An ecumenical matter: Pulpit, brass candlesticks and pipe organ
Contents of a former seminary reflect Irish culture in 19th and 20th centuries
€300,000 sale of David Cahill’s collection headlines busy week for antiques circuit
Oscars-style necklace, tapestry, banknotes and Meissen porcelain will also be on offer
Period homes set to reveal their treasures at auction
Highlights of sales at Knockboyne House and Erindale House include Chinese carvings, Edwardian satinwood bookcases and peat buckets
Sean Scully’s Double Window to feature in upcoming Sotheby’s Paris sale
Oil on canvas executed in artist’s distinctive style has estimate of €350,000 to €550,000
Loose diamonds, sapphires and emeralds in Adam’s sale
Endless possibilities for jewellery designers with gems from estate of prominent jeweller
Arts&Antiques: Hollywood vision of Ireland on offer in collectors’ sale
Other auction highlights include signed Harry Potter books and a diamond ring
Kavanagh death mask and miniature Ming bowl to headline upcoming sales
Poet Patrick Kavanagh's death mask and portrait of campaigner Vicky Phelan are among auction highlights
Under the hammer: Castlehyde’s €1.2m vase, plus other top auction sales of 2020
Covid-19 turned most auctioneers towards online sales, with some outstanding results
Five lessons I learned preparing my house for sale
I asked if the handyman was any good. ‘Well, only if the rest of them are dead’ came the reply
A new look for old china, bedroom navies and a time capsule chemist shop sale
Home Front: Tablescapes, bedroom style and a contents sale worth a look
Coronavirus is disrupting the auction market. It could change it for good
Auctioneers and galleries are moving sales online, and finding art lovers prepared to bid
Going, going, gone online: art auctioneers scramble to stay open via the internet
Some high-value sales have been postponed, but others will go ahead online only
Rare friendship cup from Sam Maguire silversmiths in Kells sale
Honeymoon special – silver mether from 1908 is an unusual example of the Celtic cup
Going, going, gone: the top art and furniture sales of 2019
From Chinese ‘sleepers’ to a record Yeats, it has been a busy year in Irish auction rooms
Magic carpet result in London, Cartier gems in Clontarf
Ming vase fetched €610,000 at Sheppard’s sale – almost €500,000 over estimate
Chinese box sells for ten times estimate in busy auction week
Recent results and forthcoming auctions and fairs
Maureen O’Hara’s carriage awaits in Co Cork estate sale
Horse-drawn carriage owned by the late Hollywood star set for Sheppards auction
Purdey shotgun and a whopper diamond: what’s in the latest auction sales
Advertising memorabilia sale includes contents of a landmark Co Louth pub
In the auction rooms: Bowie masks, hares and stags
Theme of natural world features in forthcoming auctions
Auction results: Postcards from history and a stuffed baboon
What sold and what’s coming up in the auction rooms
After Emma and ‘the Beast’, a bumper week for antiques sales as 8,000 lots go for sale
Art, jewellery, furniture and vintage items on the block in Dublin, Waterford and Laois
The Irishman who wore Charvet shirts, shot tigers and kept a bear
Charles Howard-Bury’s life reads like a series of ripping yarns from ‘Boy’s Own’
Irish woman's extraordinary book collection goes under the hammer in Kells
Miss McAlister’s collection contains an early edition of Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’ plus much, much more
Victorian-era sex toy sells for €3,200 at Co Meath auction
Winning bidder for Anglo-Irish antique dildo believed to be private collector from US
Yes, yes, yes: It’s a Victorian-era Irish sex toy
This ‘ladies companion’ from an Anglo-Irish family is to be auctioned in Co Meath
Auctions & Fairs: recent results and upcoming sales
Taxidermy lots include a Greater Kudu spiral-horned antelope and a bull water buffalo
Dublin 4 house contents auction features wine and a Maserati
Fine Georgian furniture, paintings and a pair of stone sphinxes from Helen Dillon’s garden also feature
Auction results and forthcoming sales
A Meissen porcelain ewer, circa 1880, fetches €12,000 in Kilkenny
Auction results and forthcoming sales
A kilo of silver makes three times its estimate at John Weldon Auctioneers
Irish fine art and antiques sales buck the trend
The third part in the summer series examines the surprising upswing during the recession in the €50 million Irish arts and antiques market
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