Tuesday and Wednesday, April 30th and May 1st Sheppard’s, Durrow, Co Laois. Life Study of Kneeling Woman (drawing) by Henri Matisse, €52,000 (€15,000-...

Tuesday, April 30th Adam’s, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin. 800 Years: Irish Political, Literary and Military History. 78 per cent of lots sold. An origin...

Monday, April 29th Morgan O’Driscoll Auctioneers, Irish Art sale, Clyde Court Hotel,Dublin. 74 per cent of lots sold. Self-Portrait by Séan Keating, €...

Monday, April 29th Mealy’s, Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny. The Pre-Summer Fine and Decorative Art Sale. 68 per cent of lots sold. A Victorian gypsy caravan...

Thursday, May 2nd, Christie’s, London. The Antiquities Sale. A Celtic gold bracelet, £517,875 (£40,000-£60,000). Filed under: Auction Results Tagged: ...

Wednesday April 24th. Christie's, London. Fragment of a dodo bone, £8,125 (£10,000-£15,000). Filed under: Auction Results Tagged: 24 April 2013

Wednesday April 24th. O'Reilly's, Francis Street, Dublin. Art Deco diamond bracelet, €24,000 (€22,000-€25,000); solitaire ring, 3.18ct, €17,000 (€18,0...

Tuesday, April 23rd. John Weldon Auctioneers, Temple Bar, Dublin. Pair of 22ct gold commemorative Pádraig Pearse medallions, €6,300 (€5,000-€7,000); 1...

Tuesday, April 23rd. Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers, Lismore House Hotel, Co Waterford – 90% of lots sold. Table by Emilio Martelli, €14,500 (€12,500-...

Wednesday April 10th. A handwritten draft of the poem “The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel ” by John Betjeman, £7,500. (£5,000-£6,000). Fil...

Monday April 8th. An Edwardian inlaid brass face grandfather clock by Alex Gordon, Dublin, €2,200 (€2,000-€3,000). Filed under: Auction Results Tagged...

Sunday April 7th. A Regency Irish rosewood and brass inlaid fold-over card table, €2,600 (€3,000-€5,000). Filed under: Auction Results Tagged: 7 April...

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday February 26th-28th. A 61cm-high Chinese bronze Buddha, €80,000 (€20,000-€40,000); a pair of Chinese Qing period Yuhuch...

Dolan’s Irish Art auction at Clontarf Castle hotel, Dublin. Celebration White by Mark O’Neill €4,000; Flowers in the Bog, Roundstone by Kenneth Webb, ...

The Rockefeller Madonna: Madonna and Child with Young Saint John the Baptist by Sandro Botticelli, $10.4 million ($5 million-$7 million) – a world auc...

John Weldon Auctioneers, Cow’s Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin. A box of dental equipment from 1920s Berlin, €315 (€200-€500). Filed under: Auction Results T...

Lynes and Lynes Auctioneers, Carrigtwohill, Co Cork. An Edwardian bookcase salvaged from the White Star liner RMS Celtic €22,000 (€10,000-€15,000). Fi...

Auction of 19th-century paintings. Milking Time in St Marnock’s Byre by Walter Frederick Osborne £38,000 (£25,000-£35,000); On The Sands of Schevening...

Dolan’s auction of Irish paintings, Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork. Kinsale, Mending The Nets by James Brohan €4,000 (€4,000-€6,000); Sheepdog by Mark O’...

Adam’s, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin. Important Irish Art. Grace O'Malley’s Castle, Achill Sound, €62,000 (€40,000-€60,000); Engravings by Jack B Yeats,...

17th Mealy’s Fine and Decorative Arts Auction, Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny. 65 per cent of lots sold. A 1930 Riley Special Sports Tourer, €22,500 (€12,00...

Hegarty’s, Bandon, Co Cork. A sketchbook by Walter Frederick Osborne, €3,000 (€1,500-€3,000). Filed under: Auction Results Tagged: 16 October 2012

Oliver Usher Auctioneers, at The Glebe House, Rathowen, Co Westmeath. A Victorian credenza, €3,800 (€2,000-€3,000); a set of 8 Georgian dining chairs,...

Woodward’s Auctioneers, Cork. A Georgian silver fruit basket made in Dublin, 1828, by William Nolan €2,100 (€2,000-€2,500); a silver tea and coffee se...

O’Reilly’s, Francis Street, Dublin. An antique diamond bracelet, €14,000 (€14,000-€16,000); a Victorian drop pendant, €1,800 (€1,500-€2,000). Filed un...

RJ Keighery, City Auction Rooms, Waterford. Oval dining table and eight chairs, €2,000 (€1,500-€2,000); Waterford lamp €1,750 (€700-€800); Waterford c...

Sunday, October 21st de Veres, Interiors Auction, Leopardstown Race Course. 65 per cent of lots sold. A 19th century dining table, circa 1840, €30,000...

Sotheby’s, Geneva. A 1920s Cartier brooch, €60,000 (€31,5000-€37,365) Filed under: Auction Results Tagged: 14 November 2012

Bonhams Irish art sale, London. Brown Scheme by William Scott, £163,250 (£150,000-£200,000); The Little Harvest, Mayo by Norah McGuinness, £67,250 (£3...

Oliver Usher Auction Rooms, Kells, Co Meath. A limestone baptismal font, €980 (€300-€500); Edwardian wardrobe, €1,600 (€800-€1,000). Filed under: Auct...

Sotheby’s Irish art sale, London. Achill Coastal Landscape by Paul Henry, £49,250 (£40,000-£60,000); Interior with Gary Swift by Patrick Swift, £49,25...

Auctioneer Joe Woodward had kept the estimates reasonable and this attracted a large crowd on the night. There was good value to be had but the better...

Results from the sale of fine art and antiques held by Reilly Antiques, Prosperous, Co Kildare on Monday, May 21, included €2,100 for a Victorian maho...

Whyte’s Important Irish Art Auction on 21 May last was very successful, grossing over 1.3 million. 70% of the lots offered were sold. The highest pric...

TOP RESULTS AT WHYTE'S HISTORY, LITERATURE & COLLECTIBLES AUCTION held on 21st APRIL 2012

Wednesday (April 18th) Adam’s, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin. Sale, “800 Years – Irish Political, Literary and Military History”. 70 per cent of lots sold.

A diamond solitaire ring - €16,000
A pair of diamond stud earrings - €12,000

Adams Blackrock, Co Dublin. Abstract Forms by Mainie Jellett €23,000 (€15,000-€18,000); Two Women by the Sea by Daniel O’Neill €11,000 (€8,000-€10,000).

Georgian hunt table €3,000 (€2,800-€3,500); Victorian brass half tester bed €1,200 (€800-€1,000); pair of Edwardian mahogany open bookshelves €1,100 (€800-€1,000);

Christie's, London. Black White White (oil-on-linen) by Sean Scully £421,250 (£350,000-£450,000).

Christie's, London. Galway Fisherfolk by Augustus John (from Elizabeth Taylor collection) £5,625 (£2,500-£3,500)

Christie's, London. Reclining Figure: Festival (bronze sculpture) by Henry Moore £19m (£3.5m-£5.5m) - a world record price for the artist at auction; Vue de l'Asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Rémy by Vincent van Gogh (from the art collection of Elizabeth Taylor) £10.1m (£5m-£7m).