Ireland

Salisbury saleroom Woolley & Wallis regained top spot 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.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from December 11-20, 2018.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from December 3-15, 2018.

The influx of Asian art buyers that accompanies the Asian Art in London initiative also encourages activity across the Irish Sea. Both Adam’s (20% buyer’s premium) in Dublin, for the first time, and Sheppards (20% buyer’s premium) in Durrow held designated sales on November 3 and November 11 respectively.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from November 27-December 7, 2018.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from November 20-December 1, 2018.

By the 1950s, as the global economic landscape improved, luxury was making a comeback and so too was the prolific use of diamonds in the jewellery of France’s premier ateliers.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from November 13-23, 2018.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from November 6-17, 2018.

“It was a great deal of work,” said Adam’s (20% buyer’s premium) managing director James O’Halloran of the operation involving the removal of 700 lots – including the ‘Armada Table’ and other massive pieces – to the Drogheda stately home venue of Townley Hall for sale.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from October 30-November 9, 2018.

Representing just a fraction of the international art market and often overshadowed by the demand for 2D art, Irish sculpture has undergone a quieter recovery.

At a time when catering for niche interests is a profitable path for auctioneers, recent sales in Scotland, Ireland and England have shown that the furniture market can still come to life – provided it meets three criteria.