Friday 22 January, 2021
The national broadcaster is dealing with a serious financial crisis.
Devolved Parliament went under the hammer in London last night.
The anonymous collector who brought the painting to be auctioned had bought it for €2.2 million.
Someone is saying goodbye to quite a collection.
The handcrafted timepiece is named after its original owner, a New York banker,who ordered it in 1925.
The winning bidder, a bearded man apparently in his sixties was pitted in a one-on-race against a telephone competitor.
If it sells it will be a record price for any gemstone so far at auction.
The diamond is expected to fetched between $28 and 35 million at an auction next month.
The 800 page working manuscript is of the Irish playwright Samuel Beckett’s first major novel ‘Murphy’.
The handwritten rough draft of the modernist writer’s first novel – described as “one of the most important 20th century working manuscripts” – is expected to fetch up to €1.4 million.
The rare first edition will be sold to raise funds for English PEN, a writer’s association.
Here’s a clue: expensive. It looks expensive.
Got some spare millions lying around? Worried about looking flashing if you buy a gaff in Ireland? Never fear.
The letters were given to Sotheby’s to auction by Jagger’s former lover, singer Marsha Hunt.
Paintings from Paul Henry, Jack B Yeats, Harry Clarke and Louis le Brocquy to be sold in London this month.
The singer’s home was clearly also her castle…
Waterfront property has its own private dock and sandy beaches.
TheJournal.ie takes a deeper look at the international art market and discovers a mini-boom among retired public servants in Ireland and billionaire battles between the Russians and Chinese.
Extraordinary jewel has had a rich history passing through royal families in France, the Netherlands, England and Prussia since the 17th century.
The painting of the male nude by the Dublin-born artist had been expected to sell for between $30 million and $40 million.
The pastel work was one of four Munch created of the image and was sold in its original frame.
Internationally acclaimed Frieze Art Fair to be next target for Occupy movement.
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web…
Auction house Sotheby’s says it has uncovered the secret signature of a graffiti artist on a piece from 1982.
Sales of rare items, including jewellery owned by Wallis Simpson, have raised record prices at auction houses in Switzerland this week.
Interest reported to be brisk in personal belongings of American divorcee who led British monarch to abdicate his throne.
An anonymous buyer pays three times the pre-sale price at an auction in London.
