Auction Diary

Important Irish Art

9 March 2026 Following another highly successful auction on 1 December, bringing impressive results for our sellers, we are now accepting consignments for our next auction of Important Irish Art on 9 March 2026. This will be an outstanding opportunity to sell for generous prices to our discerning clientele.

Email - Peter Whyte pw@whytes.ie or Ian Whyte iw@whytes.ie
Telephone: 01 6762888
10am to 5pm GMT Monday to Friday.

Please contact us now if interested in consigning.

The Christmas Art Sale

15 December 2025 A seasonal sale of affordable art suitable as gifts of enduring value. Many prominent artists represented including Patrick Scott, Jack Yeats, Louis le Brocquy, Norah McGuinness, Markey Robinson, Pauline Bewick, Louise Mansfield, James Brohan, Desmond Carrick, Patrick Leonard, Elizabeth Rivers, John Shinnors, Banksy, Damien Hirst, Imogen Stuart and many more.

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Important Irish Art

1 December 2025 Whyte’s Important Irish Art sale on 1 December demonstrated a continuing strong demand for art of quality. The top hammer price of €235,000 (€292,810 including Buyers Premium and VAT) was for Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958) The Great Sugar Loaf, County Wicklow, c.1929-30, with a presale estimate of €100,000 to €150,000.
Other notable results were John Luke RUA (1906-1975) Shaw's Bridge, Belfast, 1933 at €48,000, Frank McKelvey RHA RUA (1895-1974) Woman Feeding Hens, 1921 at €30,000, and Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) Imagine [The Frailest Reed], 2006.

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Autumn Online Art Auction

20 October 2025 An exciting array of accessible art from Ireland and around the world. Many prominent artists represented including Graham Knuttel, Liam O'Neill, Elizabeth Cope, Kenneth Webb, Jack Butler Yeats, Daniel O'Neill, Stephen McKenna, Tony O'Malley, Pauline Bewick, Pablo Picasso, Banksy and many more.

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Irish & International Art

29 September 2025 Whyte’s auction demonstrated the continuing confidence in the market for Irish works of rarity and quality, with a sale total of €1 million gross including Buyers’ Premium. The top prices were €90,000 apiece for Paul Henry’s In Connemara and Louis le Brocquy’s Image of Samuel Beckett, with Sir William Orpen’s Portrait of Ferris Bligh St. George making €60,000 hammer price.
Remarkable results included: An oil on canvas by Graham Knuttel, Cutting A Deal estimated at €6,000 to €8,000 sold for a hammer price of €12,000.
Daniel O'Neill (1920-1974) Girl in a Headscarf, estimate €15,000 to €20,000 sold for €20,000. John Behan's bronze sculpture, Seven Boyne Valley Warriors sold for €11,500.
There was great interest in all the Ciaran Clear lots, with The Road Home, estimated €4,000 to €6,000 selling for €6,300. A Percy French set of 9 Landscapes sold for it’s top estimate of €10,000.

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Summer Online Art Auction

30 June 2025 An exciting array of accessible art from Ireland and around the world. Many prominent artists represented including Graham Knuttel, Gerard Byrne, Cecil Maguire, Paul Henry, Jack Butler Yeats, Sidney Nolan, Pauline Bewick, Damien Hirst, Diana Copperwhite and many more.

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Irish & International Art

26 May 2025 Whyte’s auction demonstrated the continuing confidence in the market for Irish works of rarity and quality. An outstanding painting by Mainie Jellett, Achill Horses, 1933 claimed top hammer price of €210,000.
Paul Henry’s West of Ireland Bog sold for €125,000, while Anglesea Market, Dublin, 1933 by Harry Kernoff was hammered for its top estimate of €40,000.

William John Leech’s Gardeners Joy nearly doubled its lower estimate of €15,000 to sell at €28,000, and a Louis le Brocquy watercolour Image of Francis Bacon, 1980, made double its lower estimate of €12,000.

Other remarkable results included: Evie Hone watercolour Abstract Composition estimated €2,000 to €3,000 which made €5,400, Charles Vincent Lamb oil West of Ireland Landscape, estimate €1,500 to €2,000 which sold for €3,600, Bridget Riley Magenta And Blue, 2002 lithograph, estimate €8,000 to €12,000 took €14,500.

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ECLECTIC COLLECTOR

6 April 2025 A fascinating array of historical artefacts, manuscripts, documents, photographs, books, militaria and medals, weapons, memorabilia including advertising, sport and entertainment, coins, banknotes and other collectibles. 480+ lots.
Worthy of note is a gun with which an Irish Volunteer in Tullamore fired the first shot of 1916 [lot 163, estimate €8,000 to €10,000]. A 1921 Agreement on the Treaty signed by Eamon de Valera and Michael Collins is a unique and extremely important document [lot 193]. An archive of about four hours film of Ireland features the War of Independence and 1916 Rising. Also notable is a fascinating letter from Liam Lynch in the Four Courts to his godmother in County Limerick. An archive of an Irishman who fought for Franco in the Spanish Civil War includes his diary, uniform and medals [lot 44, €3,000 to €5,000].

