Art, Antiques and Collecting

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

Lot 4, Italian Armchairs by ISA, €1,500- €2,500

Cool mid-century design and a Hermès suede cabinet at Adam’s

Fine Art & Antiques
April 20, 2019

European 20th-century furniture and contemporary Irish art feature in April sale

Set of celestial and terrestial Globes sold through Adam’s for €30,000 (€25,000-€35,000)

Birds of Australia, tiger’s head sell high, plus antiques auctions to watch out for

Fine Art & Antiques
April 20, 2019

Upcoming sales feature antique garden furniture and rare Chinese bowls

The HMHS Britannic, sister ship of the Titanic, as a hospital ship, shortly before she sank in 1916

Set sale: Treasures from Titanic’s sister ship go under the hammer

Fine Art & Antiques
April 20, 2019

Furnishings from HMHS Britannic up for auction include crockery and oak panelling

Literary find: the opened ring, containing what is suspected to be a braid of Charlotte Brontë’s hair. Photograph: BBC

Charlotte Brontë’s hair ‘found in ring’ on Antiques Roadshow

Fine Art & Antiques
April 18, 2019

Ring discovered in attic was probably made to mark the Jane Eyre author’s death

Lot 454: Central Bank of Ireland Lady Lavery War Code £20 note, €10,500 (€5,000-€6,000), Whyte’s

What sold and what’s coming up in the salerooms

Fine Art & Antiques
April 13, 2019

From an original signed copy of the Belfast Agreement to a Lady Lavery of note

Something old: pick up an antique wedding gift with a rich history

Fine Art & Antiques
April 13, 2019

Forget the wedding list, ditch the cold cash option and give a piece with staying power

Lot 52, Paul Henry’s Evening in Achill (€150,000–€250,000) at Morgan O’Driscoll’s sale.

The wild artistic way: Connemara paintings seen in NY, London ahead of April sale

Fine Art & Antiques
April 13, 2019

This small outcrop on the edge of Europe, with its reefs, promontories and blankets of bog is steeped in artistic history

Lot 224: Taxiderny of an entire lion €3,000- €5,000

Rare items and lots of learning in Adam’s library sale

Fine Art & Antiques
April 6, 2019

Unusual offerings include Bloody Sunday GAA ticket, a gout stool and a crouching lion

Signed photograph of WB Yeats sold at Bonham's for £5,000 (£1,500-£2,000)

Signed and inscribed Yeats photograph fetches €5,000

Fine Art & Antiques
April 6, 2019

Accordions, fiddles, harps and other Irish items go under the hammer in Birr

Fortgranite Estate in Baltinglass in Co Wicklow

Sale of the centuries in Wicklow big house

Fine Art & Antiques
April 6, 2019

Fortgranite home to generations of a hunting shooting and scientific family

Lot 53: Bronze death mask of Robert Emmet (€800- €1,200) at Whyte’s.

Pikes, rifles and Kurt Cobain: relics from the past at Whytes

Fine Art & Antiques
March 30, 2019

The search is on as rare 20 pence is set to fetch up to €5,000

Lot 274: Set of Irish elk antlers (€8,000-€12,000).

Elk antlers a trophy buy at Mullen’s

Fine Art & Antiques
March 30, 2019

Full set of Irish elk antlers is expected to attract international attention

Section of Balcony, Grasse by William Leech sold for €46,000 at de Vere’s (€20,000-€30,000)

Auction results: strong prices for Jellett and Leech

Fine Art & Antiques
March 30, 2019

What’s sold, what’s coming up in the salerooms

Postcard size art at the Solomon Gallery, Dublin

Secret art sale where €50 could buy a mini masterpiece

Fine Art & Antiques
March 30, 2019

At Solomon’s Incognito buyers won’t know artists’ identity until after charity sale

Lot 105: The Lovers After Courbet by Basil Blackshaw (€20,000-€40,000).

Shock of the nude? Adam’s Irish Art sale majors in the human form

Fine Art & Antiques
March 23, 2019

The sales feature a selection of nude styles, from the stark anatomical realism of John Luke’s Nude Male to Louis le Brocquy’s subtle Being

Daniel Macdonald’s’ Returning From Cork Fair

‘Firsts’ for sale in Dublin include a Rolex ring watch, work by Hirst and Famine art

Fine Art & Antiques
March 23, 2019

Top of the bill at O’Reillys is a sapphire and diamond necklace with an estimate of €24,000-€26,000

Michael Craig Martin’s portrait of George Michael achieved £175,000 (£40,000-£60,000) at Christie’s.

What’s coming up in the auction rooms?

Fine Art & Antiques
March 23, 2019

A Faberge hat pin, Waterford glass chandeliers and iconic fashion photograph

The thoroughly modern Irish barn. Photographs: Simon Mills photosby.si

A thoroughly modern bolt-hole that’s all Irish inside

Fine Art & Antiques
March 16, 2019

The owners of this smart barn conversion asked their designer to furnish it with Irish designs

Lot 25: Tralee by Jack B Yeats an oil once owned by two former taoisigh. (estimate €150,000–€200,000)

Modern greats at deVeres from Yeats to Joseph Walsh

Fine Art & Antiques
March 16, 2019

Walsh’s furniture designs have made their way from Kinsale into private and public collections worldwide

One of four oils by George Earl, estimate range £1,500-£3,500 each

Smoking out a good investment in cigarette cards

Fine Art & Antiques
March 16, 2019

The colourful cards that came with cigarette packets are now collectors’ items

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