What sold and what’s coming up in the auction rooms

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

First big winter art sales has plenty for art investors at range of prices

Painting is previously unrecognised masterpiece of ‘Irish Colleen’ genre

A painting by the Dublin artist Aloysius O’Kelly, who travelled to Sudan to work as an illustrator in 1883, is to be auctioned

Adam’s auction includes paintings from the Tedcastle family’s Deepwell house in south Dublin

The sale of Deepwell, the former home of the Reihills of Tedcastle Oil, for just 20 per cent below the bullish asking price signals a boost at the upper end of the market. But will the new overseas buyers continue to offer tours of the beautiful Victorian house to avail of tax breaks?

Paintings had been consigned to sale by the heirs of the late Mervyn Solomon

Deepwell, in Dublin’s Blackrock, is a beautiful 'rus in urbe' Victorian property with Italianate gardens, a swimming pool and an asking price of €10 million. It’s also a section 482 property which means it is open to the public to view at certain times