One of 50 surviving copies of 1916 Proclamation nets £300,000Sotheby’s sale goes ‘phenomenally well’ as ‘private collector’ buys defining documentTue Dec 15 2015 - 21:50
Copy of 1916 Proclamation could fetch €166,000Sotheby’s to auction unsigned copy just two weeks before centenary of Easter RisingTue Dec 15 2015 - 01:00
Yeats, Henry and Flatley big sellers at RDS79% of lots sold at last big Irish art auction of 2015Sat Dec 12 2015 - 00:00
Thatcher’s power-dressing clothes and handbags for saleChristie’s auction includes the Iron Lady’s wedding outfit and jewellery collectionSat Dec 12 2015 - 00:00
Auctions of rare Irish books, manuscripts and mapsThree auctions offer huge selection for collectors and special Christmas giftsSat Dec 12 2015 - 00:00
Victorian images of Shannon flooding come to lightBook published in 1880 containing rare images of river will be sold at auction next weekFri Dec 11 2015 - 01:00
Letters of ‘Financial Times’ founder Brendan Bracken for auctionMaterial seen as ‘highly important’ as personal papers of Churchill ally destroyed after deathSat Dec 05 2015 - 15:18
Strong demand at Dublin art salesUp to 80 per cent of lots sold at Whyte’s, de Veres and Adam’sSat Dec 05 2015 - 05:00
Paul Henry, Jack B Yeats or Michael Flatley? Unusual trio of artists at auction‘Business’ by Yeats takes top lot in RDS art auction in DublinSat Dec 05 2015 - 04:00
Constable’s ‘The Lock’ could fetch £12mPainting by John Constable last appeared at auction 150 years ago when it sold for £860 to a wealthy English family who have owned it sinceSat Dec 05 2015 - 03:00
Dromoland diamonds sparkle at Sheppard’sLondon bidder purchases diamond tiara for €20,000 – more than twice the top estimateSat Dec 05 2015 - 02:00
Irish rugby and U2 memorabilia to go on view at Whyte’s‘Oldest Irish international rugby jersey in the world’ to be sold at auctionSat Dec 05 2015 - 01:00
Early state of chassis: €280,000 for ‘Juno and the Paycock’ draftHandwritten Seán O’Casey manuscript differs significantly from published versionWed Dec 02 2015 - 08:22
Tiara with Dromoland connection sells for €20,000 at auctionThe gold headpiece, decorated with diamonds, is believed to date from the 1930sWed Dec 02 2015 - 01:00
Three major Irish art auctions in a row to end 2015Winter sales by Whyte’s, de Veres and Adam’s take place in DublinSat Nov 28 2015 - 06:00
Jack B Yeats’ ‘The Boat Builder’ fetches €600,000Four paintings by Irish artists went under the hammer and all sold at Christie’sSat Nov 28 2015 - 06:00
Heirloom piece from O’Briens of Dromoland a rare offeringA diamond tiara for auction at Sheppard’s evokes an era of pre-war glamourSat Nov 28 2015 - 05:00
Busy week ahead with art and antiques sales nationwideApart from the big three in Dublin, there are interesting sales all over the countrySat Nov 28 2015 - 04:00
‘Oldest international rugby jersey’ up for auctionFootball signed by ‘Busby Babes’ given to Shamrock Rovers in 1957 also for saleThu Nov 26 2015 - 11:16
Lavery, Yeats and Henry in Christie’s London auctionArtists’ paintings included in ‘Modern British and Irish Art Evening Auction’Sat Nov 21 2015 - 00:00
Many statues moved at convent auctionThe most successful auction of 2015 took place in a Kerry convent last weekendSat Nov 21 2015 - 00:00
How to look after a Big HouseStudy day at Russborough House being run jointly by Irish Georgian Society and the Institute of Conservators-Restorers in IrelandSat Nov 21 2015 - 00:00
Yeats painting with a sorry storyArtist's ‘Man in a Train, Thinking’ was inspired by hard-luck story of man who ‘lost’ a sweepstake fortuneSat Nov 21 2015 - 00:00
Moving souvenirs of first World War Dublin brothers-in-armsWar medals, next-of-kin plaques, letters from king and tankard form single auction lotSat Nov 21 2015 - 00:00
Mitford sister’s Irish gift to auctionPainting of Pamela, given as a parting present to Tipperary rector, may be worth €30,000Sat Nov 14 2015 - 04:00
‘Rolls Royce’ of chess setsAdam’s ‘Fine Period Interiors’ auction includes four versions of the board gameSat Nov 14 2015 - 03:00
Roy Lichtenstein's ‘Nurse’ fetches $95mRecord price for piece by American ‘pop art’ painter at New York auctionSat Nov 14 2015 - 01:06
Lady Thatcher’s inimitable styleBaroness Thatcher’s personal collection being soldSat Nov 07 2015 - 06:00
A ‘Wicked Bible’ for saleOne of the few surviving copies of a version of the Bible with error stating ‘thou shalt commit adultery’Sat Nov 07 2015 - 05:00
Convents . . . going, going, almost goneNuns depart two more convents in Munster and consign contents to auctionSat Nov 07 2015 - 05:00
Winter sun down Florida waySir John Lavery’s ‘Winter in Florida’ painting to go under the hammerSat Oct 31 2015 - 07:00
Charlie Chaplin film posters sell for three times estimatesRare film memorabilia at Bonhams auction in LondonSat Oct 31 2015 - 05:00
Irish link to art looted by NazisPainting owned by Jewish family and seized during war is recovered by heirsSat Oct 31 2015 - 05:00
Sale of Beit paintings postponed until June 2016Foundation looking for ‘white knights’ to buy old masters and donate them to StateTue Oct 27 2015 - 01:00
Irish art has weak restart at Sotheby’s annual sale in LondonPaintings by Sir John Lavery, Jack B Yeats and Walter Osborne all do wellSat Oct 24 2015 - 00:00
Freud’s portrait of ‘Brigadier’ set to sell for $30mPainting of Andrew Parker Bowles to go on sale in New York. But what’s the Donegal connection?Sat Oct 24 2015 - 00:00
Lavery painting sells for €693,000 at Sotheby’s auctionUnnamed private collector buys ‘Japanese Switzerland’ at Irish Art sale in LondonThu Oct 22 2015 - 01:01
Medal given to EU ministers for attending meeting sells – for €70Ireland had unusual practice of awarding ministers medals for attending meetingsTue Oct 20 2015 - 03:15
Original 1930s ‘Blueshirt’ sells for €1,400 at Whyte’s auctionHowever, Blueshirts flag, estimated to be worth similar amount, failed to get a buyerSun Oct 18 2015 - 18:49
Sotheby’s London Irish art sale returnsThe auction on Wednesday, the first since 2012, will test international and local demand for Irish artSat Oct 17 2015 - 01:00