Fine Arts

Meet the auctioneer: Rody Keighery

Rody Keighery, owner and operator of family business RJK Antiques on William Street, Waterford City, reveals his favourite artist and what he would have done in a different life

Thomas, Anne and Rody Keighery: the family business, RJK Antiques, was founded in 1949

Rody Keighery’s career in antiques was inevitable – the family business RJK Antiques was established in 1949 by his father, Patrick Keighery, in Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford. The business expanded and relocated in 1968 to its current landmark showrooms and saleroom on William Street, Waterford city. From serving an early apprenticeship, the veteran auctioneer has more than five decades of knowledge and experience and today operates one of the most successful salerooms with his ...