Top Irish art, Japanese wood block prints and a 1961 car are some of the stand-out items sold at auction this year
They have sold almost everything you could think of this year, from collections of clowns, to cars, swords, diamonds, cabinets and clocks – but what was their favourite item? As auctioneers celebrate what many say has been a good year for sales, with some returning to live auctions for the first time since the Covid pandemic, we ask some to name their favourite item sold in 2025.
According to Claire-Laurence Mestrallet, director of jewellery at the auction house, it was sourced from a private client in Rome, who was clearing her mother’s house after her death. Estimated between €40,000-60,000 and after a fierce bidding battle between international collectors and an Irish bidder, the piece fetched €117,500.
Matania, acclaimed for his graphic and realistic images of trench warfare, here depicts Fr Francis Gleeson, a Jesuit priest from Tipperary, addressing the assembled 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers, at a roadside shrine, where he gave the general absolution on the eve of the Battle of Aubers Ridge. The following day, one in six soldiers was killed.Hone was an Irish painter and stained glass artist who was considered to be an early pioneer of cubism.
, an important oil on canvas. The oil painting, which was recently unveiled at the National Gallery of Ireland, had an estimate of €120,000-€180,000 and was sold prior to the auction.
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