Sale of Kelly contentsViewing in Fitzwilliam Square house offers an opportunity to see how the other half livesSat Jun 18 2011 - 01:00
Yeats destined for skip make £22,500A SET OF FIVE recently discovered sketches by Jack B Yeats made £22,500 (€25,493) at a Christie’s art auction in London last …Sat Jun 18 2011 - 01:00
Magic lantern and slides in CorkHUNDREDS OF images of old Ireland and the globe-trotting adventures of affluent West Cork Methodists are among the subjects in…Sat Jun 18 2011 - 01:00
First package tourists feature in early slidesTreasure trove: collection of early photographs uncovered in west Cork house clearanceThu Jun 16 2011 - 01:00
Beautiful and brave of Irish life adorn Kenny's officeThe Taoiseach’s art choices to decorate his private office represent a cross-section of 19th and 20th century Irish workMon Jun 13 2011 - 01:00
Images of Butler's Irish garden at London auctionPAINTINGS of her famous garden at Kilmurry, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny by Mildred Anne Butler are included in Christie’s auction…Sat Jun 11 2011 - 01:00
Wilde prices at rare books saleIT IS probably the most famous poem ever written about prison – by a prisonerSat Jun 11 2011 - 01:00
Calling first-time buyers to Ballsbridge saleAN ART auction designed to appeal to first-time buyers and collectors on a modest budget takes place in Ballsbridge tomorrowSat Jun 11 2011 - 01:00
Yeats comes up on the inside: sketches found behind old paintingWHAT ARE the odds on that? A series of sketches of horse- racing by Jack B Yeats have been discovered behind the canvas of a …Wed Jun 08 2011 - 01:00
Rare Irish silver could fetch £30,000RARE PIECES of Irish Georgian silver made to celebrate the crushing of the 1798 Rising at New Ross, Co Wexford, have come to …Tue Jun 07 2011 - 01:00
Solvency not a problem for Irish art auction buyersAN ENGLISH auctioneer has expressed amazement at the amount of money being spent on art in Ireland, following the sale of a painting…Sat Jun 04 2011 - 01:00
Henry, Yeats hold onto blue-chip status at auctionsTop prices at two big auctions this week went to a durable duo: Jack B Yeats took the lead over Paul Henry at Adam’s Irish art…Sat Jun 04 2011 - 01:00
President gave Queen 'speake Iryshe' book written for Elizabeth IA COPY of a 500-year-old manual on how to “speake Iryshe” was presented to Queen Elizabeth just hours before she used her cúpla…Tue May 31 2011 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIRELAND may now be reliant on the “kindness of strangers” in Germany, but, nearly 70 years ago the shoe was on the other foot…Mon May 30 2011 - 01:00
Hair salon's de Gaulle sculpture to go under hammerA SCULPTURE of Gen Charles de Gaulle that was used as “a doorman” in Dublin’s best-known hairdressing salon during the Celtic…Mon May 30 2011 - 01:00
Cream of the cropTHE 19TH CENTURY American artist Howard Helmick spent time in Ireland observing rural life and his picture Couples Making Hay…Sat May 28 2011 - 01:00
Flush buyer sought for 'Insolvent'A painting from almost 150 years ago, part of Adam’s art sale next week, sums up the state we’re in todaySat May 28 2011 - 01:00
Medals of general who suppressed 1916 Rising soldWHILE Queen Elizabeth was in Dublin honouring those who died fighting for Irish independence, the medals of the British general…Sat May 28 2011 - 01:00
Anyone for Lavery's tennis?LAST week, Nama announced the donation of Sir John Lavery’s painting The Return From Marketto to the National Gallery of Ireland…Sat May 21 2011 - 01:00
Brooch, bookcase and a 1969 sports car in country house weekend saleAUCTIONEER Damien Matthews is holding a country house sale next sunday, May 29thwhich might make for a pleasant day outSat May 21 2011 - 01:00
Royal seal of approvalTypical. Co Kildare waits 100 years for a royal visit and then two come along togetherSat May 21 2011 - 01:00
A male nude in PlayboyThere are five Seán Keating illustrations and works by Yeats and Henry in a Whyte’s saleSat May 21 2011 - 01:00
Sotheby's to hold Chinese valuation dayThis week, a pair of Chinese vases sold for a record €170,000 at auction in Co Laois – and Sotheby’s announced plans to hold …Sat May 14 2011 - 01:00
'Hitler's death didn't mean a damn thing to my father'Liv Hempel, the daughter of Germany’s envoy to Dublin during the second World War, talks about her childhood in Monkstown and…Sat May 14 2011 - 01:00
Chinese vases break record for oriental ceramicsA PAIR of nine-inch high Chinese vases, bought for “a few hundred quid” in a Dublin antiques shop, sold yesterday for €170,000…Fri May 13 2011 - 01:00
