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Six amazing gardens to visit in Co Wicklow this summer

Six amazing gardens to visit in Co Wicklow this summer

Don’t overlook these alternatives to Powerscourt and Mount Usher

Sat Jul 28 2018 - 00:00
Man Booker Prize 2018: Three Irish writers make longlist

Man Booker Prize 2018: Three Irish writers make longlist

Sally Rooney, Donal Ryan and Anna Burns in running for £50,000 prize

Tue Jul 24 2018 - 00:01
Brian Friel art sale to raise €100,000 for homeless

Brian Friel art sale to raise €100,000 for homeless

Playwright’s widow selling Irish paintings to donate to Peter McVerry Trust

Mon Jul 23 2018 - 15:45
A pure drop of Irish history in this pub memorabilia sale

A pure drop of Irish history in this pub memorabilia sale

Contents of old Donegal pub, Sweeneys of Ballyshannon, among top lots at Victor Mee

Sat Jul 21 2018 - 06:00
Rare chronometer timepiece makes €25,000 at Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers

Rare chronometer timepiece makes €25,000 at Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers

Results from the salerooms and forthcoming event

Sat Jul 21 2018 - 06:00
Key pieces in Blackrock summer sale

Key pieces in Blackrock summer sale

A boudoir grand piano, silver and art with reasonable reserves to be found at Adams

Sat Jul 21 2018 - 05:00
A tale of poverty and survival: the economic reality of being a writer

A tale of poverty and survival: the economic reality of being a writer

Your book may be a page-turner, but it probably won’t be a money-maker

Sat Jul 21 2018 - 05:00
Winter loneliness on a western island

Winter loneliness on a western island

The Times We Lived In – Taken: November 26th, 1955. Photograph by Eddie Kelly

Sat Jul 21 2018 - 05:00
Georgian barometer achieved a hammer price of €7,400 at Mullens Laurel Park

Georgian barometer achieved a hammer price of €7,400 at Mullens Laurel Park

Auction results and forthcoming sales

Sat Jul 14 2018 - 06:00
Throwing shapes in Kilkenny: what’s new in ceramics

Throwing shapes in Kilkenny: what’s new in ceramics

Catch an exhibition of students’ work and see behind the scenes of ‘The Breadwinner’

Sat Jul 14 2018 - 06:00
Long ago view of Carton House among top London sales

Long ago view of Carton House among top London sales

Records smashed in salerooms last week show Old Masters are never out of fashion

Sat Jul 14 2018 - 06:00
Sale of original Winnie the Pooh map sets world record

Sale of original Winnie the Pooh map sets world record

1926 map of the Hundred Acre Wood was unseen for nearly half a century

Sat Jul 14 2018 - 05:00
Let’s dance: David Bowie’s space oddities at Slane Castle, 1987

Let’s dance: David Bowie’s space oddities at Slane Castle, 1987

Published: July 13th, 1987.Photograph by Dermot O’Shea

Sat Jul 14 2018 - 05:00
Homes on view this weekend: From Ballinteer to Sandycove

Homes on view this weekend: From Ballinteer to Sandycove

Five homes to view this weekend

Thu Jul 12 2018 - 00:00
Emeralds, diamonds and watches for auction at Weldon sale

Emeralds, diamonds and watches for auction at Weldon sale

What’s due to go under the hammer in the art and antiques salerooms?

Sat Jul 07 2018 - 06:00
Mountbatten's old wardrobe and a classic car in Kilkenny sale

Mountbatten's old wardrobe and a classic car in Kilkenny sale

Fonsie Mealy’s summer sale includes objects from Carton House and Morristown Lattin

Sat Jul 07 2018 - 06:00
From Mullingar with love – Clinton cup a pop art classic

From Mullingar with love – Clinton cup a pop art classic

Pewter cup featuring pop artist Robert Indiana’s LOVE design set for Whyte’s sale

Sat Jul 07 2018 - 06:00
The Times We Lived In: Their cup runneth over

The Times We Lived In: Their cup runneth over

Published: May 21st, 1954.Photograph by Dermot Barry

Sat Jul 07 2018 - 05:00
Head to Galway to catch the very best of Irish crafts

Head to Galway to catch the very best of Irish crafts

Irish Design Works 2018 show features furniture, lighting, sculpture and more

Sat Jul 07 2018 - 05:00
How to start an Irish art collction for under €100

How to start an Irish art collction for under €100

Whyte’s summer sale of art has many small works by big-name artists

Sat Jun 30 2018 - 06:00
Getting to know Asian art in Rathmines

Getting to know Asian art in Rathmines

Herman & Wilkinson is putting together its third sale of collectables from the East

Sat Jun 30 2018 - 06:00
Victoria Beckham meets Rubens as old masters move into her boutique

Victoria Beckham meets Rubens as old masters move into her boutique

Sotheby’s hopeful that artworks paired with fashion will be seen in a new light

Sat Jun 30 2018 - 05:00
The boy who won a plane for a day

The boy who won a plane for a day

The Times We Lived In – Published: May 12th, 1988. Photograph by Jack McManus

Sat Jun 30 2018 - 05:00
How to paint a volcano: Carmel Mooney’s new show is hot with colour

How to paint a volcano: Carmel Mooney’s new show is hot with colour

As the artist looked on we asked a volcanologist for his take on these fiery paintings

Sat Jun 30 2018 - 05:00
Sean Scully sets a record in London; silver carries the day at Adam’s

Sean Scully sets a record in London; silver carries the day at Adam’s

Auction results and forthcoming sales

Sat Jun 23 2018 - 06:00
Picadilly buzzing as Royal Academy adds more art and cafe space

