Art, Antiques and Collecting with Michael Parsons

The Auction Room: Essential news, views and features about buying - and selling - art, antiques and collectibles in Ireland and abroad

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The Fragrant Concubine: painted porcelain image at Mullens Laurel Park is expected to fetch €5,000-€7,000

Auctions and fairs: what’s coming up in art and antiques

Fine Art & Antiques
October 13, 2018

More than 700 lots of furniture, silver, rugs, paintings and decorative objects at Adam’s

Lot 24, pair of metal pendant lights

Light up winter with De Veres mid-century design picks

Fine Art & Antiques
October 13, 2018

As well as lighting options, the Design Auction also includes quality furnishings and art

Antiques dealer Pat Martin in his home in Coolattin in Co Wicklow. Photo Nick Bradshaw

All to play for at Game Keeper’s Lodge Wicklow antique sale

Fine Art & Antiques
October 13, 2018

More than 600 lots from Pat Martin’s Coolattin home to go under hammer

Lego bricks were marketed from the beginning as toys for boys and girls and, because of their size and the dexterity, were aimed at over sixes Photograph: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Design moment: Lego, 1949

Fine Art & Antiques
October 13, 2018

Lot 73: the armillary sphere sundial from Dromoland Castle

O’Brien heirlooms, including rare sundial, highlights of upcoming Mealy sale

Fine Art & Antiques
October 8, 2018

Dromoland crested mahogany chairs also for sale, alongside gold medal won by Tom Kiely

Marilyn Monroe’s wicker picnic basket, Lot 218, €668-€891

Marilyn Monroe’s picnic basket, anyone? Or a rare Lady Chatterley?

Fine Art & Antiques
October 6, 2018

Movie star's wicker basket and a rare copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover on offer in eclectic London sale

The side-table that sparked the flatpack revolution

Fine Art & Antiques
October 6, 2018

Design Moment: Ikea Lövet Table, 1956

Armada table (Lot 101, €100,000-€200,000)

Boxing squirrels or prized Irish table: Our top picks at Drogheda auction

Fine Art & Antiques
October 6, 2018

Over 700 lots of fabulous furniture, art, silver and curiosities at Townley Hall sale

Sean Keating’s portrait of Harry Clarke

Portrait of stained glass master Harry Clarke leads Whyte’s autumn sale

Fine Art & Antiques
September 29, 2018

Sean Keating’s painting among strong works from Yeats and Orpen

The writer John Banville will open the 2018 Dublin Book Fair at the Freemasons’ Hall on Molesworth Street in Dublin next weekend. File photograph: Frank Miller 25.5.05

Coming up for collectors: UTV’s art online and two new antique fairs

Fine Art & Antiques
September 29, 2018

Dublin Book Fair will see very rare prints and manuscripts at annual gathering

A sketch by d Alberto Giacometti sold for €650 at Victor Mee’s auction house.

Giacometti sketch a highlight of Cavan auction

Fine Art & Antiques
September 29, 2018

Works by Schiele and ‘possibly’ Miró sell for modest sums

Sean Keating's charcoal drawing of an Abbey Players rehearsal

‘It’s bedlam on auction days but we enjoy it’

Fine Art & Antiques
September 29, 2018

Adams Blackrock don’t do online sales. It’s all about the action in the room

Vanna Venturi House by Robert Venturi in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photograph: Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images

Design Moment: Vanna Venturi house, 1964

Fine Art & Antiques
September 29, 2018

Norah McGuinness, Evening Flight: Adam’s Lot 19

Brian Friel's art collection raises €162,300 for homeless

Fine Art & Antiques
September 27, 2018

Works of art donated by the late playwright’s wife Anna sold well over estimate

Norah McGuinness, Evening Flight: Adam's Lot 19

Prime paintings, and a pram, at Adam’s

Fine Art & Antiques
September 22, 2018

Brian Friel’s art collection, a rare Paul Henry found in Germany included in autumn sales

Side table from 1690 at Sheppard's

Take a detour to Durrow for dazzling mid-century finds and Georgian gems

Fine Art & Antiques
September 22, 2018

Sheppards’ autumn auction offers a walk through the history of decorative design

David Webb brooch: Lot 266 at O’Reilly’s.

Pearse’s school chair makes €7,800, diamond necklace, €150,000

Fine Art & Antiques
September 22, 2018

Original copy of Proclamation sold privately for €100,000

Design Moment: London Underground Map, 1933

Fine Art & Antiques
September 22, 2018

The simplicity of Harry Beck’s map is what makes it work so well

Dali’s Triumphant Elephant

Countdown to ‘Timeless’ fair at RDS and dreamy Salvador Dali showcase

Fine Art & Antiques
September 22, 2018

The annual antique dealers’ fair has a new moniker, and will feature works by the surrealist artist

Lot 60, a pair of ruby and diamond earclips, the clusters of three rubies suggesting a ripe autumn fruit

Bijou blooms add sparkle at Adam’s jewellery auction

Fine Art & Antiques
September 15, 2018

Flowers offer the most accomplished designers and craftspeople the opportunity to show off their skills

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