Lavery, Yeats and le Brocquy beat estimates in first sales of the year
Irish banknotes also beat expectations in strong sale
Concert flute, Free State penny and Cartier watch up for auction
Upcoming sales offer a feast of furniture, jewellery and coins
Harpsichord, sandstone urns and some spooky furniture for auction this week
Contents of Millborough House and ‘Ireland’s spookiest house’ Loftus Hall feature
1916 medal of ‘doctor and belligerent’ Kathleen Lynn for sale
Dr Lynn’s 1916 Rising Service Medal for sale with €20k-€30k estimate
A €15.9m 1933 Double Eagle coin among record-breaking sales
Strong six months in antiques and fine art industry despite Covid and lockdowns
Lewis Hamilton Formula 1 racing car expected to fetch up to €5.8m
2010 Turkish Grand Prix winner McLaren MP4-25 can still be track driven
Lockdown auction market thrives as buyers browse from home
Sale prices for Julian Friers and Patrick Pye works far exceed auctioneer’s estimations
Wicklow collector’s stash of banknotes has some rare Lady Laverys
London auction house sells comprehensive private collection of Irish ten-shilling notes
From Easter Rising lots to vintage tractors – what’s selling in the auction rooms
Colourful collection of Lady Diana’s stepmother, Raine, Countess Spencer at Christie’s of London
The Cork hero of Zulu – the war not the film
Minehan ‘remained calm . . . at one stage bayoneting a warrior who had grabbed him by the leg’
Timothy McCarthy Polar Medal sold for £65,000 at auction
Shackleton museum in Kildare fails to match bid for award to Irish Antarctic adventurer
What it went for: auction results
Paper money, a jade-set butterfly and a preview of Bonhams highlights
Valuable medals from a Tipperary hero
A soldier’s medals – including a Victoria Cross presented personally by Queen Victoria – sold for €290,000 in London auction
Sale of Irish war hero’s medal
Tipperary soldier’s Victoria Cross could make £140,000 in London auction
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