Francis Bacon self-portrait sells for almost €20m‘Two Studies for Self-Portrait’ sold in less than two minutes at Sotheby's in LondonTue Feb 10 2015 - 23:03
Painting by Dublin-born artist Francis Bacon to sell for €23m‘Double’ self-portrait goes up for auction in Sotheby’s on Tuesday eveningMon Feb 09 2015 - 12:46
Five paintings, 60 minutes, €70 million – Monet soars at London auctionCollectors from Asia and Russia out in force at Sotheby’s sale in LondonSat Feb 07 2015 - 01:00
‘Shed of turf’ the sleeper lot at Roscommon antiques auctionReclaimed portico from Mote Park makes €12,000Sat Feb 07 2015 - 01:00
Kilkenny Castle table centrepiece for sale in LondonGilt-bronze piece is over 8ft long and would have adorned the dining table during formal occasions at Kilkenny CastleSat Feb 07 2015 - 01:00
The forgotten story of Irish linenRare set of prints for sale for €6,570 from De Búrca Rare Books in Blackrock, Co DublinSat Jan 31 2015 - 01:00
‘Social media’ in 19th century IrelandBefore the internet, TV and radio, the role of newspapers is captured in artSat Jan 31 2015 - 01:00
The Edge’s first guitar to be sold at Dublin auctionU2 guitarist learned to play on ‘modest little’ instrument expected to fetch up to €1,800Mon Jan 26 2015 - 01:00
The wonderful ‘Mr Turner’19th century artist is still ‘box-office’ more than 160 years after his deathSun Jan 25 2015 - 10:45
Gentleman’s sale at BonhamsAmong the highlights are a selection of vintage Dunhill cigarette lightersSat Jan 24 2015 - 06:00
A Caravaggio for sale‘Boy Peeling A Fruit’ goes to auction with a top estimate of $5 millionSat Jan 24 2015 - 06:00
Beautiful image ‘with power to shock’ a highlight of 19th century art saleBonhams estimating £60,000-£80,000 for ‘Une Parisienne’Sat Jan 17 2015 - 06:00
Sotheby’s vote of confidence in Irish art marketStandalone Irish sale to be held in London for first time since 2011Sat Jan 17 2015 - 00:00
Salerooms reopen for spring seasonBusy line up of auctions gets underway tomorrowSat Jan 17 2015 - 00:00
First editions of James Joyce’s ‘Dubliners’ now classed as antiquesCopies can sell for thousands but why does the price vary so much?Sat Jan 10 2015 - 10:00
Founder of Sheppard’s auctioneers dies aged 92Christy Sheppard was one of the country’s best-known auctioneersSat Jan 10 2015 - 00:00
First auctions and fairs of 2015Online sale can be viewed in Skibbereen salesroom from ThursdaySat Jan 10 2015 - 00:00
Wreck of SS Rowan: How jazz nearly didn’t come to IrelandRare images of 1921 ferry disaster in which London band members drowned on way to DublinSat Jan 03 2015 - 14:00
Old Masters put in their place by newer artistsWhile the growth in demand for Irish art is likely to continue, their owners appear to be reluctant to sellSat Jan 03 2015 - 00:00
Architecturally important Cashel Palace hotel expected to be soldTipperary hotel closed with loss of 32 full- and part-time jobs in early DecemberFri Jan 02 2015 - 01:03
Fr Ned Dowling’s first World War diary describes Christmas 1914 truce‘On Christmas Eve . . . the enemy came out from his lair and sung out to us’Sat Dec 27 2014 - 01:00
Auction highs, lows and no-shows of 2014A look back at Antiques & Collectibles auctions in 2014 and some of the items that made the headlinesSat Dec 27 2014 - 00:00
Irish priest’s first World War diary to be publishedKilkenny-born Fr Ned Dowling was sent to Flanders in November 1914Fri Dec 26 2014 - 20:11
First World War diary: who was Fr Ned Dowling?Co Kilkenny priest served as a British army chaplain from 1914 until 1920Fri Dec 26 2014 - 17:50
A first World War Christmas revealed in Irish priest’s diaryBritish army chaplain Fr Ned Dowling’s diary includes account of Christmas Day 1914 on the battlefieldsWed Dec 24 2014 - 01:00
Fr Dowling describes Christmas Day 1914 with soldiers of Royal Dublin FusiliersWed Dec 24 2014 - 01:00
Startling fall in prices for Louis le Brocquy paintingsFamous Irish artist’s paintings plunge in value, down by two-thirds in just eight yearsSat Dec 20 2014 - 00:00
ESB sells surplus art for €160,000‘Core collection’ not part of sale as ESB says it remains ‘committed to supporting the arts in Ireland’Sat Dec 20 2014 - 00:00
Ireland’s most expensive Christmas cardsSet of early 20th-century Irish Christmas cards is among highlights in the latest catalogue from De Búrca Rare BooksSat Dec 20 2014 - 00:00
Adam’s Irish art sale brings in €1.6mThe annual Christmas auction of Irish art suggests that the market is in good healthSat Dec 13 2014 - 01:00
Sheppard’s four-day auctionTop price of €34,000 achieved for painting by 19th century Irish artist Augustus BurkeSat Dec 13 2014 - 00:00
An early Louis le Brocquy sells for €2,800Morgan O’Driscoll’s art auction in RDS included one of Irish artist’s earliest known worksSat Dec 13 2014 - 00:00
Brass plate from Cromwell’s coffin sells for almost €95,000Memento taken when body was exhumed in 1661 fetches six times the estimate at auctionWed Dec 10 2014 - 12:33
Grisly memento of Oliver Cromwell to be auctionedBrass plate from his coffin for sale at Sotheby’s for more than €15,000Mon Dec 08 2014 - 01:00
Terenure’s ‘Downton Abbey’ childrenSouth Dublin children’s private account of aristocratic life in Edwardian Ireland portrayed in rare ‘monthly magazine’Sat Dec 06 2014 - 01:00
Three jewellery auctions in DublinA vast array of antique and modern pieces in all price ranges will go under the hammerSat Dec 06 2014 - 00:00
‘Lighting Up’ art in the RDSMorgan O’Driscoll’s Auctioneers is showing 120 paintings and sculpturesSat Dec 06 2014 - 00:00
ESB to sell part of corporate art collectionArtists represented are Markey Robinson, Tony O’Malley, Frank McKelvey, Norah McGuinness and Peter Collis.Fri Dec 05 2014 - 01:00
Michael Flatley ‘tap-danced’ painting onto canvas sells for €22,500The Riverdance star’s painting titled Rossmore Island has sold at auctionThu Dec 04 2014 - 21:00
Sheppard’s four-day auction includes portrait of noted Victorian jockey Fred Archer19th-century painting to go under the hammer at Dublin fine art auction houseSat Nov 29 2014 - 00:00
Dozen lots by Markey Robinson at De Veres’ auctionThe prolific painter is the most popular artist at auction in Ireland and he inspires either love or hateSat Nov 29 2014 - 00:00
