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
Sheppard’s auction offers passage to India and the Orient
Array of eastern antiquities to feature at upcoming sale of Belmont House contents
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
Swanzy’s cubist art, birds of prey and antlers: what sold in the auction rooms
Results and forthcoming auctions and fairs
May Guinness proves sleeper lot as Woman with Red Hair makes €34,000
Auctions, Results & Fairs: Strong prices for jewellery
Irish collectors secure strong prices for British works
Auctions, results and fairs dates for your diary
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
What it went for: Auction results
Lynes and Lynes sale to include brass sundial by Daniel Voster and carved oak altar
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
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
Johnny Sexton’s lucky Le Drop boots to go under hammer
Ireland outhalf’s unbeaten Grand Slam, Pro14 and Champions Cup boots for auction
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
Mary and Nick Robinson to auction 200 lots
Contents of Massbrook House include furniture, pictures, crockery and garden sculpture
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
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 returns to base after series of off-site auctions
Viewing for ‘Dublin & Provincial’ and ‘Classic Art’ sales begins in Durrow, Co Laois
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
Owner of Supermac’s buys Loughton House archive
Papers (1749-1960) include letters, diaries, journals, sketch books and recipe books
Sheppard’s ‘Rolls’ rolls into classic cars market
Classic and vintage cars widely collected in Ireland
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
Dromoland diamonds sparkle at Sheppard’s
London bidder purchases diamond tiara for €20,000 – more than twice the top estimate
Auction houses looking for autumn consignments
Dates at Sheppard’s, Whyte’s, Adam’s and Sotheby’s have been announced
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
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
Sheppard’s to hold first Dublin auction
‘Chinese Ceramics and Asian Works of Art’, with 120 lots, will be held on May 26th
Weird and wonderful sale at Sheppard’s
Viewing begins in Durrow and online today for 1,300 eclectic lots
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
Online bidding sweeps Sheppard’s sale
More than 70 per cent of lots sold were bought by online bidders
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
Sheppard’s four-day auction
Top price of €34,000 achieved for painting by 19th century Irish artist Augustus Burke
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
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
Curious collectibles at Sheppard’s sale
From a stuffed bobcat to a bronze Buddha, the Laois auction is an eclectic mix
Irishman in Paris discovers important French nude
An André Derain bought for a few thousand euro, now sold for €120,000
Burmese Days for Irish soldiers on eve of first World War
Centenary pushes up interest in artefacts that shed light on Irish involvement in the war
Going ... going ... guang for Chinese antique in Laois
Chinese bronze wine vessel makes €250,000 in Sheppard’s auction
Top lot at Sheppard’s: a pair of French cabinets, expected to sell for €180,000
Three-day sale with 1,800 lots in Laois auction house
Chinese vase makes €170,000 in Sheppard’s auction
The pre-auction estimate for the blue and white vase was just €2,200-€3,300
Three-day auction in Durrow has lots of surprising treasures
Vintage clothes, wine and a stuffed pine-marten among highlights at Sheppard’s
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