Yeats's paints and brushes could fetch up to €30,000THE PAINTS and brushes used by Jack B Yeats, Ireland’s best-known modern artist, have come to light and will be auctioned in …Thu May 12 2011 - 01:00
Queen takes 'no offence' over adverts, says palaceQUEEN ELIZABETH took “no offence” at being inadvertently demoted in Fáilte Ireland radio adverts broadcast on Monday, Buckingham…Wed May 11 2011 - 01:00
A royal mix-up as wrong tapes used in radio adverts demote Her Majesty to princessFÁILTE IRELAND yesterday admitted “the wrong tapes” were used for national radio advertisements promoting Queen Elizabeth’s forthcoming…Tue May 10 2011 - 01:00
Alert over raccoon sightingA RACCOON has been sighted in Co Cork prompting an “invasive species alert” from the State’s wildlife authoritiesFri May 06 2011 - 01:00
The Nazi 'safe house' in Templeogue for sale at €1.25mLocals believed this art deco house had a swastika on the roof – it doesn’t but a Nazi plot was hatched hereThu May 05 2011 - 01:00
La Dolce Vita in Co Tipperary - for €2mSlevoir, an Italianate lakeside Tipperary mansion on 110 acres is for sale at €2 million – a drop of 50 per cent since it was…Thu Apr 28 2011 - 01:00
Behan-inspired work set to make millionsA GERMAN painting “inspired” by Brendan Behan reading his poetry drunk on stage with his trouser flies open, is expected to sell…Wed Apr 27 2011 - 01:00
Collins star of history saleMichael Collins’s prison letters and Martin Ferris’s prison “art” were all in the mix at the Independence saleSat Apr 23 2011 - 01:00
Michael Collins letter sells for €16,000A LETTER written from an English prison by Michael Collins to his sister sold for €16,000 at auction in Dublin last nightWed Apr 20 2011 - 01:00
Humorous menu from 1921 treaty talks to be auctionedA “HUMOROUS” menu prepared for an Irish delegation dinner during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations in London in 1921 is to …Tue Apr 19 2011 - 01:00
Dolls crafted by German war internees to be auctionedDOLLS MADE by German internees in the Curragh Camp during the second World War have come to light after almost 70 years and will…Sat Apr 16 2011 - 01:00
Collins letters and one from 'penniless' Dan Breen in saleMichael Collins’s letters – including one from a GAA official in London – are the highlight of of an “Independence” sale…Sat Apr 16 2011 - 01:00
File on Queen Victoria's 1900 visit withdrawn from auctionTHE PLANNED auction today of an Office of Public Works file about Queen Victoria’s visit to Ireland in 1900 has been blocked …Sat Apr 16 2011 - 01:00
Ryanair heirs to sell treasures of Lyons estateA selection from the late Tony Ryan’s fine art collection at Lyons Demesne in Kildare will go under the hammer at Christie’s …Thu Apr 14 2011 - 01:00
File reveals royal yacht mislaid and Dublin builders 'most unsatisfactory'Preparations for Queen Victoria’s Dublin visit in April 1900 were last minute and franticTue Apr 12 2011 - 01:00
Files reveal chaos of planning for Queen Victoria's Irish visitAN OFFICE of Public Works file on the visit by Queen Victoria to Ireland in 1900 has unexpectedly turned up in a Dublin auction…Tue Apr 12 2011 - 01:00
Meath first winners of virtual All-IrelandTHE GAA understood the concept of “virtual reality” more than 100 years ago and awarded medals to the Meath team following the…Mon Apr 11 2011 - 01:00
Top tip on racing printsSPORTING prints, especially of horses, are still a familiar and comforting sight on the walls of country houses and hotels throughout…Sat Apr 09 2011 - 01:00
History for sale at Whyte'sStones from the Giant’s Causeway and a copy of Emmet’s Proclamation are included in an auction next weekSat Apr 09 2011 - 01:00
Expat bidders strong at Adam'sA SIGNIFICANT number of paintings sold at Adam’s first big art auction of 2011 were bought by Irish residents overseasSat Apr 09 2011 - 01:00
True Brits sell Nazi's former home in WaterfordThe former country house of Nazi war criminal Pieter Menten, who fled to Co Waterford, was later beautifully restored by an English…Thu Apr 07 2011 - 01:00
'Too damn careful and cautious': letters reveal Collins's verdict on IrishAN EXTENSIVE collection of personal letters and notebooks written by Michael Collins is to be auctioned later this month.Wed Apr 06 2011 - 01:00
'Ultimate trophy' deer antlers go under the hammer in CorkENORMOUS GIANT Irish deer antlers will go to auction in Mallow Co Cork, today.Tue Apr 05 2011 - 01:00
Club's 133rd show has literary themeSOME institutions pre-date the State but continue to flourishSat Apr 02 2011 - 01:00
Eileen Gray designs make €3.2mA SPECTACULAR three-day auction at Christie’s in Paris of early 20th century decorative art and design ended on Thursday night…Sat Apr 02 2011 - 01:00
