Michael Flatley's Hannibal Lecter mask among sale of Castlehyde contents
Contents sale of Lord of the Dance's Fermoy estate to offer 700 lots including film mask guiding €80,000-€120,000
Cash in the attic? Now’s the time to go looking
Art and antiques specialists can often give you a valuation online
A lifetime collection to catch the expert eye at Durrow
Collector Tim O’Mahony attended Irish country house auctions for decades. Now it’s time to sell on his treasures
Days of wine, candlelight and bicycles recalled in Durrow sale
Spring sale at Sheppard’s a mix of valuable and curious items from a bygone age
Limited edition Faberge egg to be jewel in the crown at O’Reilly’s sale
Piece comprising 11 ct ruby set on rose gold is one of 26 eggs created in 2006
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
Bidders from over 40 countries expected to vie for Chinese artefacts in Laois
The Durrow auction house is holding a select sale of just 100 lots, most of them Chinese
Going, going: Two tiny bowls fetch €100,000 at Durrow sale
Taiwanese buyer was a first time bidder at Sheppard’s, which regularly sells Asian art
Auction results: Postcards from history and a stuffed baboon
What sold and what’s coming up in the auction rooms
Décor Decoded: Chinese ceramics surface at Sheppard’s
Items could have landed in Ireland during the 17th century when ships from the Orient moored in Cork
Bronze boars and interesting paintings at Coolattin sale
Sheppard’s to hold two-day house and garden auction in Co Wicklow’s Coolattin House
Rising China: why a Chinese vase made €740,000 at auction
Spotting the imperial pieces is now the stuff of legend in auction rooms
Sheppard’s ‘Rolls’ rolls into classic cars market
Classic and vintage cars widely collected in Ireland
From ancient Greece to antique Laois
An auction at a Georgian mansion in Co Laois has a neoclassical theme and is expected to realise more than €1 million
Female nude makes €19,000
Oil-on-canvas by French artist Paul Sieffert sells above its estimate at Sheppard’s two-day auction in Durrow, Co Laois
Founder of Sheppard’s auctioneers dies aged 92
Christy Sheppard was one of the country’s best-known auctioneers
‘Jackie letters’ returned to Kennedy family
Vincentian Fathers said the decision taken as correspondence with priest was ‘private’
Salvaged 15th-century altarpiece makes €40,000 at auction
Piece found when presbytery outbuilding cleared of rubbish to convert it into parish office
Copies of collection of Jackie Kennedy letters handed to court
Sheppard’s auctioneers claim letters worth up to€3m are owned by All Hallows College
All Hallows says no legal issue over Jackie Kennedy letters
Temporary High Court injunction granted to auctioneers, restraining expert
Sheppard’s Irish Auction House prepares to auction Jackie Kennedy’s letters
Durrow auctioneer to become the centre of media attention in June
An eclectic ‘Big House’ auction in Durrow
Sheppard’s three-day auction evokes grandeur of country house life
Marathon four-day auction at Sheppard’s
Durrow auctioneer to hold its first four-day sale in 25 years, with almost 2,300 lots
‘Durrow Dragon’ on the prowl again
A collection of valuable Chinese jade, from a private collection in Co Offaly, is to be auctioned at Sheppard’s next week
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