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Spring Online Art Sale

24 March 2025 An exciting array of accessible art from Ireland and around the world. Many prominent artists represented including William Orpen, Mary Swanzy, George Campbell, Gerard Dillon, Patrick Collins, William Scott, Robert Ballagh, Louise Mansfield, Harry Kernoff, John Ffrench and many more.

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Important Irish Art

3 March 2025 Whyte’s Important Irish Art auction on Monday 3 March grossed over €1.2 million. An outstanding painting by Paul Henry demonstrated his amazing artistic talent and rightfully claimed top hammer price of €270,000 (lot 20 Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958) LAKE AND MOUNTAINS IN CONNEMARA, 1933-6). Colin Middleton SLIGO LANDSCAPE, 1940 attracted a winning bid of €21,000 (estimate €14,000-€18,000), and Mary Swanzy HRHA (1882-1978) LA ROUTE went for €36,000 against a pre-sale estimate of €20,000-€30,000.
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Other notable results include Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) MEXICAN NOON and MEXICAN JOE, c.1901, which fetched €10,000 (estimate €6,000-€8,000), Albert Lynch (Prussian/French, 1851-1912) LA JOLIE FILLE [THE PRETTY GIRL] with a sale price of €11,500 (estimate €3,000-€5,000), while Liam O'Neill (b.1954) BRINGING HOME THE TURF achieved a result of €26,000 (estimate €12,000-€18,000).

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Christmas Art Sale

11 December 2024 A seasonal sale of affordable art suitable as gifts of enduring value. Many prominent artists represented including Jack Yeats, Louis le Brocquy, Norah McGuinness, Graham Knuttel, Kenneth Webb, Markey Robinson, Pauline Bewick and many more.

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Irish & International Art

2 December 2024 Whyte’s Irish & International Art auction on Monday 2 December grossed over €1.2 million. An outstanding painting by Paul Henry demonstrated his amazing artistic talent and rightfully claimed top hammer price of €210,000 (lot 27, KILLARY BAY, CONNEMARA, c.1910-15). Jack Butler Yeats THE DUST ON THY CHARIOT WHEEL, 1945 attracted a winning bid of €160,000, and James Osborne (1940-1992) THE RACE, 1992 went for €6,800 to a collector with a keen interest in sculpture.
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Other notable results include Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) RAINBOW AND COTTAGES, which fetched €3,400 (estimate €1,500-€2,000), William Crozier HRHA (1930-2011) STILL LIFE WITH PLANT AND BOUQUET with a sale price of €14,000 (estimate €8,000-€12,000), while John Butler Yeats RHA (1839-1922) SELF PORTRAIT achieved a result of €1,250 (estimate €600-€800).

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Autumn Online Art Auction

21 October 2024 An exciting array of accessible art from Ireland and around the world. Many prominent artists represented including Graham Knuttel, Louise Mansfield, John Skelton, Ciaran Clear, Harry Kernoff, Imogen Stuart, Maurice MacGonigal, Sidney Nolan, Louis le Brocquy, Tony O'Malley, Patrick Caulfield, Neill Shawcross, Barry Castle and many more.

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Important Irish Art

30 September 2024 Whyte’s Important Irish Art auction on Monday 30 September grossed over €1.3 million. An outstanding painting by Jack Yeats created in his 85th year demonstrated his amazing artistic talent and rightfully claimed top hammer price of €210,000 (lot 30, Top Of The Tide). Paul Henry’s STONY FIELDS OF KERRY attracted a winning bid of €180,000, and Leo Whelan’s portrait of Michael Collins went for €60,000 to a collector with a keen interest in Irish history.
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Other notable results include Nano Reid (1900-1981) MEGALITHIC TOMB, which fetched €10,500 (estimate €6,000-€8,000), Grace Henry HRHA (1868-1953) COTTAGES, ACHILL with a sale price of €13,000 (estimate €8,000-€12,000), while Patrick Hennessy RHA (1915-1980) LADY URSULA VERNON, AT BRUREE HOUSE, COUNTY LIMERICK achieved a result of €20,000 (estimate €8,000-€12,000).

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Summer Online Art Auction

1 July 2024 An exciting array of accessible art from Ireland and around the world. Many prominent artists represented including Graham Knuttel, Louise Mansfield, John Skelton, Jack Butler Yeats, Colin Middleton, Nano Reid, Pauline Bewick, Rita Duffy, Neil Shawcross, Banksy, Edward Delaney and many more.

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ECLECTIC COLLECTOR

7 June 2024 Our annual Eclectic Collector auction takes place on 17 May to 7 June. This will be a timed on-line sale with viewing in our galleries.

