Big Fella baffled pursuers with disguisesNUNS AND priests on the streets of Dublin in 1920 who were nervously scrutinised by policemen and soldiers were not necessarily…Fri Mar 16 2012 - 00:00
Auction of 'Gusty' Spence archives casts new light on UVF's secret talks with IRAThe former UVF leader’s papers give information on secret meetings and correspondenceSat Mar 10 2012 - 00:00
Chinese vase sells for €120,000 in LaoisTHE FINAL day of Sheppard’s three-day auction this week saw some blistering prices for Asian lots.Sat Mar 10 2012 - 00:00
Selling the family silverEBENEZER COKER sounds like a character in a Charles Dickens novelSat Mar 10 2012 - 00:00
Lots to love at Whyte'sVIEWING BEGINS this morning at the RDS in Ballsbridge for Whyte’s first art auction of 2012 which offers a mix of Irish and British…Sat Mar 10 2012 - 00:00
Famine-era manuscript nets €1,600A rare manuscript documenting Famine-era cricket in Ireland sold at Sheppard’s auction in Durrow, Co Laois, yesterday for €1,…Thu Mar 08 2012 - 00:00
Curiosities aplenty at Durrow's bazaarSheppard’s labyrinthine salesroom resembles a Victorian grand bazaar ahead of next week’s three-day auctionSat Mar 03 2012 - 00:00
Adele Astaire's star shinesBLAME Downton Abbey and Upstairs Downstairs perhaps, but the lives of the early 20th century aristocracy continue to fascinate…Sat Mar 03 2012 - 00:00
China now world leader in artCHINA’S INCREASING dominance of the international economy has spread to the art marketSat Mar 03 2012 - 00:00
Rare images of missionaries who worked in Raj IndiaRARE PHOTOGRAPHS showing the work of Irish Protestant missionaries in India in the late 19th and early 20th centuries have come…Thu Feb 16 2012 - 00:00
Bacon portrait of model sells for £21.3mLONDON ART SALE: A PAINTING by Irish-born artist Francis Bacon sold for £21.3 million (€25Wed Feb 15 2012 - 00:00
Melendez masterpiece makes record priceA MASTERPIECE by Spanish painter Luis Meléndez (1716-1780) sold for £3.5 million (€4Sat Feb 11 2012 - 00:00
Auction season springs to lifeAFTER THE doldrums of January, the spring auction season is gradually recommencing at salerooms around the country next week.Sat Feb 11 2012 - 00:00
Big names in Irish art saleTHE GROWING importance of the internet in art sales has led many auctioneers to upgrade their websites and launch online bidding…Sat Feb 11 2012 - 00:00
Another work by popular 'Goose Girl' artist is discovered in south DublinANOTHER PAINTING of a girl tending a flock of geese – by the same artist who created one of the National Gallery of Ireland’s…Sat Feb 11 2012 - 00:00
Anglo's sketchy art collection is of little cash value to the StateHOPES THAT Anglo Irish Bank’s art collection could help to raise significant money for the State have been dashed by the bank…Mon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00
Charles Lamb exhibitionA MAJOR exhibition of paintings of Connemara people and landscapes by Armagh-born artist Charles Lamb (1893-1964) is on view …Sat Feb 04 2012 - 00:00
Far from the 'old curiosity shop' in NaasTOUGHER BUSINESS Park sounds like it might be in the Bronx but is just outside Naas, Co KildareSat Feb 04 2012 - 00:00
New saleroom in RathminesWHILE THE retail sector continues to suffer in the ongoing economic crisis, fine art and antiques auctioneers appear to be coping…Sat Feb 04 2012 - 00:00
Laois locals were paid to play cricket during the Great Famine“TAKING THE Queen’s shilling” has acquired an unexpected new meaning with the revelation that men in the midlands played cricket…Thu Feb 02 2012 - 00:00
TOP 10: Best sellers at Dolan's art auction1. Sheepdog by Mark O'Neill €5,000 (€4,000-€5,000)Sat Jan 28 2012 - 00:00
Value your Chinese porcelain for freeCHINESE PORCELAIN has been achieving startlingly high prices at auctions in Ireland and overseas in recent years.Sat Jan 28 2012 - 00:00
Auction ResultsSaturday (January 21st): MacDonnell Whyte, stamps and postal history auction, Hilton Hotel, Charlemont Place, Dublin 2Sat Jan 28 2012 - 00:00
Empress of Austria found in Meath kennelLONG FEARED lost, an important painting of Empress Elisabeth of Austria - on horseback in Ireland - has been found behind a wardrobe…Sat Jan 28 2012 - 00:00
The Irish couple who scandalised London societyPortraits of a Meath aristocrat and his glamorous music-hall wife whose marriage enthralled Edwardian society are to be auctioned…Sat Jan 14 2012 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryPROTESTANT orphans – some as young as five years old – were burnt out of their care home in Connemara by “Republicans” and then…Mon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00
