The Irish Times

Swerve fuel inflation on this magnificent 19th-century penny farthing

Nothing like a vintage bicycle; first edition of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre also on sale

Sat Mar 19 2022 - 06:00

Benin bronze bangle and LE Ryan gold fob watch among auction nuggets

Collection of the late Patrick Martin, Coolattin Lodge, Co Wicklow in Sheppard’s sale

Sat Sept 25 2021 - 06:00

Waterford Crystal, Persian carpets and French furniture in contents sale

Contents of recently sold Woodfield House in Co Clare at Sheppard’s auction

Sat Aug 14 2021 - 06:00

Temperatures in Ireland top 30 degrees as hottest day of the year recorded

Humid overnight conditions forecast with weather warnings in place until end of week

Wed Jul 21 2021 - 23:24

Temperatures may hit an all-time record on Wednesday and Thursday

Met Éireann issues first orange alert for high temperatures as highs of 30 degrees forecast

Wed Jul 21 2021 - 01:00

From a 19th-century table that inspired a lament to the work of a modern craftsman

Sheppard’s Great Irish Interiors sale features two tables by Cork men 150 years apart

Sat Apr 24 2021 - 06:00

Arts&Antiques: Hunting crops and equestrian art at Eyrefield Lodge sale

Eyrefield interiors were laden with furniture, silver and art when Loders inherited

Sat Mar 06 2021 - 06:00

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

Sat Jan 30 2021 - 06:00

Sheppard’s auction offers passage to India and the Orient

Array of eastern antiquities to feature at upcoming sale of Belmont House contents

Sat Jan 09 2021 - 06:00

Sean Scully in London and strong prices for jewellery in Dublin

Results and dates for upcoming events

Sat Feb 08 2020 - 01:00

Forthcoming auction offers Blunden sisters’ family heirlooms

1956 Remington typewriter owned by Lady Pamela among old curiosities for sale

Sat Jun 15 2019 - 00:00

Book of Durrow is on its way to the British Library

Priceless 7th-century manuscript inspired the Book of Kells a century later

Thu Sept 20 2018 - 01:00

Property of legal eagle: Wicklow sale filled with quirky antiques and art

Three day Coolattin House sale includes collection of the late solictor Gerard O’Keeffe

Sat Jun 16 2018 - 00:00

€120,000 ring and a cut-price Dior mink – Maureen O’Hara items sold at auction

Hollywood star’s jewels flew, but furs went for less

Wed Nov 29 2017 - 19:00

Mosse mugs and snail plates - what sold at Mary Robinson country home sell off

Former president’s kitchenalia was snapped up but many artworks failed to sell

Wed Nov 29 2017 - 11:08

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

Sat Nov 11 2017 - 05:00

Antiques and art: Auction results and forthcoming sales

1920s saphire and diamond ring fetches €22,000 at Adam’s

Sat Sept 23 2017 - 00:00

Foxrock house has gilt edge contents

Mirrors, paintings, some rare silver and a fireplace salvaged from Merrion Square

Sat Aug 19 2017 - 00:00

Chinese vase sells at Laois auction for record €740,000

Qing period art object guiding between €800 and €1,200 bought by Paris-based buyer

Sat Jun 17 2017 - 15:01

Vatican diplomat who served all over the world

Obituary: Archbishop Thomas White – Born: August 12th, 1931 – Died: May 7th, 2017

Sat May 20 2017 - 01:02

Auction Results

Sat Mar 11 2017 - 06:00

'Now we have the cameras the crime levels have dropped'

CCTV cameras are deterring ‘raiders’ from committing crimes in Dunmore, Co Laois

Fri Mar 10 2017 - 12:22

Review of 2016: rising prices but no revolution in Irish art market

Orpen, Yeats, Henry and Scully continue to dominate with Flatley getting a foothold

Sat Dec 31 2016 - 00:00

Life’s Work: Michelle Brophy, Auctions co-ordinator, Sheppard’s, Co Laois

“I should have gone to China to learn Mandarin”

Sat Jun 11 2016 - 00:00

What it went for: auction results

A `sleeper' Chinese bowl makes €37,000, a Tricolour flown in Enniscorthy during the Rising, plus a host of Irish art at Dolan's

Sat Apr 30 2016 - 05:45

Princess Diana’s friendship with Irish nun revealed

Letters from ‘people’s princess’ to go under the hammer with top end reserve of €1,200

Sat Feb 20 2016 - 01:00

Asian lots top Sheppard’s bill again

Chinese Qing period vases sell for €60,000 – 50 times the top estimate

Sat Jul 04 2015 - 04:00

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

Sat Jun 27 2015 - 06:00

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

Sat May 30 2015 - 07:00

Sheppard’s to hold first Dublin auction

‘Chinese Ceramics and Asian Works of Art’, with 120 lots, will be held on May 26th

Sat May 09 2015 - 02:00

Female nude makes €19,000

Oil-on-canvas by French artist Paul Sieffert sells above its estimate at Sheppard’s two-day auction in Durrow, Co Laois

Sat May 02 2015 - 00:00

Weird and wonderful sale at Sheppard’s

Viewing begins in Durrow and online today for 1,300 eclectic lots

Sat Apr 25 2015 - 02:00

Man who claims he slipped in hotel foyer after ballroom dancing sues for damages

Defendants deny claim, saying man was rushing and floor was checked every two hours

Tue Apr 14 2015 - 17:43

Interesting lots in opening spring season sale at Sheppard’s

Revamped website will make auction browsing easier

Sat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00