The Irish Times

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

Sat Jan 30 2021 - 06:00

Sheppard’s auction offers passage to India and the Orient

Array of eastern antiquities to feature at upcoming sale of Belmont House contents

Sat Jan 09 2021 - 06:00

Persian rugs, prams and famine pots: Auction season starts in earnest

Four sales taking place in June as easing of Covid-19 restrictions gets bidding going again

Sat Jun 13 2020 - 06:00

Swanzy’s cubist art, birds of prey and antlers: what sold in the auction rooms

Results and forthcoming auctions and fairs

Sat Oct 26 2019 - 06:00

May Guinness proves sleeper lot as Woman with Red Hair makes €34,000

Auctions, Results & Fairs: Strong prices for jewellery

Sat Sept 21 2019 - 06:00

Irish collectors secure strong prices for British works

Auctions, results and fairs dates for your diary

Sat Sept 14 2019 - 06:00

Family heirlooms, cameras and rare books: what’s coming up in the auction rooms

Diamond rings, watches by Cartier and Rolex included in 390 lots at John Weldon

Sat Jun 22 2019 - 00:00

What it went for: Auction results

Lynes and Lynes sale to include brass sundial by Daniel Voster and carved oak altar

Sat Jun 15 2019 - 00:00

Rare post box on the block in garden sale

The late 19th-century box stood for more than 100 years on Patrick Street in Cork

Sat May 25 2019 - 00:00

Is this a good time to pile your money into a Persian carpet?

These unique artworks transform a living space. But do your homework before investing

Sat Jan 19 2019 - 00:00

Johnny Sexton’s lucky Le Drop boots to go under hammer

Ireland outhalf’s unbeaten Grand Slam, Pro14 and Champions Cup boots for auction

Sat Nov 17 2018 - 06:00

All wrapped up for Christmas with Maureen O’Hara’s fur coats

Irish Hollywood star’s emeralds also to be sold in €500,000 Sheppard’s auction

Sat Nov 11 2017 - 05:00

Mary and Nick Robinson to auction 200 lots

Contents of Massbrook House include furniture, pictures, crockery and garden sculpture

Sat Oct 28 2017 - 05:00

Antiques & Art: auction results and forthcoming sales and fairs

‘Self-Portrait, New York’, an oil-on-canvas by John Butler Yeats, goes for just under €100,000 at Sotheby’s in London – a new auction record for the artist

Sat Sept 30 2017 - 00:00

Rising China: why a Chinese vase made €740,000 at auction

Spotting the imperial pieces is now the stuff of legend in auction rooms

Sat Jun 24 2017 - 05:00

Sheppard’s returns to base after series of off-site auctions

Viewing for ‘Dublin & Provincial’ and ‘Classic Art’ sales begins in Durrow, Co Laois

Sat Nov 26 2016 - 00:00

It’s break time in the auction rooms ahead of end-of-year sales

Irish auction houses take a breather before a busy round of sales in the run-up to Christmas

Sat Oct 29 2016 - 00:00

Owner of Supermac’s buys Loughton House archive

Papers (1749-1960) include letters, diaries, journals, sketch books and recipe books

Sat Oct 08 2016 - 00:00

Sheppard’s ‘Rolls’ rolls into classic cars market

Classic and vintage cars widely collected in Ireland

Sat Jun 18 2016 - 00:00

Map of Abbeyleix Manor reappears after 200 years

An estate map made in 1828 was discovered in the loft of an outhouse belonging to the Viscounts de Vesci, who planned the town

Sat Feb 27 2016 - 01:00

Dromoland diamonds sparkle at Sheppard’s

London bidder purchases diamond tiara for €20,000 – more than twice the top estimate

Sat Dec 05 2015 - 02:00

Auctions, Fairs & Valuations

Sat Sept 12 2015 - 04:00

Auction houses looking for autumn consignments

Dates at Sheppard’s, Whyte’s, Adam’s and Sotheby’s have been announced

Sat Aug 08 2015 - 05:00

The Irish bishop and his tiger skin trophy

Preserved tiger skin and the photo of the bishop who shot the animal in 1911 among quirky lots at Sheppard's auction

Sat Jun 27 2015 - 06:00

Auctions and results

Sat Jun 06 2015 - 06:00

Tiny jade seal makes €260,000 at Dublin auction of Chinese art and paintings

Matchbox-sized piece of carved jade was possibly used to stamp documents in Peking’s Forbidden City during the reign of the Emperor Qianlong in the 18th century

Sat May 30 2015 - 07:00

Sheppard’s to hold first Dublin auction

‘Chinese Ceramics and Asian Works of Art’, with 120 lots, will be held on May 26th

Sat May 09 2015 - 02:00

Weird and wonderful sale at Sheppard’s

Viewing begins in Durrow and online today for 1,300 eclectic lots

Sat Apr 25 2015 - 02:00

Two nudes for sale: one at €16,000, the other for €46m

A pretty study by Sieffert contrasts with a benefits worker in raw honesty by Freud

Sat Apr 25 2015 - 01:00

Online bidding sweeps Sheppard’s sale

More than 70 per cent of lots sold were bought by online bidders

Sat Mar 07 2015 - 05:00

Old Masters put in their place by newer artists

While the growth in demand for Irish art is likely to continue, their owners appear to be reluctant to sell

Sat Jan 03 2015 - 00:00

Sheppard’s four-day auction

Top price of €34,000 achieved for painting by 19th century Irish artist Augustus Burke

Sat Dec 13 2014 - 00:00

Sheppard’s four-day auction includes portrait of noted Victorian jockey Fred Archer

19th-century painting to go under the hammer at Dublin fine art auction house

Sat Nov 29 2014 - 00:00

Michael Flatley’s tap-danced painting is star attraction at auction

Canvas 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 Bay

Sat Nov 22 2014 - 13:05