A teapot for €2.4m? You’ll need a cup of tea after buying that

Rare imperial Beijing piece from the 1700s, and sabre owned by Napoleon’s brother, sold at auction

Painting Dublin: A visual history of Ireland’s capital city

Before now, emphasis was placed on rural landscape and western seaboard in Irish art. This book takes a very different approach

Devotees of Irish fine art spoiled for choice in week of auctions

Superb paintings by Walter Osborne, Paul Henry and Jack B Yeats included in four sales

Ib Jorgensen gives personal touch to Adam’s auction

Celebrated Danish-born designer’s furniture and art collection feature at upcoming sale

An Irishman’s Diary on Josephine McNeill, an Irish diplomatic trailblazer

Irish universities keep important artworks out of public eye

Trinity College refuses to say what paintings, sculptures kept for academic eyes only

James Bond away with the fairies: what’s coming up for sale in the auction rooms

First edition Ian Fleming books in Cork; WB Yeats’s Irish Fairy and Folk Tales in Galway

Heaney collection and some rare whiskey in Co Cavan sale

Victor Mee auction will include signed books by the Nobel prize-winning author

Give it a lash: 100 questions to test your Irishness

Win a €250 Kenny’s hamper, delivered anywhere in the world. Ah, go on, go on, go on ....

Auction results: Strong price for Rasher, drop in Louis le Brocquy

What sold and what’s coming up in the auction rooms

Auction results and forthcoming sales

David Hockney sets record in London, Irish auction houses get set for seasonal sales

Hot prices for Irish art in summer sales

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

Replica of Trump’s Oval Office desk in Castlecomer auction

Piece modelled on ‘Resolute’ desk made from British ship timbers has €1,500-€2,000 guide

Paintings by William Leech and Roderic O’Conor for Mother’s Day at de Veres

Leech’s ‘The Housekeeper’, an oil on canvas, has an estimate of €30,000-€50,000