EASTER 2016
19 April 2016 - 3:00 pm
Our forthcoming History Sale will include important rare and unique Irish historical documents and artefacts. This year will mark the 10th year of this annual specialist auction which has proved to be the largest sale of its kind, attracting collectors throughout Ireland and further afield. Covering a broad range of political, literary and military history, this prestigious auction will continue to be the best place to buy and sell Irish collectibles.
We are currently preparing our forthcoming catalogue. Please contact us for more information and for complimentary and confidential advice.
Lot 51
AN IRISH SILVER GILT AND CONNEMARA MARBLE GROUP, Dublin 1966, sword of light mark, formed as a Celtic sword balanced on the green stone plinth...
Hammer Price: €380
Full DetailsLot 52
A CASED PAIR OF ENGRAVED SILVER PORTRAIT PANELS, Dublin 1973, commemorative torc mark depicting
i) Charles Stewarrt Parnell and engraved with...
Hammer Price: €120
Full DetailsLot 53
1916 RISING FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY MEDALS, 1966
Paul Vincze (1907-1994)
22 carat gold medals, set of 2, 4oz and 2oz
Issued in a limited...
Hammer Price: €4,700
Full DetailsLot 54
A PADRAIC MAC PIARAIS COMMEMORATIVE SILVER MEDAL, Dublin 1979, makers mark of Jewellery & Metal Manufacturing Co. Ltd, the obverse with a...
Hammer Price: €90
Full DetailsLot 55
A SILVER 1916-1966 COMMEMORATIVE
MEDALLION, depicting the GPO on front with the signatures of the
seven signatories on reverse, in original box
Hammer Price: €90
Full DetailsLot 56
SINN FEIN PROPAGANDA LABELS
A rare collection of ''Celtic Cross'' Sinn Fein Propaganda Labels, c. 1916. In two printed sheets, a full sheet of...
Hammer Price: €1,800
Full DetailsLot 57
POSTAL HISTORY
An album containing a good collection of British postage stamps, mostly in blocks, including British Empire Exhibition 1924,...
Hammer Price: €450
Full DetailsLot 58
POSTAL HISTORY
A fine collection of the postage stamps of the Irish Free State, 1922-1935, mostly in mint uncirculated condition, including...
Hammer Price: €3,000
Full DetailsLot 59
SINN FÉIN STAMPS
Three blocks of Sinn Fein stamps, unused, the first block 5 x 7 containing 35 stamps, the second 4 x 8 containing 32, the...
Lot 59A
SINN FEIN PROPAGANDA LABELS
A rare full sheet of "Celtic Cross" Sinn Fein Propaganda Labels, c. 1916. A printed sheet of 72 stamps (8 columns...
Lot 60
FIRST DAY COVERS AND THE DUBLIN BRIGADE REVIEW
A miscellaneous collection inlcuding a disbound Dublin Brigade Review, 1916-1966, Jubillee...
Hammer Price: €30
Full DetailsLot 61
COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMPS
An album containing a very good collection of commemorative stamps of Irish historical personalities and events,
Hammer Price: €160
Full DetailsLot 62
***Please note: Illustration is incorrect***
ILLUSTRATED PUBLICATIONS, 1916 (3)
including: Dublin and the Sinn Fein Rising. Portraits,...
Lot 62A
***ADDITIONAL LOT***
Souvenir programme of the Theatre Royal, Dublin, September 23rd 1935, (1)
Lot 62B
***ADDITIONAL LOT***
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS - ROYAL WEDDING DOUBLE NUMBER. Vol. 128 No. 3503,
Hammer Price: €20
Full DetailsLot 63
IRISH LIFE, MAY 1916
two issues, Vol. XVI Nos. 3 and 4 dated 12th and 19th May 1916, containing "Scenes and Incidents of the Rising,"...
Hammer Price: €260
Full DetailsLot 63A
REBELLION IN DUBLIN The Rebellion in Dublin, April, 1916 A Photo souvenir booklet of the 1916 Rising: Dark brown oblong booklet with string...
Hammer Price: €80
Full DetailsLot 64
***WITHDRAWN***
TOM CLARKE: THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH
An original photograph showing Sgt. James Clarke and his wife Mary with their eldest...
Full DetailsLot 65
FUNERAL OF ODONOVAN ROSSA [1915]
A graveside pass, 3 ½ x 4 ½ ins, with stamp of memorial committee and signature of Sean Mac Gadhra [Sean...
Hammer Price: €340
Full DetailsLot 66
DALY FAMILY OF LIMERICK
A small collection including
- A mounted photograph, 4 x 6 ins, probably circa 1900, showing fifteen...
Hammer Price: €320
Full DetailsLot 67
TOM CLARKE & JOHN REDMOND
A calligraphed Resolution inscribed on a cardboard panel, 20 ins x 15 ins, passed at a vast meeting of Irishmen .....
Hammer Price: €320
Full DetailsLot 68
TOIRDHEALBHACH MAC SUIBHNE [Terence MacSwiney].
The Ethics of Revolt. A discussion from a Catholic point of view as to when it becomes...
Hammer Price: €300
Full DetailsLot 69
Ó Ceallaigh, Sean T., President of Ireland.
A very good set of seven Christmas cards, 1946-52, each with portrait and biographical details of...
