Seen any UFOs in Tipperary lately? A 340-year-old book records sightings

De Burca rare book sale includes book with accounts of ‘something like a ship’ in the sky

How do I love thee? With precious pieces that will long outlast the roses

Specimen table from home of Ada King or unique sculpture of a socially-distant hug

Seamus Heaney’s healing words a sound investment

Nobel Prize-winning poet’s books have steadily increased in value

Found in America, an Irish president's painting makes a premium price at home

The painting of a Celtic cross was among Irish art that sold in an online only auction

Have yourself a very vintage Christmas: antique gifts for all

The most sustainable choice of all could also be a good investment

James Bond away with the fairies: what’s coming up for sale in the auction rooms

First edition Ian Fleming books in Cork; WB Yeats’s Irish Fairy and Folk Tales in Galway

Ulysses first edition to auction for between €70,000 and €90,000

Copy signed by James Joyce is from the earliest print run of the world renowned book

Something old: pick up an antique wedding gift with a rich history

Forget the wedding list, ditch the cold cash option and give a piece with staying power

Autumn leaves from rare books dealers

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

My Life’s Work: Éamonn de Búrca, antiquarian bookseller and publisher, Dublin

“I bought my first antiquarian book in Castlebar at the age of 16”

‘Extremely rare’ book by Patrick Pearse has €3,750 price tag

The forgotten story of Irish linen

Rare set of prints for sale for €6,570 from De Búrca Rare Books in Blackrock, Co Dublin

First editions of James Joyce’s ‘Dubliners’ now classed as antiques

Copies can sell for thousands but why does the price vary so much?

Ireland’s most expensive Christmas cards

Set of early 20th-century Irish Christmas cards is among highlights in the latest catalogue from De Búrca Rare Books