The sale includes historical artefacts, manuscripts, documents, photographs, books, militaria and medals, weapons, memorabilia including advertising, sport and entertainment, coins, banknotes and other collectibles. 582 lots. Bidding is live now and ends at 30 second intervals from 5pm on Friday 7 June at www.bid.whytes.ie.

Highlights: 1809 letter from Emperor Napoleon (lot 34), Pádraig Pearse’s original handwritten manuscript of 'The Fianna of Fionn' (lot 101), 1966 Rising Jubilee 4 ounce gold medal (lot 131), 1920 (21 November) British War medals to Captain G.T. Baggallay, assassinated by Michael Collins’ 'Squad' on 'Bloody Sunday' (lot 169), 1921 grocer's account for 'The Irish Delegation to the Treaty Talks in London' (lot 180), 1900-1910 Hurling, collection of Ed Hayes, Two Mile Borris, Including All-Ireland, Tipperary and Munster Championships. (8 medals, 2 cups) (lot 530).

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Important Irish Art

27 May 2024 Whyte’s Important Irish Art auction on Monday 27 May grossed over €2 million. Large oil paintings got the best prices: Jack Yeats’ 1952 Discovery grossed €473,000 and Paul Henry’s 1916 A Village in the West made €348,000 including buyers’ commission. Whyte’s auction results in the first half of 2024 confirm the continuing demand for Irish art of quality and value, and Whyte’s position as foremost in the Irish art market.

Mary Swanzy HRHA (1882-1978) IN THE WINDOW, 1920s sold for €90,000 (estimate €60,000-€80,000), Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (1856-1941) MISS ALICE FULTON AT PAISLEY LAWN TENNIS CLUB, 1889 fetched €95,000 (estimate €60,000-€80,000), William John Leech RHA ROI (1881-1968) THE PLACE, CONCARNEAU, MORNING reached a sale price of €20,000 (estimate €4,000-€6,000), while William Conor OBE RHA RUA ROI (1881-1968) THE WHIRL OF THE DANCE achieved a result of €42,000 (estimate €20,000-€30,000).


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Spring Online Art Auction

25 March 2024 An exciting array of accessible art from Ireland and around the world. Many prominent artists represented including Gerard Dillon, Seán Keating, Nano Reid, Mary Swanzy, Maurice MacGonigal, George Campbell, Pauline Bewick, Graham Knuttel, Richard Gorman, John Ffrench and many more.

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Important Irish Art

11 March 2024 Our 11 March auction of Important Irish Art saw strong demand for works of exceptional quality.

The top lot, Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958), COTTAGES BY A LAKE, ACHILL, CONNEMARA, sold for a hammer price €220,000 (Estimate €180,000-€220,000). Frank McKelvey RHA RUA (1895-1974) FAIR DAY, ROUNDSTONE, COUNTY GALWAY c.1959 sold for €26,000 (estimate €15,000-€20,000), Grace Henry HRHA (1868-1953) LITTLE WAVES, ACHILL, 1915-19 fetched €30,000 (estimate €10,000-€15,000), Fortunino Matania (1881-1963) THE LAST GENERAL ABSOLUTION OF THE MUNSTERS AT RUE DU BOIS reached a sale price of €61,000 (estimate €30,000-€40,000), while Bridget Riley RA (b.1931) ECHO, 1998 achieved a result of €8,000 (estimate €3,000-€5,000).

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ART FOR GAZA

2 March 2024 All proceeds to Médecins Sans Frontières.
No Buyer’s Commission – Please bid generously.

On view at The Copper House Gallery, 9 St Kevin’s Cottages, Portobello, Dublin 8 D08 EE73 10am to 5pm 29 February to 2 March

Bidding at the timed online auction starts on 23 February at bid.whytes.ie, closing on Saturday 2 March at 5pm to 7pm.

The art has been generously donated by leading Irish artists. The entire proceeds of the auction, without deduction of costs, will go to Médecins Sans Frontières, Doctors Without Borders who are working on the ground in Gaza.

Artwork for sale includes pieces by President Michael D. Higgins, Sean Scully, Mick Mulcahy, Charlie Tyrell, Brian Henderson, Alice Hanratty, Guggi, Tim Booth, Dorothy Cross, Brian Bourke, Jay Murphy, James English, Domino Whisker, John Behan, Brian Maguire, Suzy O’Mullane, Maria Simmonds Gooding, Abigail O’Brien, Michael Kane, Constance Short, Michele Sweetman, Brona Anderson, Shane MacGowan, Annette McNamee, Jim Fitzpatrick, Rowan Gillespie, Roisin Murphy, Orla de Brí, John Noel Smith, Shevaun Doherty, Eric Luke, Pauline Bewick, John Gerrard and the UK’s Michael Landy and Michael Stipe.