Sir Anthony O’Reilly’s tables turn heads at Kilfane House auction

Pair of console tables make €145,000, 10 times their estimate

Curtain falls on Lotabeg with more than 7,000 visitors

‘Huge interest’ from both from Irish and international bidders

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Bidders snap up mementos of British Empire in Cork auction

More than 7,000 queue to see contents of ‘house that time forgot’ over three days

The Cork house that time forgot

House where sun went down on British Empire reveals its secrets as contents to be auctioned

My Life’s Work: George Gerard Mealy, art and antiques auctioneer and valuer, Kilkenny

‘Buy what you like, as you have to live with it’

Nail-studded ‘voodoo’ dolls go under the hammer

Rarely seen African tribal art makes a big splash in Mealy’s summer auction

Art and antiques market springs to life

Strong first quarter ends with auction at Mealy’s described as ‘the best in ages’

The market for rhino horn gives auction houses a dilemma

Trade in antique rhino horn is legal – but the vast prices it commands encourages theft

Irish collectors still favour nostalgia

Household names such as Paul Henry and Walter Osborne are not just seen as sound investments; their aesthetic clearly appeals to today’s fine-art purchasers

Everything from slates to fine art under the hammer over the summer

Time to buy Victorian art?

‘Best collection of Victorian Art ever seen on the market in Ireland’ in Mealy’s Dublin sale