The Times We Lived In: The importance of a penPublished: July 27th, 1956. Photograph: Jack McManusSat Oct 06 2018 - 05:00
Boxing squirrels or prized Irish table: Our top picks at Drogheda auctionOver 700 lots of fabulous furniture, art, silver and curiosities at Townley Hall saleSat Oct 06 2018 - 00:00
Stories of love and war in the big houseThe Irish gentry suffered huge losses in the first World War; then their houses declinedSat Sept 29 2018 - 06:00
Coming up for collectors: UTV’s art online and two new antique fairsDublin Book Fair will see very rare prints and manuscripts at annual gatheringSat Sept 29 2018 - 06:00
Portrait of stained glass master Harry Clarke leads Whyte’s autumn saleSean Keating’s painting among strong works from Yeats and OrpenSat Sept 29 2018 - 06:00
‘It’s bedlam on auction days but we enjoy it’Adams Blackrock don’t do online sales. It’s all about the action in the roomSat Sept 29 2018 - 05:00
The Times We Lived In: Audrey Hepburn on a mission in DublinPublished: October 1st, 1988; Photograph by Matt KavanaghSat Sept 29 2018 - 05:00
A Brooklyn bridge all the way to LimerickHome Front: Amanda Hilton Sawyer’s interior design; Róisín Lafferty’s parlour tricksSat Sept 29 2018 - 00:00
Brian Friel's art collection raises €162,300 for homelessWorks of art donated by the late playwright’s wife Anna sold well over estimateThu Sept 27 2018 - 14:19
Take a detour to Durrow for dazzling mid-century finds and Georgian gemsSheppards’ autumn auction offers a walk through the history of decorative designSat Sept 22 2018 - 06:00
Pearse’s school chair makes €7,800, diamond necklace, €150,000Original copy of Proclamation sold privately for €100,000Sat Sept 22 2018 - 06:00
Prime paintings, and a pram, at Adam’sBrian Friel’s art collection, a rare Paul Henry found in Germany included in autumn salesSat Sept 22 2018 - 06:00
A walk on the wild side with National Geopgraphic's explorerAsher Jay is on a mission to remind us about biodiversity loss and the importance of wildlife conservationSat Sept 22 2018 - 06:00
The Times We Lived In: Dublin trams that went off the railsPublished: January 14th, 1955. Photograph: Eddie KellySat Sept 22 2018 - 05:00
Countdown to ‘Timeless’ fair at RDS and dreamy Salvador Dali showcaseThe annual antique dealers’ fair has a new moniker, and will feature works by the surrealist artistSat Sept 22 2018 - 00:00
Fine art auctions and resultsJack B Yeats ‘Sunday Evening in September’ sells for €441k in Sotheby’s sale of Irish artSat Sept 15 2018 - 06:00
Bijou blooms add sparkle at Adam’s jewellery auctionFlowers offer the most accomplished designers and craftspeople the opportunity to show off their skillsSat Sept 15 2018 - 06:00
The Times We Lived In: A Lady Lavery of great notePublished: February 9th, 2002. Photograph by Joe St LegerSat Sept 15 2018 - 05:00
Ban on ivory trade has art world thrown into a quandary18th-century ‘masterpiece’ cabinet by Thomas Chippendale had its ivory inlay removed and refitted with plastic substituteSat Sept 15 2018 - 05:00
Annual watercolour showcase to run at new Phoenix Park venueThe show, which opens on September 17th, will present more than 200 paintings in watercolour, gouache and pastelSat Sept 15 2018 - 05:00
Table formed from Spanish Armada parts up for auctionDromoland and Bunratty Castle have housed table, which has estimated €100,000 valueThu Sept 13 2018 - 00:44
Auctions and fairs: what’s coming up in art and antiquesOver 200 original Irish artworks acquired by Axa Insurance in online auction at De Vere’sSat Sept 08 2018 - 06:00
From Chester Beatty with love? Philanthropist’s gifts to prickly poet surface in LondonRare jewellery given to Sheila Wingfield, Lady Powerscourt, set for Bonhams auctionSat Sept 08 2018 - 06:00
Patrick Pearse’s revolutionary seat the star at eclectic salePractical piece of furniture speaks volumes about its owner’s famously frugal lifestyleSat Sept 08 2018 - 06:00
The Times We Lived In: Irish carriage-driving championships at Birr CastlePublished: September 10th, 1982 Photograph by Jack McManusSat Sept 08 2018 - 05:00
