Archive for the 'Auction News' Category

Yeats Easter 1916 Poem Auctioned

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

A first edition of W B Yeats poem Easter 1916 has sold for 7,100 euro at Adam’s auctioneers in Dublin.
Written in 1916, the poem sets out Yeats mixed feelings on the event. Only 25 copies were published and distributed among a select number of people for fear of its political impact.
One first edition copy is [...]

Important Irish Art Auction Nov 24

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Whyte’s next auction of Important Irish Art will be held at the Royal Dublin Society’s Minerva Suite, in the south Dublin suburb of Ballsbridge., on November 24th.
Auction info
Tel: +353 (0)1 676 2888
www.whytes.com

Middleton Painting Auctioned in U.S.

Monday, October 27th, 2008

An original oil painting by the renowned Irish artist Colin Middleton (1910-1983), titled Teresa and executed in 1947, sold for $71,500 at a multi-estate sale held Sept. 26-27 by Richard D. Hatch & Associates. The painting was the top lot in an auction that grossed just under $500,000 and saw over 1,400 lots change hands. [...]

John Weldon Jewellery Silver & Fine Art Auction Oct 7

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

October 7, 2008, at 2:00 PM Cow’s lane, Temple Bar, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Viewing Sunday 5th 12Noon-5pm, Monday 6th 11am-5pm & Tuesday 7th 10:30pm-12:30pm
Auction info www.johnweldonauctioneers.com

eBay Appoint New Managing Director for Ireland

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

eBay Ireland has appointed Gareth Davis as new Managing Director. He joins eBay.ie from management consultants McKinsey & Co, New Jersey, where he worked as an Engagement Manager, leading a number of business strategy and implementation projects for companies across the consumer goods, healthcare, travel & logistics, food & beverage and private equity industries.
Davis takes [...]