Frank Mckelvey

Portrait of Down-born lord chief justice of England goes for £45,000 above estimate

Cork-based Morgan O’Driscoll says response extends ‘far beyond expat community’

North Dublin beach scene fetches double the estimate, making it unlikely star of art sale

Ex-RUC man turned art dealer George McClelland and is wife Maura built up a vast art collection, the last of which is being sold

Art auction in Blackrock, Oliver McCarron house contents sale and a Co Kilkenny book event

Winter sales by Whyte’s, de Veres and Adam’s take place in Dublin

Apart from the big three in Dublin, there are interesting sales all over the country

Dancer has become one of the most expensive living Irish artists

‘Hearing the Nightingale’, a 1936 painting by Jack B Yeats, sells for €42,500

Cross-section of paintings from contemporary to traditional on view

Artists represented are Markey Robinson, Tony O’Malley, Frank McKelvey, Norah McGuinness and Peter Collis.

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

A painting once stolen by Martin Cahill among auction highlights

Household names such as Paul Henry and Walter Osborne are not just seen as sound investments; their aesthetic clearly appeals to today’s fine-art purchasers