy’s held the last of the big April “history” auctions – and also sold the contents of an 18th-century library assembled…Sat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00
Adam's gives first look at prolific artistADAM’S WILL hold a single-artist auction of work by Seán O’Sullivan next Wednesday at 6pm when 174 paintings, drawings and lithographs…Sat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00
Snuff box tells a forgotten taleNorthsider was eminent academic, first secretary of the RIA and physician general to the British army in IrelandSat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00
Buyer of Collins criminal card hails €4,000 'bargain'An original “criminal card” for Michael Collins, issued by British intelligence during the War of Independence, sold at auction…Thu Apr 26 2012 - 01:00
Play sold for Wilde price at auctionA RARE FIRST edition copy of Oscar Wilde’s play The Importance of Being Earnest has sold for just over €263,000 at a New York…Mon Apr 23 2012 - 01:00
And they call it puppet love: 'Spitting Image' regulars sold to Dublin pubGERRY ADAMS, Nelson Mandela and Peter Mandelson would make unlikely drinking buddies – but Spitting Image puppets of all three…Mon Apr 23 2012 - 01:00
A gentleman's library with rare gemsANYONE INTERESTED in rare and antiquarian books should not miss Mealy’s separate sale of “An Irish Gentleman’s Library” on Tuesday…Sat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00
Mementos of Michael CollinsTHE CULT of Michael Collins continues unabated and is occasionally reminiscent of the devotion once accorded by Irish Catholics…Sat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00
Four Henrys for sale at Sotheby'sSotheby’s hopes to woo Irish buyers by showing in Dublin and Belfast next week, ahead of its art auction in LondonSat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00
Michael Collins's hair to go to museum after sale abandonedA LOCK of tangled brown hair taken from the head of the dead Michael Collins has been withdrawn from auction and will be donated…Wed Apr 18 2012 - 01:00
Private collection of rare books to be soldONE OF Ireland’s most important 18th-century private libraries is to be broken up and sold off next week in Dublin.Tue Apr 17 2012 - 01:00
Good prices for old moneyAS IF 800 years did not offer enough misery, Whyte’s is promising “2,000 years of Irish History” at its sale next Saturday, which…Sat Apr 14 2012 - 01:00
Historic items from all sidesTHE FIRST of the year’s big history sales takes place in Dublin next Wednesday when Adam’s of St Stephen’s Green hold its auction…Sat Apr 14 2012 - 01:00
Hidden treasures of great house revealedONE OF Ireland’s greatest unknown and unseen collections of art treasures has finally been revealed with the announcement of …Sat Apr 14 2012 - 01:00
For sale: spitting images of Gerry Adams, Nelson Mandela and Peter MandelsonA PUPPET of Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams is to be auctioned in Dublin next week and is expected to sell for over €1,000.Fri Apr 13 2012 - 01:00
Nuns asked for sniper to kill crowsTIPPERARY NUNS asked the British army to send a sniper to shoot jackdaws and crows which were “ruining” potatoes in the convent…Wed Apr 11 2012 - 01:00
Hair from corpse of Michael Collins to be auctioned in DublinIS NOTHING sacred? Macabre mementos of the death of Michael Collins have come to light: a lock of hair taken from the dead leader…Mon Apr 09 2012 - 01:00
International buyers snap up best lotsMEALY’S SAID 1,000 bidders registered for its two-day Spring Fine and Decorative Art Sale in Co Kilkenny earlier this week – …Sat Apr 07 2012 - 01:00
A €4 million egg that's not just for easterChristie’s has announced the sale of Baroque Egg with Bow (Blue/Turquoise) by artist Jeff Koons at auction in London on June …Sat Apr 07 2012 - 01:00
A timely visit to see AIB's artANYONE VISITING Cork for Easter or, as the locals might put it, lucky enough to live there, should visit the Crawford Art Gallery…Sat Apr 07 2012 - 01:00
Hermès makes a bags of its Irish exclusive by mistaking four-leaf clover for shamrockSACRE BLEU! In a rare faux-pas, the French luxury goods company Hermès has used a four-leaf clover instead of the three-leaf …Fri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
Cracked Ming dish valued at €1,200 is sold for €1.8mA CRACKED Chinese Ming Dynasty porcelain dish – from a house in Northern Ireland and first valued at just €1,200 – sold at a …Thu Apr 05 2012 - 01:00
Yeats paintings fail to impressTHE LONG run of success for Jack B Yeats came to a temporary halt at Adam’s art auction on Wednesday evening when both paintings…Sat Mar 31 2012 - 01:00
'Little Nell' to star at Mealy'sA LARGE Victorian painting, The Grandfather at the Grave of Little Nell – with an estimate of €5,000-€7,000 – is one of the highlights…Sat Mar 31 2012 - 01:00
'Titanic' sinking telegram to be auctioned in DublinTHE FIRST report of the Titanic disaster to reach an Irish newspaper is expected to sell for up to €30,000 when it is auctioned…Thu Mar 29 2012 - 01:00
Papers reveal bank role in Pearse life policyDUBLIN BANKERS cashed in Pádraig Pearse’s life insurance policy just weeks after he was executed in 1916 and used the money to…Mon Mar 26 2012 - 01:00
A boyhood gift of a Yeats paintingA Yeats painting that was a birthday gift for a 12 year-old Dublin boy is expected to sell for over €100,000 at Adam’sSat Mar 24 2012 - 00:00
So many fish to fryPick up an original for the price of a print at an affordable art auctionSat Mar 24 2012 - 00:00
Dragon leaves English auctioneer 'flabbergasted'A necklace with a spectacular dragon-shaped pendant, once owned by Anne Horniman, the English tea heiress and patron of Dublin…Sat Mar 24 2012 - 00:00
Haughey displayed pride in his law to safeguard wivesFORMER TAOISEACH Charles Haughey regarded the law he introduced to prevent husbands disinheriting their wives as one of his most…Tue Mar 20 2012 - 00:00
Free valuations mean attic memorabilia 'could be worth more than you think'Do you have Bono’s autograph? A guitar used by members of Thin Lizzy? Or, perhaps, an item associated with the Beatles or the…Sat Mar 17 2012 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryWHO knew that the “Abominable Snowman” – one of the most enduring myths of the last century – had an Offaly connection? Although…Sat Mar 17 2012 - 00:00
The heiress with the dragon pendantA NECKLACE discovered in an English auction house belonged to the mystery English heiress who funded the establishment of the…Sat Mar 17 2012 - 00:00
