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Arminta Wallace selects the most exciting Irish and international titles of the year ahead
Yeats fetched the highest price for a work of art; the Armada Table smashed furniture records; Asian pieces sold well in 2018, as did Joyce’s glasses, Pearse’s chair and Johnny Sexton’s bashed-up rugby boots
Published: December 30th, 1988. Photograph by Jack McManus
Published: December 19th, 1997. Photograph: Frank Miller
Published: December 17th, 2001. Photograph by Brenda Fitzsimons
Published: February 9th, 1990. Photograph by Peter Thursfield
Auction results: Strong prices for Midleton whiskey, first editions and diamond rings
Centre tables, side tables, rent tables and sofa tables among lots for auction
Rare books and fine furniture also on offer in auctions countrywide
Here are some items which would nestle beautifully under any tree
Published: June 14th, 1983.Photograph: Peter Thursfield
Home Front: at home for Christmas
Published: July 3rd, 1967.Photograph: Dermot Barry
A pair of spectacles worn by the famous writer among intriguing auction lots
Margaret Clarke self-portrait sells well over estimate; chandeliers to light up Mullen’s