Fine Arts
Sean Scully’s Raval Rojo was the highest-priced painting sold at auction in Ireland in 2023
A total of 269,676 lots were offered across 519 auctions across the country last year, with the €580,000 attained by Morgan O’Driscoll for the Scully work topping the list
Before we get into the auction swing of things for the year, it is timely to look back over the last 12 months reviewing the auction market in Ireland.
An analysis of the websites of 31 Irish auctioneers and auction website portals reveals that a total of 269,676 lots were offered across 519 auctions across the country in 2023.
As I mentioned in a similarly motivated mid-year review last July, several factors need to be ...