Auctioneers say canvas could be famous painting ‘The Rush Gatherers’Rare image of post-Famine Ireland comes to lightFri Nov 28 2014 - 01:00
Michael Flatley painting ‘danced onto canvas’ expected to sell for €30,000Auctioneer: “Don’t blame me in a few years’ time when we see these going for millions”Thu Nov 27 2014 - 18:31
Ambulance log book provides account of Easter RisingDublin Fire Brigade’s minute-by-minute record of events from 1916 to go on displayThu Nov 27 2014 - 12:15
Michael Flatley’s tap-danced painting is star attraction at auctionCanvas by ‘Lord of the Dance’ star is one of a series he has made on the theme of the Great Famine and is an abstract depiction of Rossmore Island in Kenmare BaySat Nov 22 2014 - 13:05
Interiors auctions in Adam’s and de Veres tomorrowHighlights include a pair of Irish Georgian silver salvers made in 1753Sat Nov 22 2014 - 00:00
Rare map of Ireland fails to sellChristie’s said the map showing Ireland was the “oldest known separate, individual map of the island”Sat Nov 22 2014 - 00:00
Bernard Canavan exhibition opens at the Kenny Gallery in GalwaySelling exhibition depicts the world of 1950s Irish emigrants to LondonSat Nov 22 2014 - 00:00
The stories behind ‘Big House’ portraitsNew book examines portraits by Sir John Lavery, amongst othersSat Nov 22 2014 - 00:00
An Irish view of jihad in 1800s SudanA painting by the Dublin artist Aloysius O’Kelly, who travelled to Sudan to work as an illustrator in 1883, is to be auctionedSat Nov 22 2014 - 00:00
Arkle Collection of memorabilia sold at London auctionPrivate Irish collector said he had ‘tried, without success, to find a buyer in Ireland’Mon Nov 17 2014 - 07:45
Natural world as seen 400 years ago17th-century manuscript by Johann Joachim Henneberger could make €189,200Sat Nov 15 2014 - 00:00
John Lavery and Roderic O’Conor paintings for auction in LondonLavery’s ‘The Bathing Hour, Lido, Venice’ estimated at £200,000-£300,000Sat Nov 15 2014 - 00:00
Rising generates lots of interestSigned photo of Michael Collins and two Countess Markievicz letters sold at auctionSat Nov 15 2014 - 00:00
Irish trad group performed jigs for Rudolf HessDelegates paraded through swastika-festooned streets along with German dancersSat Nov 08 2014 - 12:41
Francis Bacon’s pope as “tragic hero”Painted in 1960, ‘Seated Figure’ depicts ‘transfixed and introspective’ pontiffSat Nov 08 2014 - 00:00
‘Great cat’ Cartier jewels out of the bag againTiger jewellery once owned by the Duchess of Windsor to be auctioned by soprano Sarah Brightman with a top estimate of $2.5 millionSat Nov 08 2014 - 00:00
Tasty €600,000 estimate for a slice of Apple historyChristie’s said the “American cultural icon” had been discovered in a “storage locker auction in Virginia”Thu Nov 06 2014 - 01:15
“Darling Mummie” the Easter Rising was an “awful tragedy”Vicereine’s letters from Dublin to her mother in England in 1916 to be auctionedSat Nov 01 2014 - 00:00
Stanley Royle work to be auctioned‘Study for October Morning, Church Warsop, Nottinghamshire’ has an estimate of €2,000-€3,000Sat Nov 01 2014 - 00:00
Sotheby’s expects Van Gogh painting to fetch $30m-$50m‘Still Life, Vase with Daisies and Poppies’ one of few works sold in artist’s lifetimeSat Nov 01 2014 - 00:00
Ireland’s ‘oldest known separate map’ expected to fetch €3 millionFirst map to show Ireland not just part of British IslesFri Oct 31 2014 - 08:51
Mementos of 1921 Michael Collins visit to Albert Hall for auctionProgramme signed by Collins in Irish included among items for saleTue Oct 28 2014 - 09:24
Dublin lost its time zone –and 25 minutes– after 1916 RisingCountess Markievicz complained of loss of Dublin Mean Time in previously unpublished letterMon Oct 27 2014 - 07:14
All in good tasteThe estate of David Collins – the ‘charming Prada-suited Irishman who became the set-designer for ‘Cool Britannia’ – is to be sold next month in LondonSat Oct 25 2014 - 01:00
Lemass family silver soldO’Reilly’s auction in Francis St, Dublin on included silver gifts presented to the late Seán Lemass, a former Fianna Fáil leader and TaoiseachSat Oct 25 2014 - 00:00
Rare Francis Harwood sculpture of Homer rediscovered in IrelandSotheby’s to sell another Irish “find” in London sale of Old MastersSat Oct 25 2014 - 00:00
Ballyfin table-top cabinet ‘mesmerising’Cabinet in Bonhams auction is made of ebony, silver and Italian ‘pietre dure’ panelsSat Oct 25 2014 - 00:00
Tricolour from Easter Rising could sell for up to €50,000 at auction next monthUniforms worn by British military leader who suppressed 1916 rebellion also to be soldFri Oct 24 2014 - 12:03
Dublin ambulance log from 1916 gives vivid account of RisingLog ‘rescued from a skip’ to be auctioned, expected to sell for up to €5,000Fri Oct 24 2014 - 12:02
Lemass family silver for auction in DublinItems presented to former taoiseach Seán Lemass to go on saleSat Oct 18 2014 - 01:02
McGrath family silver to auctionMementos from the Irish Sweepstake are among some interesting pieces being auctionedSat Oct 18 2014 - 00:00
Collectors spend €1.4mUnpublished Oscar Wilde photo snapped up for €7,000 at Adam’s art auction in SlaneSat Oct 18 2014 - 00:00
Rare books in war catalogueCork specialist responds to growing interest in Ireland’s role in conflictSat Oct 18 2014 - 00:00
Irish buyer takes a de Kooning puntPainting signed ‘de Kooning’ sells for €75,000 – 150 times reserve priceSat Oct 11 2014 - 01:00
Last call for Adam’s at SlaneFinal day of viewing at Slane Castle for Adam’s Country House Collections saleSat Oct 11 2014 - 00:00
Jackie Kennedy letter and pictures in Irish auctionMessage sent to diplomat in Paris thanking him for his help in arranging Swiss visitThu Oct 09 2014 - 10:17
‘War Horse’ evoked by equine maskThe bleak memento has turned up at Fonsie Mealy AuctioneersSat Oct 04 2014 - 00:00
Adam’s goes to the countryPossessions of the Anglo-Irish gentry will feature large at a two-day country house auction in Slane CastleSat Oct 04 2014 - 00:00
First Dublin art sales of autumn lack dashAuctions noticeably lacking in top-quality lotsSat Oct 04 2014 - 00:00
