Two sides of Cork - republican and loyal - at auctionWOODWARD’S auction in Cork next Wednesday offers items from both the nationalist and loyalist strands of Irish history with a…Sat Apr 02 2011 - 01:00
Queen Elizabeth's letter to countess in Gorey to go under the hammerA RARE personal letter sent to a resident of “Eire” by Britain’s Queen (then princess) Elizabeth more than 60 years ago is to…Mon Mar 28 2011 - 01:00
Art deco, in Paris and DublinA €50 million auction of a French tycoon’s collection of 20th century design in Paris next week features furniture by Irish-born…Sat Mar 26 2011 - 00:00
Gothic gentility in the garden countyCO WICKLOW: €660,000: FANCY living in a Victorian, Gothic-style mansion at the heart of a private demesne for €660,000? Surely…Thu Mar 24 2011 - 00:00
Gatsby mansion's final fall from graceHISTORIC HOMES: The house on Long Island that inspired Daisy Buchanan’s residence in ‘The Great Gatsby’ is to be knocked down…Thu Mar 17 2011 - 00:00
Italian connection: rare James Joyce letter goes to auctionA RARE letter written in Italian by James Joyce, in which he blames priests, the British, the US government and even fellow Irish…Wed Mar 16 2011 - 00:00
Portrait of Third Reich envoy's daughter bought by old playmateA PORTRAIT of the daughter of Germany’s envoy to Ireland during the second World War sold at auction in Dublin last night for…Tue Mar 15 2011 - 00:00
Troublesome Irish poster to be auctioned on St Patrick's DayELECTIONS and political campaigns always generate huge paper trails but few of the countless posters and leaflets produced survive…Sat Mar 12 2011 - 00:00
Selling the family silverThe Dutch royal famly is auctioning items from the late Queen Juliana’s estate for charitySat Mar 12 2011 - 00:00
Emigration once againPainting of family preparing for daughter’s emigration to America to be sold at Whyte’sSat Mar 05 2011 - 00:00
Autographs of first TDs for auction on eve of 31st DailAS THE 31st Dáil prepares to meet on Wednesday, a memento recalling some of Ireland’s very first TDs has turned up at the saleroom…Sat Mar 05 2011 - 00:00
Another Lavery lovelyLOOK up the family tree of any British aristocrat and almost invariably there’s an Irish connectionSat Mar 05 2011 - 00:00
Fine art results of $4.8bn for Sotheby's auctioneersSOTHEBY’S HAS announced results for 2010 that confirm the strength of the international art market.Thu Mar 03 2011 - 00:00
O'Neill's portraits in his new Wexford galleryONE OF Ireland’s most popular – and best-selling – painters, Mark O’Neill has announced the launch of monthly viewings at his…Sat Feb 26 2011 - 00:00
John and Yoko memento for saleAUTOGRAPHS OF John Lennon and Yoko Ono, obtained in Co Mayo more than 40 years ago, will be auctioned next week.Sat Feb 26 2011 - 00:00
Tales of the unexpectedPictures of Victorian terriers ratting and colonial Sahibs pig-sticking are among the highlights at Sheppard’s auctionSat Feb 26 2011 - 00:00
Locket commemorating soldier killed in Rising fetches £850 at auctionA GOLD locket commemorating a British soldier killed in Dublin during the 1916 Rising was sold at auction yesterday for £850 (€…Wed Feb 23 2011 - 00:00
Art of the Commons peopleTHE COMMONS Restaurant is now an almost forgotten symbol of the economic boomSat Feb 19 2011 - 00:00
Memento to British lieutenant killed during Easter Rising for auction in UKA RARE memento of the 1916 Rising – from the perspective of “the other side” – has turned up at an auction house in the southeast…Wed Feb 16 2011 - 00:00
Irish JFK painting in US saleA painting of President John F Kennedy bought for $600 eight years ago is now for sale at almost $100,000Sat Feb 12 2011 - 00:00
London . . . 50% unsoldJust half the works in Bonhams first Irish auction sold this week, with some selling laterSat Feb 12 2011 - 00:00
Antiques, art sales pack them inSales rooms have been busy in the past few weeks – and there’s a house sale in Terenure, a country sale and Adam’s Attic sale…Sat Feb 12 2011 - 00:00
Memento from the golden age of ViennaHOW did young women record their conquests before the invention of Facebook? Dance cards were popular accessories for ladies …Sat Feb 12 2011 - 00:00
Sotheby's on the pig's back as Bacon makes £23mBONHAMS’ inaugural Irish sale on Wednesday may have failed to prise open the better-padded wallets but elsewhere in London staggering…Sat Feb 12 2011 - 00:00
