Ireland

Although catalogued as ‘Continental’, this mid-19th century porcelain figure of a seated semi-nude ballet dancer below carries impressed marks for the factory established by the English entrepreneur Francis Gardner in the town of Verbilki near Moscow in 1766.

At a collectables fair in Dublin, talk was of post-Brexit free movement of antiques from north to south.

Our regular listing of British and Irish book auctions.

ATG's regular listing of British and Irish book auctions.

Our regular listings of British and Irish book auctions.

Our listing of British and Irish book auctions taking place from July 23-August 3, 2019.

Our listing of British and Irish book auctions taking place from July 16-27, 2019.

The Patriotic War of 1812 stirred up powerful feelings of national pride in Russia.

Stand-out lot in a recent Irish sale was one of the 100 special copies of Ulysses printed on Dutch handmade paper by Van Gelder that James Joyce signed on publication in Paris in 1922.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from July 9-19, 2019.

Our listing of British and Irish book auctions taking place from July 2-13.

Irish art market makes a sedate journey back to strength as local buyers dominate.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from June 18-29, 2019.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from June 11-21, 2019.

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from June 3-15, 2019.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from May 28-June 8, 2019.

In US collecting circles the ‘Anson-Ewing Burke Ale poster’ is spoken of in hushed tones. When an example was sold by New Jersey baseball memorabilia specialist Robert Edwards Auctions for $188,000 in 2008, it was described as the best-preserved of only three known. More recently in February another was sold for $96,000 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas.