Damien Matthews

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A carved blackwood and lacquered screen applied with ivory figures (€6,000-€10,000) which will be auctioned at Mullen’s Auctioneers
After Emma and ‘the Beast’, a bumper week for antiques sales as 8,000 lots go for sale

The week ahead will be exceptionally busy for Irish auctioneers as sales postponed due to the poor weather vie for attention with those already schedu(...)

Charles Howard-Bury crocodile-hunting in Burma.
The Irishman who wore Charvet shirts, shot tigers and kept a bear

Ever heard of the Offaly man who spoke 27 languages, fought in the first World War, shot a man-eating tiger in India, explored the Himalayas, went cro(...)

Duke Brothers on Market Street: it took six men six days to put the books into 1,674 boxes and three articulated lorries to transport them to Kells
Irish woman's extraordinary book collection goes under the hammer in Kells

How do you sell a library? Not just any old library, either, but a whopping 25,000 books, assembled over a lifetime by a woman who was happy to live o(...)

‘This would have been a very loving gift from a husband to wife,’ says auctioneer Damien Matthews “This would have been a very loving gift from a husband to wife,” said auctioneer Damien Matthews ahead of the auction.
Victorian-era sex toy sells for €3,200 at Co Meath auction

A notable Victorian-era sex toy which belonged to an Anglo-Irish family sold at auction today for €3,200*, receiving more than 100 bids from nearly 40(...)

‘This would have been a very loving gift from a husband to wife,’ says auctioneer Damien Matthews “This would have been a very loving gift from a husband to wife,” said auctioneer Damien Matthews ahead of the auction.
Yes, yes, yes: It’s a Victorian-era Irish sex toy

It is difficult to describe Lot 475 in next weekend’s two-day auction at Matthews Auctioneers in Oldcastle, Co Meath, without resorting to double-ente(...)

This water buffalo head will go under the hammer in Kells, Co Meath with an estimate of €1,500-€1,800.
Auctions & Fairs: recent results and upcoming sales

Auction results: Saturday and Sunday (October 29th and 30th) Damien Matthews Auctioneers auction of the contents of Kilternan Lodge, Co Dublin – fo(...)

A Maserati with 30,000 miles on the clock is guided at €15,000 - €20,000
Dublin 4 house contents auction features wine and a Maserati

Ailesbury Road in Ballsbridge is, along with the adjacent Shewsbury Road in Ballsbridge, Ireland’s most expensive and exclusive residential area. A ch(...)

Meissen porcelain ewer, made circa 1880, after the model by JJ Kaendler, emblematic of The Element Fire
Auction results and forthcoming sales

AUCTION RESULTS: Tuesday (July 12th) Mealy’s, Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny. The summer sale, including paintings, furniture, silver, ceramics, glass, (...)

Adam’s auction of Fine Jewellery & Watches includes Lot 118, a novelty gold brooch by Cartier designed as a rabbit with ruby eyes and onyx nose, munching on a coral carrot (€6,000-€8,000)
Auction results and forthcoming sales

Auction Results: Tuesday (June 21st) John Weldon Auctioneers, Cow’s Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin. A 1kg bar of silver €1,750 (€450-€650). Tuesday (Ju(...)

A Fair Day, Mayo by Jack B Yeats sold for €1 million in 2011, the highest figure paid at auction for a work of art in Ireland
Irish fine art and antiques sales buck the trend

The Irish fine art and antiques market was worth an estimated €50 million last year. That’s a drop of about 50 per cent since the peak of the boom (...)

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