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Why sell – or buy – Irish art in London?

Why sell – or buy – Irish art in London?

Even with the fall in sterling there are hefty costs involved in London sales

Sat Sept 09 2017 - 07:00
Last chance to view Yeats treasures in Dublin before London art sales

Last chance to view Yeats treasures in Dublin before London art sales

Major art works and memorabilia being sold by the Yeats family go on show in Dublin along with top Irish paintings. All are destined to be auctioned in London

Sat Sept 09 2017 - 07:00
Antiques and art: what sold and what’s coming up

Antiques and art: what sold and what’s coming up

At Adams an interiors auction will feature furniture, silver, rugs, statuary and jewellery

Sat Sept 09 2017 - 00:00
Memorabilia auction includes mystery ‘hand of history’

Memorabilia auction includes mystery ‘hand of history’

Whyte’s ‘Eclectic Collector’ lots shed light on Ireland’s social, political and economic past

Sat Sept 02 2017 - 05:00
Lots of Hepburn: Breakfast at Tiffany script could fetch up £80,000

Lots of Hepburn: Breakfast at Tiffany script could fetch up £80,000

More than two decades after Audrey Hepburn's death, her family is now selling her art, letters and clothes

Sat Sept 02 2017 - 00:00
Auctions & Fairs

Auctions & Fairs

PJ Mara’s desk and bronze statue of Brendan Behan in Adams’ Blackrock auction

Sat Sept 02 2017 - 00:00
First editions and lasting treasures: how to be a book collector

First editions and lasting treasures: how to be a book collector

Thinking of investing in rare books? Do it for the love of books, not money, say the experts

Sat Aug 26 2017 - 05:00
Forthcoming Auctions & Fairs

Forthcoming Auctions & Fairs

Vincent O’Brien’s guns to be auctioned in Gleneagles

Sat Aug 26 2017 - 00:00
UTV cashing in on its art collection

UTV cashing in on its art collection

Fine Art auction: The Belfast-based TV company will sell paintings worth up to €300,000 in Dublin

Sat Aug 26 2017 - 00:00
All that glitters ... what look out for when buying jewellery

All that glitters ... what look out for when buying jewellery

Irish silver and Art Deco jewels are good investments. But always ask questions

Sat Aug 19 2017 - 05:00
Foxrock house has gilt edge contents

Foxrock house has gilt edge contents

Mirrors, paintings, some rare silver and a fireplace salvaged from Merrion Square

Sat Aug 19 2017 - 00:00
Auction results and forthcoming fairs

Auction results and forthcoming fairs

Gold sovereign coin and silver Eamon de Valera dinner plate among the sales

Sat Aug 19 2017 - 00:00
Love letters of WB Yeats to be sold in €2.1m London auction

Love letters of WB Yeats to be sold in €2.1m London auction

Art, manuscripts and heirlooms of Yeats family for sale after State grants export licence

Fri Aug 18 2017 - 00:02
Paintings, letters and personal effects of Yeats family to be sold in London auction

Paintings, letters and personal effects of Yeats family to be sold in London auction

Items worth €2.1m belonging to John Butler and his four influential children for sale

Fri Aug 18 2017 - 00:01
Thinking of investing in art? Read these experts’ tips first

Thinking of investing in art? Read these experts’ tips first

Choose the best work of a lesser artist, not the worst work of a great artist

Sat Aug 12 2017 - 05:00
Auction results and forthcoming sales

Auction results and forthcoming sales

John Shinnors shines in Connemara sale

Sat Aug 12 2017 - 00:00
Worth a mint? Gold, jewellery and some fine silver in Dublin auction

Worth a mint? Gold, jewellery and some fine silver in Dublin auction

Early gold sovereign proves its value, but jewellery worth less than original prices paid

Sat Aug 12 2017 - 00:00
Cheaper than Ikea? Some antiques are. Here’s what to buy

Cheaper than Ikea? Some antiques are. Here’s what to buy

Brown furniture is unfashionable but a good punt, while oak, rosewood and mid-century modern are a buy

Sat Aug 05 2017 - 05:00
Diana photograph could be star of bank holiday sales

Diana photograph could be star of bank holiday sales

Irish photographer John Minihan’s famous study of Diana Spencer dates from 1980

Sat Aug 05 2017 - 00:00
No sign of ‘Brexit blues’ in booming London art market

No sign of ‘Brexit blues’ in booming London art market

Ten highlights from the summer auctions

Sat Jul 29 2017 - 05:00
From art deco to Gothic Revival at Mealy’s

From art deco to Gothic Revival at Mealy’s

Summer sale has some fine furniture for the dinging room and the garden

Sat Jul 29 2017 - 00:00
Irishman’s Zulu War medal and church windows sell for well over estimates

Irishman’s Zulu War medal and church windows sell for well over estimates

Auction results

Sat Jul 29 2017 - 00:00
Cufflinks sparkle at O’Reilly’s in Francis Street

Cufflinks sparkle at O’Reilly’s in Francis Street

Auctions & Fairs: Pair of sapphire and diamond cufflinks mounted in platinum, with Tiffany box and pouch, fetches €8,500

Sat Jul 22 2017 - 06:00
Bag an old church window in summer sale

Bag an old church window in summer sale

Convent stained glass among 1,000 lots at Fonsie Mealy auction

Sat Jul 22 2017 - 06:00
What weddings looked like 450 years ago?

What weddings looked like 450 years ago?

