Former Bonhams executive Jane Beattie is striking out on her own

Kieran O’Boyle leaves Adam’s to join international auction house

‘I don’t have the time to paint any more. Now I just finger-paint with my three-year-old daughter’

Auctioneers choose Townley Hall for its annual sale of period furniture and paintings

History sale at Adam’s includes an original handwritten letter from Michael Collins and a rare photograph of him

An anthropomorphic tobacco jar with an estimate of €15,000-€25,000 will appeal to niche collectors of “Martinware”

Adam’s ‘Fine Period Interiors’ auction includes four versions of the board game

‘Portrait of a Lady with a Large Hat’ by Blakeney Ward for €1,500-€2,000

Handwritten letter from the poet makes €16,000 at Adam’s sale of rare Irish books and historical memorabilia

600 lots offered at on-site auction of contents of Courtown House, a mansion in Kildare

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

‘Sunday Interiors Auction’ at Adam’s will feature some 450 eclectic lots with estimates beginning at just €50

Album containing photograph set to fetch up to €8,000 at auction in October

Easter Rising poster suffers huge price drop – down from €240,000 to €90,000