Sales in London and Dublin include 11 paintings, some bought directly from Yeats

Artworks by Seán Keating and Louis le Brocquy sold high and there was a glimmer of hope for brown furniture in Bray

Christie’s sale is one of the recent auction highlights, along with works by Le Brocquy and Yeats

Some rare and unusual time pieces are coming on the international market in the coming months, including a pocket watch owned by the writer Edgar Allan Poe

The late 19th-century box stood for more than 100 years on Patrick Street in Cork

Fine jewellery sale at O’Reilly’s to include a Faberge gold Russian egg pendant

The Durrow auction house is holding a select sale of just 100 lots, most of them Chinese

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

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

Key pieces being sold from the late singer’s art collection reflect his life and demons

‘Heart of Space’ fragment is over 4.5 billion years old, and landed in Russia in 1947

David Hockney sets record in London, Irish auction houses get set for seasonal sales

French signature lights, furniture and art snapped up at Adams

Masterpiece is just one of the paintings on sale from collection of American Modernism

Auction results and forthcoming sales

Map is part of a 600-year-old atlas going on auction at Christie’s for up to €1.8m

Fedamore house boasts a swimming pool, home cinema and a floodlit Astro Turf pitch

Long after existentialist philosopher’s death, simmering rivalry links protagonists

Hotel was owned by daughter of ex-billionaire Seán Quinn before it was seized in 2011

Vivien Leigh and Audrey Hepburn memorabilia hit record highs