Prices for self-taught Belfast artist have been on the rise in recent years

The painting of a Celtic cross was among Irish art that sold in an online only auction

Results and forthcoming auctions and fairs

Signed edition of James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man fetches £17,000

Forthcoming sales include a Dublin 6 house clearance and a dodo skeleton from 1690

Diamond solitaire ring with a 3.46ct emerald-cut diamond, mounted in platinum, fetches €23,000 at O’Reilly’s

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

Photographic stills from the film ‘The Quiet Man’ more than double the estimate

Portrait of Down-born lord chief justice of England goes for £45,000 above estimate

An 18th-century side table by William Moore and an Escher woodcut are among the lots

Second hand Maserati makes €24,500 at Ailesbury Road house contents auction

The Alton Collection, contents of Annaglog House, Ardee, Co Louth, and Irish art online auction