Treasures from Dalkey mansion include imitation-Japanese furniture
Paintings by Jack B Yeats and William Scott also feature in Monte Alverno Sotheby’s sale
Paintings by Jack B Yeats and William Scott also feature in Monte Alverno Sotheby’s sale
Splendid watches, bracelet, earrings and Rising medallions to go under the hammer
World records for Clarke’s Bluebeard’s Last Wife and Hone’s Composition
Signed copies of Joyce’s Ulysses and Wilde’s Poems, and works by Paul Henry to feature
Covid-19 turned most auctioneers towards online sales, with some outstanding results
Christmas rare book online sale to include first editions of De Profundis, Oscar Wilde
London sale includes 12 works offered directly from the Yeats family
Art and antiques specialists can often give you a valuation online
What sold in the sales rooms, and upcoming auctions and fairs
A small, beautiful single carat diamond is much better than lots of tiny little diamonds
From Chinese ‘sleepers’ to a record Yeats, it has been a busy year in Irish auction rooms
Record prices paid for paintings by Jack B Yeats and Mainie Jellet
Jack B Yeats paintings also perform well; 34 of his works are set to make auction debut
Results and forthcoming auctions and fairs
A Faberge hat pin, Waterford glass chandeliers and iconic fashion photograph
Small violin and bow with no label a €1,500 sleeper at Mullen’s auction
David Hockney sets record in London, Irish auction houses get set for seasonal sales
Issue number one of ‘Playboy’ with Marilyn Monroe on the cover sells for £4,000 (€4.5k)
Sparklers galore shine at first Dublin jewellery auctions of 2018
Early gold sovereign proves its value, but jewellery worth less than original prices paid
‘Emigrants Scene’ by Jack B Yeats, just seven inches high by nine inches wide, made €700
Diamonds, vintage emeralds and a block of silver among star lots
Temptation for the ‘Eclectic Collector’, plus jewellery, country house contents and attic clearances
Taxidermy lots include a Greater Kudu spiral-horned antelope and a bull water buffalo
Ships’ models, a diamond spray and Georgian garden seats all exceeded their estimates
A kilo of silver makes three times its estimate at John Weldon Auctioneers
A court document dated 1775 concerning Elvis Presley’s Co Wicklow ancestor William Presley for €2,300
Collection expected to sell between €10,000 and €20,000 at John Weldon Auctioneers
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