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Bonhams appoints new representative in Ireland

Bonhams appoints new representative in Ireland

Kieran O’Boyle leaves Adam’s to join international auction house

Sat Dec 17 2016 - 00:00
Auction Results: key to Oscar Wilde’s cell at Reading Gaol sells for £15,000

Auction Results: key to Oscar Wilde’s cell at Reading Gaol sells for £15,000

Victorian sketches of Arctic exploration make €24,000

Sat Dec 17 2016 - 00:00
Original key to Oscar Wilde’s prison cell sells for £15,000

Original key to Oscar Wilde’s prison cell sells for £15,000

Key to cell at Reading Gaol – scene of author’s ballad – auctioned at Sotheby’s in London

Tue Dec 13 2016 - 16:54
Oscar Wilde’s jail cell key up for auction in London

Oscar Wilde’s jail cell key up for auction in London

Historic item from Reading Gaol is expected to fetch at least €4,800 in Sotheby’s sale

Mon Dec 12 2016 - 01:00
Irish Jesuits to dispose of rare book collection  worth €2m

Irish Jesuits to dispose of rare book collection worth €2m

National Library given some important Irish items but remainder will be sold by Sotheby’s

Sat Dec 10 2016 - 01:01
Nearly 300-year-old Shakespeare set and a book signed by  Swift

Nearly 300-year-old Shakespeare set and a book signed by Swift

Rare books, manuscripts, maps and art in Fonsie Mealy auction in Dublin

Sat Dec 10 2016 - 00:00
Auctions: results and forthcoming sales

Auctions: results and forthcoming sales

Sean Keating painting is unexpected star of Mealy’s auction

Sat Dec 10 2016 - 00:00
Pearse ‘surrender letter’ and major Yeats painting fail to sell at Adam’s

Pearse ‘surrender letter’ and major Yeats painting fail to sell at Adam’s

Paul Henry and Sean Keating paintings sell for €135,000 and €130,000 at Morgan O’Driscoll auction

Sat Dec 10 2016 - 00:00
When Maureen O’Hara met Fidel Castro – a big night for memorabilia at Bonhams

When Maureen O’Hara met Fidel Castro – a big night for memorabilia at Bonhams

Starry provenance pushes prices up at New York auction

Sat Dec 03 2016 - 00:00
Top lots of 1916 memorabilia go under hammer

Top lots of 1916 memorabilia go under hammer

Handwritten Patrick Pearse surrender letter estimated at €1m-€1.5m at Adam’s auction

Sat Dec 03 2016 - 00:00
Mrs Lewisohn and Sir William Orpen are reunited in Dublin

Mrs Lewisohn and Sir William Orpen are reunited in Dublin

Artist’s self-portrait and 1915 painting of Edwardian beauty in Adam’s auction

Sat Dec 03 2016 - 00:00
Auctions & Fairs: Results

Auctions & Fairs: Results

Chinese bowl sells for 9 times its top estimate at Sheppard’s in Laois

Sat Dec 03 2016 - 00:00
Vintage Porsche tractor –   for the farmer who has everything

Vintage Porsche tractor – for the farmer who has everything

Mealy’s auction includes Rolex pendant owned by Countess Markievicz

Fri Dec 02 2016 - 10:00
Maureen O’Hara auction in New York draws strong Irish interest

Maureen O’Hara auction in New York draws strong Irish interest

Bidders from Ireland among large crowd in saleroom for ‘Queen of Technicolor’ effects

Wed Nov 30 2016 - 16:45
Skibbereen art dealer to hold London preview  of Irish sale

Skibbereen art dealer to hold London preview of Irish sale

Cork-based Morgan O’Driscoll says response extends ‘far beyond expat community’

Sat Nov 26 2016 - 06:00
‘Connemara Girls’   for sale at Dublin exhibition

‘Connemara Girls’ for sale at Dublin exhibition

Painting is previously unrecognised masterpiece of ‘Irish Colleen’ genre

Sat Nov 26 2016 - 00:00
Sheppard’s returns to base after series of off-site auctions

Sheppard’s returns to base after series of off-site auctions

Viewing for ‘Dublin & Provincial’ and ‘Classic Art’ sales begins in Durrow, Co Laois

