Ian Whyte

Art and antiques specialists can often give you a valuation online

Broadcaster says it will pay less commission than average to UK company Sotheby’s

Latest instalment of 26 high-end apartments in Lansdowne Place includes a €7m penthouse, while the first residents can now avail of the private amenities

Artists whose work was once considered too unorthodox for 1940s Ireland are well represented in spring auction

There’s more to hanging a collection of pictures than meets the eye

Big-hitters like Yeats, Henry and Osborne now fetching prices well above pre-sale estimates

Salerooms report their best year in a decade, and predict further gains in 2018

‘It is history. I defend the right of collectors to collect what they like,’ says Ian Whyte

I’m addicted to sending postcards, and a UK study suggests the habit may be on the rise

Anonymous bidder pays five times top estimate for extremely rare historical artefact

Collection of ‘unique aesthetic and research value’ bought for ‘substantial six-figure sum’

Purchase of 250-year-old Qianlong Dynasty porcelain item seen as reflecting upturn

Paul Henry and Jack B Yeats are still the top names

Singer’s ancestor fled Ireland for the US in the 18th-century after assault, paper shows

1916 Medals were awarded posthumously to Thomas Clarke and Joseph Plunkett

Seán T O’Kelly’s medals among items that failed to sell at the New York event