Heirs of artists in line for resale windfallTHE HEIRS of dead artists could be in line for financial windfalls following the introduction of new regulations concerning royalties…Mon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00
First-time buyers should invest in research firstRECENT ATTENDANCES at auctions and reports from the major auctioneers suggest that many first-time buyers are entering the art…Sat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00
Will silver be the new gold?GOLD HAS been attracting the attention of investors worldwide since the economic crisis began in 2008Sat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00
Top tips for 2012Quality will be king in the auction rooms this year but also watch out for Irish art from the 1940s and 1950s and Louis le Brocquy…Sat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00
'Titanic' postcard expected to make €5,000 at auctionA POSTCARD sent from a passenger on the Titanic to his father in Scotland has turned up in a Dublin salesroom and will be auctioned…Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
British hangman's price drop saved Free State a bit of capitalAN ENGLISH hangman gave the cash-strapped Irish government a dig out by slashing his fee for a rare double execution in 1925, …Thu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00
Did your grandad fight beside Collins? Find out at military archives onlineWAS YOUR grandfather really in the GPO in 1916? Did your grandmother serve with Cumann na mBan? Did your uncle take part in an…Tue Jan 03 2012 - 00:00
Stellar year for Yeats and Chinese potteryIt was a year of many auction highlights and heart-warming storiesSat Dec 31 2011 - 00:00
Great art for free at National GalleryAFTER ANOTHER year in which billions were spent worldwide at auction salerooms and commercial galleries, it is reassuring to …Sat Dec 24 2011 - 00:00
Flatley finds his feet as artistThe first sale of art work by the ‘Lord of the Dance’ star was the top seller at an auction to raise funds for Christ Church …Sat Dec 24 2011 - 00:00
Michael Flatley taps into his artistic side and makes €5,600DANCER MICHAEL Flatley said he was “very encouraged and a little bit stunned” by the sale of his first painting at auction yesterday…Sat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Buoyant market for historic memorabiliaAuctions this week saw strong demand for items relating to the ‘Titanic’ and Michael CollinsSat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Titanic family photograph fetches €2,200 at auctionA PHOTOGRAPH of a Co Westmeath woman and her five sons who perished in the Titanic disaster was sold at auction in Dublin yesterday…Thu Dec 15 2011 - 00:00
To bid or knot to bid Kenny, Noonan auction ties for charity“WHAT DO ties matter, Jeeves, at a time like this?”Wed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
Lady Lavery's lyrical waxings of Michael Collins go for auctionNINETY YEARS after Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in London, a letter from one of his female admirers in the British…Mon Dec 12 2011 - 00:00
Packed auction room for old reliables but watch clocks out with star priceTHE LAST major art auction of the year attracted large crowds to Adam’s saleroom in central Dublin on Monday night.Sat Dec 10 2011 - 00:00
What a gent wants for ChristmasWith the festive season approaching, salerooms are targeting buyers of gifts for menSat Dec 10 2011 - 00:00
Out of the picture: Taoiseach's office artTAOISEACH ENDA Kenny sketched out the State’s gloomy prospects during his televised address on Sunday night – but viewers were…Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
Watch worn by 'Ulysses' character clocks up €60,000 at auctionA GOLD pocket watch worn by a character in James Joyce’s Ulysses sold at an Adam’s auction in Dublin last night for €60,000 – …Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
Documentary reveals IRA's first Catholic RUC victimA RADIO documentary has revealed that the first RUC man killed by the IRA in Northern Ireland was a Tipperary Catholic.Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00
Art collectors on pre-Budget spending spreeA Sinéad O’Connor nude makes €24,000 as art sales defy the gloomy economic backdropSat Dec 03 2011 - 00:00
Duke's silver in Mealy's saleAN IMPORTANT single-owner private Irish collection of silver goes under the hammer at Mealy’s two-day winter fine and decorative…Sat Dec 03 2011 - 00:00
Could Yeats strike gold twice?IS ANOTHER €1 millionYeats in the offing? This morning a painting titled Jazz Babies by Jack B Yeats goes on view at Adam’s, …Sat Dec 03 2011 - 00:00
China prices smash through estimates againONCE AGAIN, Chinese antiques attracted competitive bidding and astonishing prices at Sheppard’s Irish Auction House in Durrow…Sat Dec 03 2011 - 00:00
