A teapot for €2.4m? You’ll need a cup of tea after buying that

Rare imperial Beijing piece from the 1700s, and sabre owned by Napoleon’s brother, sold at auction

Hacked Off – Frank McNally on the trail of Hackball, King of the Beggars

An Irishman’s Diary

On the Ball, Off the Wall – Frank McNally on the mysterious origins of a Dublin phrase

An Irishman’s Diary

Get into the vinyl groove at Adam’s Mid-Century Modern sale

Auction includes classic 1960s Brionvega turntable; also, Asian treasures in Kildare

Shock of the nude? Adam’s Irish Art sale majors in the human form

The sales feature a selection of nude styles, from the stark anatomical realism of John Luke’s Nude Male to Louis le Brocquy’s subtle Being

Paul Henry painting, ‘Looking Towards Achill from the East of Achill Sound’, fetches €47,000 at Adam’s ‘Important Irish Art’ auction

Auctions and Fairs

Autumn auctions get under way at Adam’s

Lots at the St Stephen’s Green rooms include furniture, paintings and silver

A ring owned by the revolutionary aristocrat, Lord Edward FitzGerald turns up in English saleroom