Fine Arts

Window shopping online with Sotheby’s reveals intriguing Irish pieces

The auction house provides a trove of works with Irish links up for sale in London and New York this month

Emma Hawkins: A Natural World online auction draws 150 pieces from the collector and dealer’s personal collection of natural history specimens and curios

The simple joy of browsing the internet for works with Irish connections is window shopping at its best for me.

After a study of beautiful photography and some fascinating catalogue entries this month, I can say Sotheby’s has come up trumps with several pieces with Irish connections coming under the hammer in London and New York and many which could fall to the lot of buyers in Ireland.

Starting in the order of the auctions ...