Lot 69A
IRISH WAR NEWS. THE IRISH REPUBLIC. VOL. 1 NO. 1 DUBLIN, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1916. One penny. Small quarto, 4 pp (single folded sheet), a superb...
Hammer Price: €420
Full DetailsLot 70
TOM AND KATHLEEN CLARKE, their original marriage certificate, 16 July 1901, signed by Thomas Gregg, Rector, St. Augustine's (Catholic) Church,...
Lot 71
MICHAEL COLLINS APPEALS TO THE IRISH AMERICANS
Collins (Michael) A very good Als on Rialtas Sealadach na h'Eireann (Provisional Government)...
Lot 72
P.H. PEARSE
An important collection of five autograph signed letters to his legal advisers, Gerrard & Co. of Westmoreland St., Dublin,...
Hammer Price: €3,600
Full DetailsLot 73
P.H. PEARSE
Two signed and inscribed postcards from the St. Endas pictorial series, addressed to Gerrard & Co. of Westmoreland St., Dublin, as...
Hammer Price: €900
Full DetailsLot 74
JOSEPH MARY PLUNKETT:
An important collection of early family letters
Of all the strange assortment of separatists and socialists, poets...
Hammer Price: €650
Full DetailsLot 75
'LES BOTTINES DE RAMESESII'
JOSEPH MARY PLUNKETT [1887-1916]
An autograph postcard addressed to [his mother] Countess Plunkett in Dublin, ...
Hammer Price: €1,100
Full DetailsLot 76
JOSEPH MARY PLUNKETT [1887-1916]
An autograph signed postcard dated 12th August 1910, from Falcarragh, Co. Donegal, addressed to Countess...
Hammer Price: €900
Full DetailsLot 77
JOSEPH MARY PLUNKETT [1887-1916]
A very good collection of four autograph letters (three signed) to My dear Mums [Countess Plunkett],...
Hammer Price: €3,000
Full DetailsLot 77A
JOSEPH MARY PLUNKETT [1887-1916]
A fine autograph signed letter from Falcarra, Contae Dun na nGall, 4 Ocht-Mhí [probably October] 1910,...
Hammer Price: €1,100
Full DetailsLot 78
P.H. PEARSE AS MANAGER & HEADMASTER
Pearse (P.H.) A good autograph signed letter, in English on St. Enda's headed notepaper, 2pp. (single...
Lot 80
P.H. PEARSE
Manuscript text of a recruiting handbill headed THE IRISH VOLUNTEERS, on reverse of a sheet of A-4 Volunteers headed paper, in...
Hammer Price: €3,000
Full DetailsLot 81
NA FIANNA EIREANN & COUNTESS MARKIEWICZ
A printed rule-sheet for Na Fianna Eireann, Irish National Boy Scouts, President: Countess de...
Hammer Price: €900
Full DetailsLot 82
THOMAS MACDONAGH [SIGNATORY OF 1916 PROCLAMATION]
A cyclostyled typescript Mobilisation Order for Irish Volunteers, Dublin Brigade, 2 pp...
Hammer Price: €1,200
Full DetailsLot 83
IRISH VOLUNTEERS
A good collection of circulars and documents, 1914-15, mostly cyclostyled, including
-P. O Fathaigh. Dublin City and County...
Hammer Price: €400
Full DetailsLot 84
MICHAEL W. OREILLY
His certificate as a 1916-21 combatant, signed by Oscar Mac Tréinfhir [Traynor] and others, framed.
Provenance: ...
Hammer Price: €370
Full DetailsLot 85
PATRICK PEARSES WALKING STICK
A plain varnished cane walking stick with curved head, approx. 33 ins tall, with a carbon copy of a typed...
Hammer Price: €1,300
Full DetailsLot 86
G.P.O. CRUCIFIX
A metal crucifix, circa 5 ins tall, boxed, with a letter to M.W. OReilly dated 14 August 1968 stating that Miss Madeleine...
Hammer Price: €420
Full DetailsLot 87
LAURENCE GINNELL.
A good framed ALS to My dear Alice, from Mountjoy Prison, 11th June 1919, 2 pp, mainly concerning domestic arrangements,...
Hammer Price: €220
Full DetailsLot 88
***Please Note: This portrait is NOT of General Mulcahy, the sitter is unidentified***
A good framed photograph of a soldier in uniform, half...
Hammer Price: €110
Full DetailsLot 89
THEATRE ROYAL, DUBLIN.
Programme printed in dark blue ink on silk for a performance of the American musical play The Belle of New York,...
Hammer Price: €100
Full DetailsLot 90
FITZPATRICKS HOTEL, 38 WESTLAND ROW, DUBLIN.
Visitors Book, 1928 to circa 1943, hundreds of signatures and home addresses. Quarto cloth,...
Lot 91
JOHN DEVOY FUNERAL COMMITTEE, May-June 1929.
Minutes of Committee, circa 50 pp manuscript in an exercise book, with original funeral badge for...
Hammer Price: €850
Full DetailsLot 92
CUMANN NA NGAEDHEAL
A black morocco bound notebook containing Minutes of the Seamus O Duibhir Cumann of Cumann na nGaedheal, 1923-24,...
Hammer Price: €220
Full DetailsLot 93
SEAN T. Ó CEALLAIGH, PRESIDENT OF IRELAND.
Souvenir Booklet published by the ODonovan Rossa Memorial Committee on the occasion of the...