Art auctioneer says prices down 40-50% from peak but recovery is in sight

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

Tea trolleys and cocktail cabinets: Auction of mid-20th-century furniture in Dublin

Choose the best work of a lesser artist, not the worst work of a great artist

Paintings of Ireland at de Veres auction include work by Basil Blackshaw and Jack B Yeats

Singer’s entire collection is sold, including pieces by Jack B Yeats and Louis le Brocquy

Collection proved a nice earner for owners when it was leased to Four Seasons hotel

Fine Georgian furniture, paintings and a pair of stone sphinxes from Helen Dillon’s garden also feature

Auction of 20th Century and Contemporary Design Furniture mainly from 1950s-1970s

Paul Henry and Jack B Yeats are still the top names

An auction in Dublin will feature iconic contemporary furniture from the 1950s to 1970s

‘Nine times out of 10 your first instinct about a picture is the right one’

Leech’s ‘The Housekeeper’, an oil on canvas, has an estimate of €30,000-€50,000

Up to 80 per cent of lots sold at Whyte’s, de Veres and Adam’s

Three major auction houses – Whyte’s, de Veres and Adam’s – hold sales from Monday

Irish buyer purchases Peter Curling’s ‘Horse Fair at Goresbridge’ for €31,000

Paintings and sculpture with an equine theme at de Veres auction

While the growth in demand for Irish art is likely to continue, their owners appear to be reluctant to sell

Famous Irish artist’s paintings plunge in value, down by two-thirds in just eight years

The prolific painter is the most popular artist at auction in Ireland and he inspires either love or hate