‘The Wedding Feast’ by Pieter Brueghel the Younger sells for £1.8m at Sotheby’s

Sat Jul 22 2017 - 06:00
The Irish billionaire with 1,000 pairs of cufflinks

The Irish billionaire with 1,000 pairs of cufflinks

Sotheby’s selling collection owned by the late Edward Haughey, Lord Ballyedmond

Sat Jul 15 2017 - 06:00
Going, going . . . ‘Gone with the Wind’

Going, going . . . ‘Gone with the Wind’

Vivien Leigh’s memorabilia, art collection and personalised film script on the block

Sat Jul 15 2017 - 06:00
From Easter Rising lots to vintage tractors – what’s selling in the auction rooms

From Easter Rising lots to vintage tractors – what’s selling in the auction rooms

Colourful collection of Lady Diana’s stepmother, Raine, Countess Spencer at Christie’s of London

Sat Jul 15 2017 - 06:00
‘Apollo 11’ sale a giant leap for Sotheby’s 48 years after moon landing

‘Apollo 11’ sale a giant leap for Sotheby’s 48 years after moon landing

Lunar sample bag used by Neil Armstrong has estimated price of $2m-$4m

Sat Jul 15 2017 - 00:00
English soldier’s 1916 Rising mementoes to be sold in London

English soldier’s 1916 Rising mementoes to be sold in London

Album of 22-year-old killed in the Somme includes valuable Irish memorabilia

Sat Jul 08 2017 - 06:00
Colourful collection of Princess Diana’s stepmother goes to auction

Colourful collection of Princess Diana’s stepmother goes to auction

Raine, Countess Spencer lived the high life until her death last year

Sat Jul 08 2017 - 06:00
Auction results and forthcoming events

Auction results and forthcoming events

King Billy’s stirrups from Battle of the Boyne fail to sell

Sat Jul 08 2017 - 06:00
Upper class stick for a stiff upper lip

Upper class stick for a stiff upper lip

Sword cane of Henry Paget who lost a leg in Waterloo and became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland sells for £8,000

Sat Jul 01 2017 - 06:00
Console tables make €48,000 at Sheppard’s Coolattin House auction

Console tables make €48,000 at Sheppard’s Coolattin House auction

Late 17th century Brussels tapestry makes €26,500, almost three times the top estimate (€6,000-€9,000)

Sat Jul 01 2017 - 06:00
Stirrups of Orangemen’s hero King Billy in London sale

Stirrups of Orangemen’s hero King Billy in London sale

Just in time for ‘The Twelfth’ comes a collectible memento of the Battle of the Boyne

Sat Jul 01 2017 - 06:00
No buyer for JFK’s rosary beads in NY sale

No buyer for JFK’s rosary beads in NY sale

While Kim Kardashian reported to have bought Jackie’s Cartier watch for $379,500

Sat Jul 01 2017 - 06:00
Bronze boars and interesting paintings at Coolattin sale

Bronze boars and interesting paintings at Coolattin sale

Sheppard’s to hold two-day house and garden auction in Co Wicklow’s Coolattin House

Sat Jun 24 2017 - 06:00
Auctions & Fairs

Auctions & Fairs

Maroon vintage Model Y Baby Ford Prefect 1939 car fetches €4,000 at RJ Keighery’s City Auction Rooms in Waterford

Sat Jun 24 2017 - 06:00
‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ doctor at the Gorry Gallery

‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ doctor at the Gorry Gallery

More modern artists represented in the sale include William Osborne and Henry Robertson Craig

Sat Jun 24 2017 - 06:00
Rising China: why a Chinese vase made €740,000 at auction

Rising China: why a Chinese vase made €740,000 at auction

Spotting the imperial pieces is now the stuff of legend in auction rooms

Sat Jun 24 2017 - 05:00
Auction results and forthcoming fairs

Auction results and forthcoming fairs

One’s portrait sold for well over estimate at Sotheby’s

Sat Apr 08 2017 - 06:00
Portrait of an artist reveals a painter not a poet

Portrait of an artist reveals a painter not a poet

Lot at upcoming auction tuns out to be self-portrait not portrait of Anthony Cronin

Sat Apr 08 2017 - 06:00
Ivory and  tigers at home in Adam’s sale

Ivory and tigers at home in Adam’s sale

Reclining tiger painting may appeal to bidders nostalgic for the ‘Celtic Tiger’ days

Sat Apr 08 2017 - 06:00
AIB banker’s private  art collection  goes for sale

AIB banker’s private art collection goes for sale

Art lover Michael Carroll bought works by O’Malley and Souther among others

Sat Apr 01 2017 - 06:00
Made in Britain? Not quite,  Sotheby’s, there’s Irish in there too

Made in Britain? Not quite, Sotheby’s, there’s Irish in there too

Joseph Walsh, whose studio is in Co Cork, has also exhibited in the Pompidou in Paris

Sat Apr 01 2017 - 06:00
Jackie Kennedy letters make €110,000 in London: Clint Eastwood a hit at Adam’s

Jackie Kennedy letters make €110,000 in London: Clint Eastwood a hit at Adam’s

Auction results and forthcoming auctions

Sat Apr 01 2017 - 06:00
Wrong title, right price? Reading into a Roderic O’Conor painting

Wrong title, right price? Reading into a Roderic O’Conor painting

`Woman Reading' is one of many works featured in Adam's Important Irish Art auction

Sat Mar 25 2017 - 06:00
Life’s Work: Tom Kenny, art and bookdealer, Galway

Life’s Work: Tom Kenny, art and bookdealer, Galway

An idyllic childhood surrounded by books and encouragement from parents

Sat Mar 25 2017 - 06:00
More Jackie Kennedy letters for sale

More Jackie Kennedy letters for sale

Letters reveal David Ormsby Gore proposed marriage to Jackie Kennedy

Sat Mar 25 2017 - 06:00
Auction results and forthcoming auctions

Auction results and forthcoming auctions

Rare ‘dragon’ paint bush washer sells in New York for $1.7m

Sat Mar 25 2017 - 06:00
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