There were standout sales in 2019 but the next tier of Irish artists needs to emerge soon to maintain our high level of success at auctions, writes Des O’Sullivan

A recently discovered painting by the internationally renowned artist Jack Butler Yeats which lay hidden in a bank vault for 52 years sold for more than triple its guide price today.

A treasure trove of love, owned by one the country’s most renowned internationally known artists, lay hidden in a bank vault for decades until it was found two years ago.

Cash strapped RTÉ is still hopeful that paintings that failed to sell at Sotheby’s public auction in London will be bought privately.

A Ming masterpiece, discovered when a Cork family brought it for a routine valuation, has sold under the hammer at €610,000, €490,000 more than it was expected to fetch.

Bridget Riley's Serpentine Study 3 should serve to bring added international interest to Morgan O’Driscoll’s art auction in Dublin on October 21.

Des O’Sullivan previews the August bank holiday weekend auctions in Ballyconneely, Connemara.

A Shillelagh from the infamous massacre in the quiet Cork village of Ballinhassig in 1845 sold for a hammer price of €5,100 at Fonsie Mealy’s summer auction in Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny, last week.

Salvage, antiques and art at contents auction, writes Des O’Sullivan.

A PAIR of giant Irish elk antlers from the collection of the artist Sir Sidney Nolan comes up at Bonham's sporting sale in London on May 1.

The band’s memorabilia will hit all the right notes, says Des O’Sullivan.

An auction house has received thousands of phone calls and emails from around the world as a result of plans to sell a rare twenty pence piece which is now worth thousands of euro.

A silent auction of rare film memorabilia has raised more than €20,000 for the creation of a film hub in West Cork.

A very rare Irish £20 note from 1943 comes up at Dix Noonan Webb in London on March 28 with an estimate of £9,000-£12,000.

A pair of rugby boots worn by world rugby player of the year Johnny Sexton has fetched €15,500 at auction.

A number of people have designed globes that will be auctioned in aid of GOAL, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

The art collection of the acclaimed late playwright Brian Friel which went under the hammer in aid of a homeless charity last night raised almost €200,000.

A much sought after original of the Irish Proclamation of the Irish Republic is to go under the auction hammer next month.

A letter signed by Napoleon Bonaparte is among the choices on offer in Cong, says Des O’Sullivan

There was neither a needle nor an anchor on offer but just about everything else was up for grabs yesterday at the start of a strangely wonderful auction which included a stuffed grizzly bear sporting boxing gloves, 35 antique carousel horses and an aluminium caravan that shimmered like a space probe.

A vanity case belonging to the fiancée of slain Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician Michael Collins is to go under the auction hammer next month.

One of the events that fell victim to the recent arctic weather was the auction of a very rare and interesting piece of farm land in Ennis, Co Clare.

A lock of hair from the legendary French general Napoleon Bonaparte can be bought for €200, writes Sarah Slater

Reading glasses worn by Sir Winston Churchill have sold at auction for £6,000 (€6,800) - more than three times the amount expected.

The Ice Age forms are expected to sell for between £250,000 (€280,000) and £400,000 (€450,000) at auction in West Sussex on Tuesday. The collection is open for the public to view on Sunday.

Items owned by icons such as David Bowie and Lady Gaga will go on display in Dublin next month while a boxing glove signed by Muhammed Ali will go under the hammer at auction.

Des O’Sullivan says there’s a variety of objects going under the hammer

An auction of Madonna's personal items, including a love letter from her ex-boyfriend Tupac Shakur and a pair of previously worn knickers, has been halted by a judge.

An R2-D2 droid that has appeared in several of the Star Wars movies is to go on auction in the US.

More than 180 lots of rare Irish and English silver from Jimmy Weldon collection, writes Des O’Sullivan.

An SUV being shown to prospective buyers at a crowded indoor car auction in the US suddenly accelerated with a screech of its tyres and crashed through a wall, killing three people and injuring nine.

This Irish silver basket by John Hamilton, Dublin c1745, is one of a number of lots of Irish silver at Sotheby’s in New York next Wednesday.

An image of the famous field marshall during his posting to Cork is up for auction, says Des O’Sullivan.

There’s a wide variety on offer at Sheppard’s, writes Des O’Sullivan.

Des O’Sullivan on an important and historic sale of primary sources for the Irish revolutionary period. 

A Paul Henry painting is among the works going under the hammer at the RDS, writes Des O’Sullivan.

McBride passed away at his home beside the Brandywell Stadium nine days ago.

A collection of GAA match programmes fetched €15,775 at an auction in Cork last weekend.

Des O’Sullivan admires the treasure trove of big-screen jewellery which has just opened in Newbridge.