Bacon painting sells for €27.2mA painting by Irish-born artist Francis Bacon painting sold at auction at Sotheby’s in London last night for £23 million (€27…Fri Feb 11 2011 - 00:00
Glimpse of the family home of Hitler's man in DublinHISTORIC MONKSTOWN: The house rented by the German envoy in Ireland during the War is seen in newly-discovered photographsThu Feb 10 2011 - 00:00
Jack B Yeats' deathbed sketch sells for three times its estimateTHE LAST sketch by artist Jack B Yeats, drawn while he lay dying in a Dublin nursing home, sold at auction in London yesterday…Thu Feb 10 2011 - 00:00
Portrait reunites German women after 66 yearsTWO WOMEN who left Nazi Germany in 1937, and came to live in Dublin, have been reunited after 66 years.Mon Feb 07 2011 - 00:00
First Irish art sale at BonhamsBONHAMS will hold its inaugural Irish Art Sale in London next WednesdaySat Feb 05 2011 - 00:00
€8m Bacon on Sotheby's menu“That man who paints those dreadful pictures” is set to steal the limelight – yet againSat Feb 05 2011 - 00:00
New art venue opens in DublinWATERSTONE’S may be closing two bookshops in Dublin but the news is not all grim in “cultural retailing”.Sat Feb 05 2011 - 00:00
Woman recalls working for Hitler envoyA REFUGEE from the second World War – now in her 97th year – who fled from Nazi Germany to Dublin where, ironically, she worked…Thu Feb 03 2011 - 00:00
Portrait of Hitler envoy's daughter to be auctionedA PORTRAIT of the daughter of Hitler’s envoy to Ireland has unexpectedly turned up in Dublin after 70 years and is to be sold…Sat Jan 29 2011 - 00:00
Painting profits: record sales for Christie'sIRISH ART contributed to record sales at Christie’s International last year.Fri Jan 28 2011 - 00:00
The world's most expensive streetsHOW does Dublin 4 – Ireland’s most expensive address – compare to the word’s priciest locations? During the height of the boom…Thu Jan 27 2011 - 00:00
Can the Irish demesne rise again?The country-house market has wilted since overseas buyers baulked at boom pricesThu Jan 27 2011 - 00:00
Village house down by a thirdCO WATERFORD: The home of one of the last surviving members of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy has had a price cutThu Jan 20 2011 - 00:00
Bonhams move on Irish artThe international market for Irish art has been boosted by the announcement of a new sales outlet in LondonSat Jan 15 2011 - 00:00
Credit cards and designer bag used to paint picture of AhernA PORTRAIT of former taoiseach Bertie Ahern, which incorporates a Louis Vuitton shopping bag and chopped-up credit cards, has…Fri Jan 14 2011 - 00:00
Deathbed drawing by Yeats to be auctionedTHE LAST artwork – created on his deathbed – by one of Ireland’s best-known artists, Jack B Yeats, is to be sold at auction in…Mon Jan 10 2011 - 00:00
Irish art sales up - because of recessionSALES OF Irish art grew significantly in 2010 despite, or perhaps because of, the continuing economic turmoilSat Jan 08 2011 - 00:00
James Joyce new year's card on sale for €4,950A CARD bearing new year’s greetings from James Joyce, written 70 years ago today, is being offered for sale at €4,950.Fri Dec 31 2010 - 00:00
Brewing up a surprise: €100 teapot sells for €50,000A little Chinese teapot, valued at €100, created a saleroom sensation yesterday when it sold for €50,000Fri Dec 17 2010 - 00:00
Gray chair fails to sell amid bidding war fearsFEAR OF a bidding war leading to an astronomical price may have prevented the sale of a chair made by the Irish designer Eileen…Thu Dec 16 2010 - 00:00
Joyce poem fetches €22,000ONE OF the few known copies of James Joyce’s earliest surviving published work was sold at auction in Dublin yesterday for €22…Wed Dec 15 2010 - 00:00
Eileen Gray chair fails to sellA chair made by the Irish designer Eileen Gray failed to sell at a Christie’s auction in New York last night despite a bid of…Wed Dec 15 2010 - 00:00
Eileen Gray chair could fetch 'tens of millions'TWO PIECES of furniture made by the leading 20th-century Irish designer Eileen Gray are expected to sell for millions of dollars…Tue Dec 14 2010 - 00:00
Joyce's rhyme and reasons under the hammerA COPY OF the earliest surviving published work by James Joyce is to be sold at auction in Dublin next weekSat Dec 11 2010 - 00:00
Rich and rare collection in D4There are big names and a wonderfully eclectic collection of books, maps and manuscripts in Mealy’s D4 sale next weekSat Dec 11 2010 - 00:00
