The Cork hero of Zulu – the war not the filmMinehan ‘remained calm . . . at one stage bayoneting a warrior who had grabbed him by the leg’Sat Dec 17 2016 - 00:00
Bonhams appoints new representative in IrelandKieran O’Boyle leaves Adam’s to join international auction houseSat Dec 17 2016 - 00:00
Original key to Oscar Wilde’s prison cell sells for £15,000Key to cell at Reading Gaol – scene of author’s ballad – auctioned at Sotheby’s in LondonTue Dec 13 2016 - 16:54
Oscar Wilde’s jail cell key up for auction in LondonHistoric item from Reading Gaol is expected to fetch at least €4,800 in Sotheby’s saleMon Dec 12 2016 - 01:00
Irish Jesuits to dispose of rare book collection worth €2mNational Library given some important Irish items but remainder will be sold by Sotheby’sSat Dec 10 2016 - 01:01
Nearly 300-year-old Shakespeare set and a book signed by SwiftRare books, manuscripts, maps and art in Fonsie Mealy auction in DublinSat Dec 10 2016 - 00:00
Auctions: results and forthcoming salesSean Keating painting is unexpected star of Mealy’s auctionSat Dec 10 2016 - 00:00
Pearse ‘surrender letter’ and major Yeats painting fail to sell at Adam’sPaul Henry and Sean Keating paintings sell for €135,000 and €130,000 at Morgan O’Driscoll auctionSat Dec 10 2016 - 00:00
Auctions & Fairs: ResultsChinese bowl sells for 9 times its top estimate at Sheppard’s in LaoisSat Dec 03 2016 - 00:00
When Maureen O’Hara met Fidel Castro – a big night for memorabilia at BonhamsStarry provenance pushes prices up at New York auctionSat Dec 03 2016 - 00:00
Top lots of 1916 memorabilia go under hammerHandwritten Patrick Pearse surrender letter estimated at €1m-€1.5m at Adam’s auctionSat Dec 03 2016 - 00:00
Mrs Lewisohn and Sir William Orpen are reunited in DublinArtist’s self-portrait and 1915 painting of Edwardian beauty in Adam’s auctionSat Dec 03 2016 - 00:00
Vintage Porsche tractor – for the farmer who has everythingMealy’s auction includes Rolex pendant owned by Countess MarkieviczFri Dec 02 2016 - 10:00
Maureen O’Hara auction in New York draws strong Irish interestBidders from Ireland among large crowd in saleroom for ‘Queen of Technicolor’ effectsWed Nov 30 2016 - 16:45
Skibbereen art dealer to hold London preview of Irish saleCork-based Morgan O’Driscoll says response extends ‘far beyond expat community’Sat Nov 26 2016 - 06:00
‘Connemara Girls’ for sale at Dublin exhibitionPainting is previously unrecognised masterpiece of ‘Irish Colleen’ genreSat Nov 26 2016 - 00:00
Sheppard’s returns to base after series of off-site auctionsViewing for ‘Dublin & Provincial’ and ‘Classic Art’ sales begins in Durrow, Co LaoisSat Nov 26 2016 - 00:00
Auction results and fairs: Lavery’s ‘A Windy Day’ makes €1.1m at Christie’sSean Scully pastel makes €165,000 at de Veres, while Maureen O’Hara’s estate set for NY auctionSat Nov 26 2016 - 00:00
Irish art market viewed with ‘continued confidence’, say Whyte’sRDS auction has paintings from McClelland collection and work by Harry KernoffSat Nov 26 2016 - 00:00
Chinese bronze turns to gold for Irish vendor in London auctionFigure depicting Chinese war god Guandi sells for £371,000 – 25 times top estimateSat Nov 19 2016 - 00:00
Lavery’s breezy golf scene among Irish art for sale in LondonAuction includes a Jack B Yeats painting expected to make €230,000Sat Nov 19 2016 - 00:00
Mystery Irish buyer ‘thrilled’ with David Bowie’s art auctionSinger’s entire collection is sold, including pieces by Jack B Yeats and Louis le BrocquySat Nov 19 2016 - 00:00
Auctions & Fairs: results and forthcoming eventsA 1914 Talbot Invincible vintage car sells for €35,000Sat Nov 19 2016 - 00:00
Rare Irish silver porridge bowl turns up in EssexBowl made in Dublin in 1659 for auctionSat Nov 19 2016 - 00:00
How to build a pension pot from artCollection proved a nice earner for owners when it was leased to Four Seasons hotelThu Nov 17 2016 - 11:00