Edward Hopper’s ‘Chop Suey’ on the market for $70mMasterpiece is just one of the paintings on sale from collection of American ModernismSat Sept 08 2018 - 00:00
Talk about it: Art and architecture talks in Dublin and CorkFrom Augustus Pugin to French postcards, a guide to lectures taking place this autumnSat Sept 08 2018 - 00:00
Horse-drawn fire engine anyone? Wheels and deals in a Tipperary saleCollectible motors, Olympic top hats and tribal treasures at Victor MitchellSat Sept 01 2018 - 06:00
Gilty pleasures: gilded mirrors and mini marvels at Adam’s saleSunday auction includes rare doll’s house furniture and grown-up pieces to matchSat Sept 01 2018 - 05:00
The Times We Lived In: Scrubbed up on Synge StreetPublished: May 22nd, 1956. Photograph by Dermot BarrySat Sept 01 2018 - 05:00
Crinolines and croquet in Co CarlowDuckett’s Grove house is in ruins but Carlow Tourism and the GAA is reviving it for a daySat Sept 01 2018 - 00:00
Catch a bargain at Russborough's vintage car boot saleBlaise Smith, PJ Lynch, Vera Klute and Joe Dunne among 40 artists taking partSat Aug 25 2018 - 06:00
Can you tell your art deco from your mid century modern?Fine and decorative arts courses on topics ranging from the history of painting to domestic architectureSat Aug 25 2018 - 06:00
What’s on in antiques: this week’s upcoming auctions and fairsVan Cleef & Arpels jewellery and Cartier disco ball pendant among the treasuresSat Aug 25 2018 - 06:00
The Times We Lived In: The wonder of a new shopping centre in 1960s DublinPublished: December 11th, 1967. Photograph: Dermot BarrySat Aug 25 2018 - 05:00
Restoration drama at Wexford’s fairy tale Johnstown CastleThe public will be able to visit once a breathtaking €7.5m renovation is completeSat Aug 25 2018 - 00:00
Assorted effects from a retired gentleman’s estate: what’s coming up in auctionsCollectibles in many categories for buyers in counties Offaly, Dublin and CorkSat Aug 18 2018 - 06:00
Aladdin’s cave off N71 to make internet debutAuction at Hegarty’s in Bandon on August 26th based around Denniss Collection from a country house in SchullSat Aug 18 2018 - 06:00
Mid-century furniture basks in ‘Mad Men’ momentumFurniture from the late 1920s to the mid-1970s is getting a new lease of life as young professionals seek out original piecesSat Aug 18 2018 - 06:00
The Times We Lived In: water stop at 1983 Dublin City MarathonPublished: October 31st, 1983Photograph: Dermot O’SheaSat Aug 18 2018 - 05:00
Cut to the crystal in Waterford summer sale with 830 eclectic lotsKeighery’s auction house is good place to hunt for vintage Waterford glassSat Aug 11 2018 - 06:00
Ticking over: the right watch can be a sound investmentRolex, Patek Philippe make up the A-list of sought-after vintage watches, followed by Omega, Cartier and LonginesSat Aug 11 2018 - 06:00
A letter from Napoleon, crystals from Afghanistan: what’s coming up in auctionsSale of eclectic and decorative furniture from owners of Ashford CastleSat Aug 11 2018 - 06:00
The Times We Lived In: The £700 ‘sleeper’ rugPublished: July 8th, 1996. Photograph: Paddy WhelanSat Aug 11 2018 - 05:00
An art seller’s wishlist: 'The paintings I wish I’d bought for myself'Yeats, Sean Keating, Mary Swanzy and Francis Bacon all feature on Ian Whyte’s listSat Aug 04 2018 - 06:00
Rare whiskey mirror makes €11,500Contents of old Donegal pub, Sweeneys of Ballyshannon, among top sellling lots at Victor Mee auction in CavanSat Aug 04 2018 - 06:00
The Times We Lived In: Faithful follow the Corpus Christi processionPublished June 11th or 14th 1982. Photograph by Eddie KellySat Aug 04 2018 - 05:00
Annual Connemara marquee art to catch the holiday setBallyconneely auction of art, furniture, silver and handbags designed to attract buyers on a breakSat Jul 28 2018 - 06:00
Going, going, gone: auctioneer George Mealy to retire after 45 yearsOnline and phone bidding have taken the fun out of the saleroom, says veteran auctioneerSat Jul 28 2018 - 06:00
The Times We Lived In: The seamy side of news photographyPublished: April 12th, 1986. Photograph: Tom LawlorSat Jul 28 2018 - 05:00