Sat Nov 26 2016 - 00:00
Auction results and fairs: Lavery’s ‘A Windy Day’ makes €1.1m at Christie’s

Auction results and fairs: Lavery’s ‘A Windy Day’ makes €1.1m at Christie’s

Sean Scully pastel makes €165,000 at de Veres, while Maureen O’Hara’s estate set for NY auction

Sat Nov 26 2016 - 00:00
Irish art market viewed with ‘continued confidence’, say Whyte’s

Irish art market viewed with ‘continued confidence’, say Whyte’s

RDS auction has paintings from McClelland collection and work by Harry Kernoff

Sat Nov 26 2016 - 00:00
Auctions & Fairs: results and forthcoming events

Auctions & Fairs: results and forthcoming events

A 1914 Talbot Invincible vintage car sells for €35,000

Sat Nov 19 2016 - 00:00
Rare Irish silver porridge  bowl  turns up in Essex

Rare Irish silver porridge bowl turns up in Essex

Bowl made in Dublin in 1659 for auction

Sat Nov 19 2016 - 00:00
Chinese bronze turns to gold for Irish vendor in London auction

Chinese bronze turns to gold for Irish vendor in London auction

Figure depicting Chinese war god Guandi sells for £371,000 – 25 times top estimate

Sat Nov 19 2016 - 00:00
Lavery’s breezy golf scene among Irish art for sale in London

Lavery’s breezy golf scene among Irish art for sale in London

Auction includes a Jack B Yeats painting expected to make €230,000

Sat Nov 19 2016 - 00:00
Mystery Irish buyer ‘thrilled’ with David Bowie’s art auction

Mystery Irish buyer ‘thrilled’ with David Bowie’s art auction

Singer’s entire collection is sold, including pieces by Jack B Yeats and Louis le Brocquy

Sat Nov 19 2016 - 00:00
How to build a pension pot from art

How to build a pension pot from art

Collection proved a nice earner for owners when it was leased to Four Seasons hotel

Thu Nov 17 2016 - 11:00
Maureen O’Hara memorabilia to be auctioned in New York

Maureen O’Hara memorabilia to be auctioned in New York

Items include ‘secret love letters’ sent to her by ‘The Quiet Man’ director John Ford

Sat Nov 12 2016 - 01:00
Dromoland Castle heirlooms, Harry Clarke stained glass and a  vintage car

Dromoland Castle heirlooms, Harry Clarke stained glass and a vintage car

Plain people of Ireland represented at Chatsworth Fine Art Sale by rare rosary beads

Sat Nov 12 2016 - 00:00
Auctions & Fairs: recent results and upcoming sales

Auctions & Fairs: recent results and upcoming sales

An 18th-century side table by William Moore and an Escher woodcut are among the lots

Sat Nov 12 2016 - 00:00
Monarch of the Glen: Famous Scottish painting to be sold

Monarch of the Glen: Famous Scottish painting to be sold

£10m price tag expected at Christie’s of London

Sat Nov 12 2016 - 00:00
Life’s Work: Pat O’Donovan, antiques auctioneer, Newcastle West, Co Limerick

Life’s Work: Pat O’Donovan, antiques auctioneer, Newcastle West, Co Limerick

Sat Nov 12 2016 - 00:00
Autumn leaves from rare books dealers

Autumn leaves from rare books dealers

Seasonal catalogues from Galway and Dublin filled with tales of the unexpected

Sat Nov 05 2016 - 00:00
Auctions & Fairs: recent results and upcoming sales

Auctions & Fairs: recent results and upcoming sales

Taxidermy lots include a Greater Kudu spiral-horned antelope and a bull water buffalo

Sat Nov 05 2016 - 00:00
Painting of O’Donovan brothers to go under the hammer

Painting of O’Donovan brothers to go under the hammer

Auctions in Cork have an oil-on-canvas of Rio heroes and a silver tray carrying IRA history

Sat Nov 05 2016 - 00:00
Life’s Work: Penny Day, head of Irish art, Bonhams, London

