Value at Irish art sales featuring Gerard Dillon, Jane O'Malley, Paul Henry and William Orpen

Estimates from under under €1,000 to €200,000 at summer evening auctions in Dublin by Whyte's, deVeres and James Adam 

Jane O'Malley's 'Still life by the Sea 2007' at deVeres.

Art by Paul Henry, Roderic O'Conor and Gerard Dillon will lead the respective evening sales by Whyte's, deVeres and James Adam in Dublin on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. They carry top estimates of up to €200,000. This might create an incorrect impression that collecting Irish art is an exclusive pastime for the rich. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth.

What these auctions demonstrate in spades is that art is for everyone, and art collecting is too. A quick look at the lowest estimates reveals all. At Whyte's, work by well-known artists like Philip Flanagan, Mark O'Neill, John Butler Yeats, James Brenan and Sir William Orpen is estimated at under €1,000.