Beattie opens new art advisory service
Former Bonhams executive Jane Beattie is striking out on her own
Bonhams appoints new representative in Ireland
Kieran O’Boyle leaves Adam’s to join international auction house
Life’s Work: Kieran O’Boyle, auctioneer and valuer, Adam’s, Dublin
‘I don’t have the time to paint any more. Now I just finger-paint with my three-year-old daughter’
Adam’s leaves Slane Castle for new auction venue
Auctioneers choose Townley Hall for its annual sale of period furniture and paintings
Michael Collins’s plea for support
History sale at Adam’s includes an original handwritten letter from Michael Collins and a rare photograph of him
An ugly bird with a pretty high price
An anthropomorphic tobacco jar with an estimate of €15,000-€25,000 will appeal to niche collectors of “Martinware”
‘Rolls Royce’ of chess sets
Adam’s ‘Fine Period Interiors’ auction includes four versions of the board game
The lady and the travelling hat trunk
‘Portrait of a Lady with a Large Hat’ by Blakeney Ward for €1,500-€2,000
‘I do not think it will offend you’: Letter from WB Yeats to Maud Gonne
Handwritten letter from the poet makes €16,000 at Adam’s sale of rare Irish books and historical memorabilia
Dining table makes €70,000 at Adam’s auction
600 lots offered at on-site auction of contents of Courtown House, a mansion in Kildare
Jack B Yeats tops the lot at Adam’s
‘Hearing the Nightingale’, a 1936 painting by Jack B Yeats, sells for €42,500
Spring begins at Adam’s
‘Sunday Interiors Auction’ at Adam’s will feature some 450 eclectic lots with estimates beginning at just €50
Unpublished photo of young Oscar Wilde comes to light
Album containing photograph set to fetch up to €8,000 at auction in October
1916 Proclamation in ‘negative equity’
Easter Rising poster suffers huge price drop – down from €240,000 to €90,000
800 years of Irish history
Adam’s auction includes a copy of the 1916 Proclamation and a rare photo from 1921
Auction rooms: great sales from the centuries
Forget flatpack – savvy punters know the place to go furniture-shopping is the auction room, where good-quality, handmade pieces can be found at knockdown prices
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