Life’s Work: Penny Day, head of Irish art, Bonhams, London

‘I’m secretly a bit of a petrol-head so a Lotto windfall might mean a vintage Jaguar’

Sat Nov 05 2016 - 00:00
It’s break time in the auction rooms ahead of end-of-year sales

It’s break time in the auction rooms ahead of end-of-year sales

Irish auction houses take a breather before a busy round of sales in the run-up to Christmas

Sat Oct 29 2016 - 00:00
Advice for book collectors: get into local and family history

Advice for book collectors: get into local and family history

PJ Tynan of Courtwood Books, Stradbally, Co Laois gave up farming to become an antiquarian bookseller

Sat Oct 29 2016 - 00:00
The  multimillion dollar question: is modern art worth it?

The multimillion dollar question: is modern art worth it?

Edvard Munch painting on sale while Eric Clapton is selling another Gerhard Richter

Sat Oct 29 2016 - 00:00
Auctions & Fairs

Auctions & Fairs

Second hand Maserati makes €24,500 at Ailesbury Road house contents auction

Sat Oct 29 2016 - 00:00
Dublin 4 house contents auction features wine and a Maserati

Dublin 4 house contents auction features wine and a Maserati

Fine Georgian furniture, paintings and a pair of stone sphinxes from Helen Dillon’s garden also feature

Sat Oct 22 2016 - 08:00
Jack B Yeats painting not seen for 50 years to feature in London art sale

Jack B Yeats painting not seen for 50 years to feature in London art sale

The Bonhams auction, which includes work by Paul Henry, Sir John Lavery, Roderic O’Conor and William John Leech, will have a Dublin viewing this week

Sat Oct 22 2016 - 06:00
‘Edna O’Brien thanked me with a gift of a banned book’

‘Edna O’Brien thanked me with a gift of a banned book’

Life’s Work: George Stacpoole, antiques dealer in Adare, Co Limerick, and president of IADA

Wed Oct 19 2016 - 06:00
Life’s Work: John de Vere White, art auctioneer, Dublin

Life’s Work: John de Vere White, art auctioneer, Dublin

My Dad – literary editor of ‘The Irish Times’ and the only Catholic allowed into Jack B Yeats’s funeral

Sat Oct 15 2016 - 06:00
Auctions & Fairs

Auctions & Fairs

Sparkling sales at Weldon’s and clearance sale at All Hallows

Sat Oct 15 2016 - 00:00
Bishop’s ring for sale at Adam’s; a dandy’s dress studs at O’Reilly’s

Bishop’s ring for sale at Adam’s; a dandy’s dress studs at O’Reilly’s

Jewellery auctions in Dublin

Sat Oct 15 2016 - 00:00
Painting of Kilkenny Castle aristocrat the top lot at Adam’s

Painting of Kilkenny Castle aristocrat the top lot at Adam’s

Hammer price totals €1.3 million as 75 per cent of lots are sold

Sat Oct 15 2016 - 00:00
Adam’s brings annual sale to Townley Hall

Adam’s brings annual sale to Townley Hall

Irish Georgian furniture the star of annual Country House auction previously held at Slane Castle

Sat Oct 08 2016 - 06:00
Dublin-born art dealer’s collection makes £28.2 million in London

Dublin-born art dealer’s collection makes £28.2 million in London

‘The Weir’ by Jack B Yeats sells for £112,500, nearly double the estimate

Sat Oct 08 2016 - 00:00
Sir Anthony O’Reilly’s tables turn heads at Kilfane House auction

Sir Anthony O’Reilly’s tables turn heads at Kilfane House auction

Pair of console tables make €145,000, 10 times their estimate

Sat Oct 08 2016 - 00:00
Owner of Supermac’s buys Loughton House archive

Owner of Supermac’s buys Loughton House archive

Papers (1749-1960) include letters, diaries, journals, sketch books and recipe books

Sat Oct 08 2016 - 00:00
Auctions & Fairs:  recent results and upcoming sales

Auctions & Fairs: recent results and upcoming sales

Weldon jewellery auction to include Irish gold 22ct 50 ECU coin (1990) to mark Irish presidency of European Economic Community

Sat Oct 08 2016 - 00:00
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