Maureen O’Hara memorabilia to be auctioned in New YorkItems include ‘secret love letters’ sent to her by ‘The Quiet Man’ director John FordSat Nov 12 2016 - 01:00
Monarch of the Glen: Famous Scottish painting to be sold£10m price tag expected at Christie’s of LondonSat Nov 12 2016 - 00:00
Dromoland Castle heirlooms, Harry Clarke stained glass and a vintage carPlain people of Ireland represented at Chatsworth Fine Art Sale by rare rosary beadsSat Nov 12 2016 - 00:00
Auctions & Fairs: recent results and upcoming salesAn 18th-century side table by William Moore and an Escher woodcut are among the lotsSat Nov 12 2016 - 00:00
Painting of O’Donovan brothers to go under the hammerAuctions in Cork have an oil-on-canvas of Rio heroes and a silver tray carrying IRA historySat Nov 05 2016 - 00:00
Life’s Work: Penny Day, head of Irish art, Bonhams, London‘I’m secretly a bit of a petrol-head so a Lotto windfall might mean a vintage Jaguar’Sat Nov 05 2016 - 00:00
Autumn leaves from rare books dealersSeasonal catalogues from Galway and Dublin filled with tales of the unexpectedSat Nov 05 2016 - 00:00
Auctions & Fairs: recent results and upcoming salesTaxidermy lots include a Greater Kudu spiral-horned antelope and a bull water buffaloSat Nov 05 2016 - 00:00
It’s break time in the auction rooms ahead of end-of-year salesIrish auction houses take a breather before a busy round of sales in the run-up to ChristmasSat Oct 29 2016 - 00:00
Advice for book collectors: get into local and family historyPJ Tynan of Courtwood Books, Stradbally, Co Laois gave up farming to become an antiquarian booksellerSat Oct 29 2016 - 00:00
The multimillion dollar question: is modern art worth it?Edvard Munch painting on sale while Eric Clapton is selling another Gerhard RichterSat Oct 29 2016 - 00:00
Auctions & FairsSecond hand Maserati makes €24,500 at Ailesbury Road house contents auctionSat Oct 29 2016 - 00:00
Dublin 4 house contents auction features wine and a MaseratiFine Georgian furniture, paintings and a pair of stone sphinxes from Helen Dillon’s garden also featureSat Oct 22 2016 - 08:00
Jack B Yeats painting not seen for 50 years to feature in London art saleThe Bonhams auction, which includes work by Paul Henry, Sir John Lavery, Roderic O’Conor and William John Leech, will have a Dublin viewing this weekSat Oct 22 2016 - 06:00
‘Edna O’Brien thanked me with a gift of a banned book’Life’s Work: George Stacpoole, antiques dealer in Adare, Co Limerick, and president of IADAWed Oct 19 2016 - 06:00
Life’s Work: John de Vere White, art auctioneer, DublinMy Dad – literary editor of ‘The Irish Times’ and the only Catholic allowed into Jack B Yeats’s funeralSat Oct 15 2016 - 06:00
Bishop’s ring for sale at Adam’s; a dandy’s dress studs at O’Reilly’sJewellery auctions in DublinSat Oct 15 2016 - 00:00
Painting of Kilkenny Castle aristocrat the top lot at Adam’sHammer price totals €1.3 million as 75 per cent of lots are soldSat Oct 15 2016 - 00:00
Adam’s brings annual sale to Townley HallIrish Georgian furniture the star of annual Country House auction previously held at Slane CastleSat Oct 08 2016 - 06:00
Dublin-born art dealer’s collection makes £28.2 million in London‘The Weir’ by Jack B Yeats sells for £112,500, nearly double the estimateSat Oct 08 2016 - 00:00
Sir Anthony O’Reilly’s tables turn heads at Kilfane House auctionPair of console tables make €145,000, 10 times their estimateSat Oct 08 2016 - 00:00
Owner of Supermac’s buys Loughton House archivePapers (1749-1960) include letters, diaries, journals, sketch books and recipe booksSat Oct 08 2016 - 00:00
Auctions & Fairs: recent results and upcoming salesWeldon jewellery auction to include Irish gold 22ct 50 ECU coin (1990) to mark Irish presidency of European Economic CommunitySat Oct 08 2016 - 00:00
