Ireland

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from March 19-30, 2019.

A massive 3ft (92cm) high majolica urn – a riot of grotesque masks, mythical figures and other motifs drawn from Renaissance sources – combining the talents of two key figures in the history of the Minton factory was included in Fonsie Mealy’s (20% buyer’s premium) sale on March 5.

Although catalogued as 18th century, this marquetry table cabinet – sold for a multi-estimate sum in Ireland last week – is more probably late 16th or early 17th century.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from March 12-23, 2019.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from March 5-16, 2019.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from February 26-March 9, 2019.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from February 19-March 3, 2019.

Deemed a little ostentatious in some circles, tiaras have enjoyed a surge in popularity in recent years, particularly in Russia and the Baltic states where jeans and a diamond fascinator are de rigueur at informal high-society events.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from February 12-21, 2019.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from February 5-14, 2019.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from January 29-February 9, 2019.

Salisbury saleroom Woolley & Wallis regained top stop in the UK regional auction market for 2018, while the investment at Chiswick Auctions has begun to bear fruit. These were just two of the findings in ATG's annual review of the hammer totals and trends at some of the leading salerooms in the UK and Ireland.

A selection of eight top items sold at regional salerooms who reported hammer totals for ATG's annual round-up of the auction market for 2018.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from January 22-February 1, 2019.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from January 15-31, 2019.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from January 8-31, 2019.

A copy of WB Yeats’ The Wanderings of Oisin… offered in a recent Irish sale was an example of Fisher Unwin’s 1892 second issue. That is rare enough, but this copy bore an inscription that made it very special indeed.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from January 4-31, 2019.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from December 18-January 17, 2018.