Philip Sheppard

The Faberge brand evokes wealth, opulence and the world’s most extravagant Easter eggs. The small, intricately-decorated objects, which the Russ(...)

To truly appreciate ornamental garden architecture requires a backdrop other than the yard of an auction room to allow would-be buyers to see how piec(...)

Sheppard’s upcoming sale in Durrow Co Laois on May 16th has just over 100 lots – far shy of the usual 1,000-plus items that usually feature in its mon(...)

A frantic bidding war which ended in just three minutes saw two small Chinese peach bowls sell at Sheppard’s auction house in Durrow for €100,000 – al(...)

Auction Results Whytes, 38 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2 January 26th: Sean Kearns Postcard collection was a “white glove sale”, where every lot sold. (...)

Sheppard’s will hold its first auction of 2019 on January 29th, with 817 lots in a sale it’s calling Décor Decoded. Paintings, mirrors, period furnitu(...)

Country house auctions always attract a crowd and Sheppard’s expects over 3,000 people at this week’s big bash in Coolattin House near Shillelagh, Co (...)

“Chinese vase sells for record price. ” Heard it before? Well, here we go again. Last Saturday, a bidding war lasting seven minutes unexpectedly erup(...)

Sheppard’s is entering the classic cars market, with a section of its forthcoming auction devoted to this niche area of collecting. Classic and vint(...)

The world of ancient Greece may seem utterly remote from the perspective of the Slieve Bloom mountains in Co Laois but, just outside the village of Ro(...)