Picadilly buzzing as Royal Academy adds more art and cafe space

The big draw is the 2018 Summer Exhibition – a show that has been has been held every year since 1769

Sat Jun 23 2018 - 06:00
Summertime but the livin’ ain’t easy

Summertime but the livin’ ain’t easy

The Times We Lived In – Published: June 12th 1963. Photograph by Jimmy McCormack

Sat Jun 23 2018 - 05:00
Head to Kells for inspiration and auctions

Head to Kells for inspiration and auctions

Hinterland Festival of Literature and Arts runs alongside two-day sale

Sat Jun 23 2018 - 05:00
Wooden E-Type Jag makes €4,000 at Café en Seine auction

Wooden E-Type Jag makes €4,000 at Café en Seine auction

Stuffed grizzly bear, bronze ladies among top sellers at two-day sale

Sat Jun 23 2018 - 00:00
Flea to Limerick: collectors head west to antiques and collectibles fair

Flea to Limerick: collectors head west to antiques and collectibles fair

Silver, art, furniture and vintage finds included in popular annual summer sale

Sat Jun 16 2018 - 06:00
Art and artists back in Dublin’s City Assembly House after 250 years

Art and artists back in Dublin’s City Assembly House after 250 years

Step back in time with an 18th century art exhibition in what was once the only art gallery in Ireland and England

Sat Jun 16 2018 - 06:00
Trump’s early pick for US ambassador to Ireland, Brian Burns, is selling his Irish art

Trump’s early pick for US ambassador to Ireland, Brian Burns, is selling his Irish art

Irish-American lawyer says it’s time to sell collection built as a tribute to his heritage

Sat Jun 16 2018 - 05:00
Literary giant pays homage to Joyce

Literary giant pays homage to Joyce

The Times We Lived In – Published: June 16th, 1982. Photograph by Eddie Kelly

Sat Jun 16 2018 - 05:00
Property of legal eagle: Wicklow sale filled with quirky antiques and art

Property of legal eagle: Wicklow sale filled with quirky antiques and art

Three day Coolattin House sale includes collection of the late solictor Gerard O’Keeffe

Sat Jun 16 2018 - 00:00
Michael Ondaatje and the magical art of the opening sentence

Michael Ondaatje and the magical art of the opening sentence

Warlight, the author’s latest novel, is about two teenagers being abandoned into the shadowy underworld of post-war London

Sat Jun 09 2018 - 06:15
How a US press baron’s table came to an Adam’s auction

How a US press baron’s table came to an Adam’s auction

A Irish marble-topped piece once owned by William Randolf Hearst among items in Sunday sale

Sat Jun 09 2018 - 06:00
High hopes for a great Scott sale at DeVere’s

High hopes for a great Scott sale at DeVere’s

Works by Mainie Jellett and John Doherty could prove to be solid investments

Sat Jun 09 2018 - 06:00
What’s a tennis bracelet and where can you get one?

What’s a tennis bracelet and where can you get one?

Art and collecting: what sold, and what’s coming up in the salerooms

Sat Jun 09 2018 - 06:00
Oldest map of Ireland puts us on the edge of the world

Oldest map of Ireland puts us on the edge of the world

Map is part of a 600-year-old atlas going on auction at Christie’s for up to €1.8m

Sat Jun 09 2018 - 06:00
Cycling the plank on the Liffey

Cycling the plank on the Liffey

The Times We Lived In – Published: May 13th, 1986. Photograph by Dermot O’Shea

Sat Jun 09 2018 - 05:00
Is an art collection really about art or is it mostly about money?

Is an art collection really about art or is it mostly about money?

Adare Art Summit to focus on wealth planning, with time for networking too

Sat Jun 09 2018 - 05:00
Hot prices for Irish art in summer sales

Hot prices for Irish art in summer sales

Big-hitters like Yeats, Henry and Osborne now fetching prices well above pre-sale estimates

Sat Jun 02 2018 - 06:00
Hidden in a bank for 100 years, Irish silver dressing table set is coming home

Hidden in a bank for 100 years, Irish silver dressing table set is coming home

Mint condition items show the fad for Chinoiserie that swept 17th century Ireland

Sat Jun 02 2018 - 06:00
Small but perfect: US collectors’ Irish art that’s back on the market

Small but perfect: US collectors’ Irish art that’s back on the market

20th-century paintings owned by Pittsburg family to be sold in London

Sat Jun 02 2018 - 06:00
Vintage fair and opera in Lismore; results from the salerooms

Vintage fair and opera in Lismore; results from the salerooms

Chinese blue and white dragon bowl fetches €95,000 at Sheppard’s Irish Auction House

Sat Jun 02 2018 - 06:00
The joy of the jump

The joy of the jump

The Times We Lived In – Published, August 19th, 1997. Photograph by Alan Betson

Sat Jun 02 2018 - 05:00
Statues, sundials and stags for sale in new Shackleton garden in Durrow

Statues, sundials and stags for sale in new Shackleton garden in Durrow

Sheppard’s has created a dreamy garden in Laois to host its summer sale or garden furniture and statuary

Sat May 26 2018 - 06:00
Clouds, rain and brilliant sunshine - Adam's summer sale has it all

Clouds, rain and brilliant sunshine - Adam's summer sale has it all

Land and seascapes show the Irish weather in all its unpredictable glory

Sat May 26 2018 - 06:00
Argos goes green . . . but for a house in the garden, try a big red affair

Argos goes green . . . but for a house in the garden, try a big red affair

Home Front: short of space at home but don’t want to move? A garden house is an increasingly popular option

Sat May 26 2018 - 06:00
Carry on up the pole

Carry on up the pole

The Times We Lived In: Published date;November 5th, 1996. Photograph by Jack McManus

Sat May 26 2018 - 05:00
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