A diverse collection will draw the crowds to Woodward’s sale today, writes Des O’Sullivan.

Woodwards will offer a large stamp collection on November 30 in Cork city.

Francis Bacon made art market history in New York this week when his Three Studies of Lucian Freud sold for $142,405,000 at Christie's in New York to become the most valuable painting ever sold at auction.

Yesterday morning in Dublin’s Clyde Court Hotel, Davy Fitzgerald sat down with a handful of journalists to discuss Clare’s triumph. So frank and revealing were his words over those 18 minutes or so, we’ve run the transcript of the interview almost in its entirety.

AN 1829 watercolour by Daniel Maclise RA, (1806-1870), of a young girl at play comes up at Morgan O’Driscoll’s sale at the Clyde Court Hotel in Dublin next Monday evening.

Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers in Dublin has something for everyone next Tuesday — but particularly for the collector of historic items and documents.

A rogue’s gallery of 1940s Cork criminals and a lament for her revolutionary Irish lover by the wife of a British peer are among an eclectic gathering of memorabilia to be auctioned in Dublin this month.

A HUGE array of choice — everything from a two-seater Morris Minor at Mealy’s to an original copy of the Proclamation at James Adam’s — awaits collectors in Ireland next week.

Daniel Maclise, R.A., The Wrestling Scene in 'As You Like It' signed and dated 'D MACLISE 1854'. Image courtesy Christie's.