Former president’s kitchenalia was snapped up but many artworks failed to sell

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

1920s saphire and diamond ring fetches €22,000 at Adam’s

Mirrors, paintings, some rare silver and a fireplace salvaged from Merrion Square

Qing period art object guiding between €800 and €1,200 bought by Paris-based buyer

Obituary: Archbishop Thomas White – Born: August 12th, 1931 – Died: May 7th, 2017

CCTV cameras are deterring ‘raiders’ from committing crimes in Dunmore, Co Laois

Orpen, Yeats, Henry and Scully continue to dominate with Flatley getting a foothold

“I should have gone to China to learn Mandarin”

A `sleeper' Chinese bowl makes €37,000, a Tricolour flown in Enniscorthy during the Rising, plus a host of Irish art at Dolan's

Letters from ‘people’s princess’ to go under the hammer with top end reserve of €1,200

Chinese Qing period vases sell for €60,000 – 50 times the top estimate

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

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

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

Oil-on-canvas by French artist Paul Sieffert sells above its estimate at Sheppard’s two-day auction in Durrow, Co Laois

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

Defendants deny claim, saying man was rushing and floor was checked every two hours

Revamped website will make auction browsing easier

Christy Sheppard was one of the country’s best-known auctioneers

A look back at Antiques & Collectibles auctions in 2014 and some of the items that made the headlines

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

From a stuffed bobcat to a bronze Buddha, the Laois auction is an eclectic mix

Vincentian Fathers said the decision taken as correspondence with priest was ‘private’

An André Derain bought for a few thousand euro, now sold for €120,000

Chinese bronze wine vessel makes €250,000 in Sheppard’s auction

Piece found when presbytery outbuilding cleared of rubbish to convert it into parish office

Jack Moyney, a sergeant in the Irish Guards regiment, was awarded in 1917

Expert Owen Felix O’Neill hands back copies of correspondence between former US first lady and Irish priest

Temporary High Court injunction granted to auctioneers, restraining expert

Auction in Durrow on June 10th

Three-day sale with 1,800 lots in Laois auction house

The pre-auction estimate for the blue and white vase was just €2,200-€3,300

Man and woman injured after lone gunman fires shots through door of house

The fittest festival-goer of them all, Mark Graham, chooses his 10 best festivals of the year

Any financial windfall from art and antiques is more likely to be enjoyed by heirs and successors of the collector