Gerard Dillon
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Under the hammer: Castlehyde’s €1.2m vase, plus other top auction sales of 2020
- Fine Art & Antiques
- December 23, 2020, 06:00
In a year like no other, the first lockdown saw a huge number of sales postponed on the fine art and auction circuit. Sales were pushed to the back en(...)

Forget social media. Nothing beats a real Christmas card
- Visual Art
- December 21, 2020, 05:00
Is the practice of sending Christmas cards diminishing? My own, output and input, have dropped considerably in the past few years. Digital, text messa(...)

Garech Browne’s silver, vintage cars and rare art in Fonsie Mealy sale
- Fine Art & Antiques
- September 26, 2020, 06:00
Fonsie Mealy’s bumper Chatsworth catalogue – containing more than 1,500 lots to be sold over three days beginning September 28th in Castlecomer, Co Ki(...)

Smurfit secures world record for a Gerard Dillon at Sotheby’s
- Fine Art & Antiques
- September 19, 2020, 06:00
Auction results Adam’s St Stephen’s Green, Important Irish Art Sale, September 2ndPaul Henry, Hay Stooks with Cottages, €100,000 (€50,000-€70,000); J(...)

Coronavirus is disrupting the auction market. It could change it for good
- Fine Art & Antiques
- May 2, 2020, 06:00
Social distancing measures have closed museums, galleries and auction houses, and the industry now finds itself in new territory. The art world is in (...)

Found in America, an Irish president's painting makes a premium price at home
- Fine Art & Antiques
- April 18, 2020, 06:00
Morgan O’Driscoll ’s Irish and international art this week was a good litmus test for the online auction market in the current health crisis. The res(...)

Fine art flip: Irish discovery in US now valued at three times the price at home
- Fine Art & Antiques
- April 4, 2020, 06:00
A rare painting by Paul Henry, Celtic Cross in a West of Ireland Landscape (1929), featuring a large cross dominating his signature bulbous cloud land(...)

Auction results and forthcoming sales
- Fine Art & Antiques
- December 14, 2019, 06:00
Tuesday, December 10th Fonsie Mealy, Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan, Co Dublin, Rare Irish books and general sale. In excess of €350,000 realised wit(...)

Magic carpet result in London, Cartier gems in Clontarf
- Fine Art & Antiques
- November 16, 2019, 06:00
Auction Results Sheppard’s Masterworks Sale Ming vase discovered at a routine valuation in Blarney achieved €610,000 – almost €500,000 over estimate(...)

Chinese box sells for ten times estimate in busy auction week
- Fine Art & Antiques
- November 9, 2019, 06:00
Auction results TUESDAY NOVEMBER 5TH John Weldon Temple Bar, Jewellery sale Emerald ring set with diamond shoulders 10.40cts €17,000, antique gold (...)