£360,000 Osborne backs claims of Irish Sellers
IRISH auctioneers have long been adamant that Irish pictures sell better in Ireland and certainly the 71 per cent sold by lot achieved at James Adam (15% buyer’s premium) in Dublin on May 29 was only just shy of the 76 per cent by lot selling rate taken at Christie’s Irish sale in London on May 17.
Held in conjunction with Bonhams, the 134-lot sale was topped by this oil on canvas, right, by Walte…