‘Celtic Phoenix’ effect as art and antiques market recovers
Salerooms report their best year in a decade, and predict further gains in 2018
WB Yeats’s trademark glasses for sale at €500-€600
Yet more items are to be auctioned as the family reaps a multi-million euro windfall
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
Nearly 300-year-old Shakespeare set and a book signed by Swift
Rare books, manuscripts, maps and art in Fonsie Mealy auction in Dublin
Dromoland Castle heirlooms, Harry Clarke stained glass and a vintage car
Plain people of Ireland represented at Chatsworth Fine Art Sale by rare rosary beads
GAA auctions of memorabilia coincide with finals
1950 All-Ireland hurling final programme and original Croke Park turnstiles among lots on offer
The original Jaws resurfaces in Sligo
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the auction house . . . A first edition of Jaws and a drawing by its author are snapped up
Painting “slashed” by IRA during the Civil War restored and up for auction
Portrait shows privileged children of Oliver St John Gogarty at Connemara holiday home
Rising rebels’ ‘white flag’ on sale after being rescued from skip
Linen handkerchief reportedly used to surrender to British troops will be auctioned
The ‘lost’ Caravaggio, and the Irish woman who bought it
Husband’s assassination – ordered by Michael Collins – in a revenge attack for his role in suppressing the Rising prompted grieving widow to donate painting to priest
Italian sculpture and Wolfe Tone fireplace the marble stars in Kilkenny auction
A 5ft tall sculpture and a fireplace made strong prices, and the original fire surround, looted from Woodstock House before it was torched, sold for €2,500
Harry Clarke stained glass windows to be auctioned
Pieces were made for churches in Ireland, Wales and New Zealand but never installed
GAA medals fetch record prices
Medal awarded to a member of Clare’s first All-Ireland Hurling team in 1914 sells for €9,750
Native American costume makes €320,000 at Kilkenny auction
Other ‘sleepers’ at lively auction included Chinese lots
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