Irish and Sporting Art will be offered at Christie’s London on Friday, 8 May 2009, during a week of three Irish themed sales which celebrate the beauty and rich heritage of Irish art and antiques. This fresh new sale format provides the opportunity for collectors and institutions to acquire captivating works, from the 18th through [...]

Sotheby’s forthcoming sale of Irish Art, to be held in London on Thursday, 7 May 2009, will showcase works by acclaimed Irish artists including Sir William Orpen, Roderic O’Conor, William Scott, J. B. Yeats and George Barret. 70 works from the sale are to be part of an extensive touring exhibition which starts at Lismore [...]

Ballyfinboy Castle, near Borrisokane, described by the auctioneers as “steeped in history, set amidst superb countryside”, was withdrawn after bids failed to reach the disclosed reserve price of £100,000. Bidding started at £80,000 but auctioneer Robin Cripp of Andrews and Robertson stopped after seven bids, which failed to reach higher than £93,000.
Ballyfinboy Castle was built [...]

Christie’s has announced the auction of Glin Castle; A Knight in Ireland on 7 May 2009 at Christie’s in London. The sale will offer selected works from the personal collection of Desmond FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin, the renowned collector, scholar and a leading campaigner for the conservation of Irish heritage. The pre-sale exhibition will [...]

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — A bidding war is under way in the U.K. for land that will be used for building a new generation of nuclear power stations. The online auction of three lots of land adjacent to old nuclear power stations by the U.K.’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has now [...]