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THE HISTORY SALE

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Our forthcoming History Sale will include important rare and unique Irish historical documents and artefacts.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.

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Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th April 1pm - 5pm
Monday 18th April 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 19th April (day of sale) 10am - 1pm

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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...

Estimate EUR: €400 - €600

Hammer Price: €380

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Lot 52

A CASED PAIR OF ENGRAVED SILVER PORTRAIT PANELS, Dublin 1973, commemorative torc mark depicting
i) Charles Stewarrt Parnell and engraved with...

Estimate EUR: €150 - €250

Hammer Price: €120

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Lot 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...

Estimate EUR: €4,000 - €6,000

Hammer Price: €4,700

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Lot 54

A PADRAIC MAC PIARAIS COMMEMORATIVE SILVER MEDAL, Dublin 1979, makers mark of Jewellery & Metal Manufacturing Co. Ltd, the obverse with a...

Estimate EUR: €70 - €100

Hammer Price: €90

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Lot 55

A SILVER 1916-1966 COMMEMORATIVE

MEDALLION, depicting the GPO on front with the signatures of the

seven signatories on reverse, in original box

Estimate EUR: €50 - €80

Hammer Price: €90

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Lot 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...

Estimate EUR: €2,000 - €3,000

Hammer Price: €1,800

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Lot 57

POSTAL HISTORY

An album containing a good collection of British postage stamps, mostly in blocks, including British Empire Exhibition 1924,...

Estimate EUR: €400 - €600

Hammer Price: €450

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Lot 58

POSTAL HISTORY

A fine collection of the postage stamps of the Irish Free State, 1922-1935, mostly in mint uncirculated condition, including...

Estimate EUR: €3,500 - €5,000

Hammer Price: €3,000

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Lot 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...

Estimate EUR: €400 - €600

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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...

Estimate EUR: €600 - €1,000

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Lot 60

FIRST DAY COVERS AND THE DUBLIN BRIGADE REVIEW
A miscellaneous collection inlcuding a disbound Dublin Brigade Review, 1916-1966, Jubillee...

Estimate EUR: €100 - €250

Hammer Price: €30

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Lot 61

COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMPS
An album containing a very good collection of commemorative stamps of Irish historical personalities and events,

Estimate EUR: €150 - €250

Hammer Price: €160

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Lot 62

***Please note: Illustration is incorrect***

ILLUSTRATED PUBLICATIONS, 1916 (3)
including: Dublin and the Sinn Fein Rising. Portraits,...

Estimate EUR: €400 - €600

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Lot 62A

***ADDITIONAL LOT***
Souvenir programme of the Theatre Royal, Dublin, September 23rd 1935, (1)

Estimate EUR: €100 - €150

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Lot 62B

***ADDITIONAL LOT***

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS - ROYAL WEDDING DOUBLE NUMBER. Vol. 128 No. 3503,

Estimate EUR: €50 - €100

Hammer Price: €20

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Lot 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,"...

Estimate EUR: €100 - €200

Hammer Price: €260

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Lot 63A

REBELLION IN DUBLIN The Rebellion in Dublin, April, 1916 A Photo souvenir booklet of the 1916 Rising: Dark brown oblong booklet with string...

Estimate EUR: €100 - €150

Hammer Price: €80

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Lot 64

***WITHDRAWN***

TOM CLARKE: THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH

An original photograph showing Sgt. James Clarke and his wife Mary with their eldest...

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Lot 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...

Estimate EUR: €200 - €300

Hammer Price: €340

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Lot 66

DALY FAMILY OF LIMERICK

A small collection including

- A mounted photograph, 4 x 6 ins, probably circa 1900, showing fifteen...

Estimate EUR: €200 - €300

Hammer Price: €320

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Lot 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 .....

Estimate EUR: €200 - €300

Hammer Price: €320

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Lot 68

TOIRDHEALBHACH MAC SUIBHNE [Terence MacSwiney].

The Ethics of Revolt. A discussion from a Catholic point of view as to when it becomes...

Estimate EUR: €200 - €300

Hammer Price: €300

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Lot 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...

Estimate EUR: €500 - €700

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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...

Estimate EUR: €600 - €800

Hammer Price: €420

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Lot 70

TOM AND KATHLEEN CLARKE, their original marriage certificate, 16 July 1901, signed by Thomas Gregg, Rector, St. Augustine's (Catholic) Church,...

Estimate EUR: €2,000 - €3,000

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Lot 71

MICHAEL COLLINS APPEALS TO THE IRISH AMERICANS

Collins (Michael) A very good Als on Rialtas Sealadach na h'Eireann (Provisional Government)...

Estimate EUR: €12,000 - €15,000

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Lot 72

P.H. PEARSE

An important collection of five autograph signed letters to his legal advisers, Gerrard & Co. of Westmoreland St., Dublin,...

Estimate EUR: €4,000 - €6,000

Hammer Price: €3,600

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Lot 73

P.H. PEARSE

Two signed and inscribed postcards from the St. Endas pictorial series, addressed to Gerrard & Co. of Westmoreland St., Dublin, as...

Estimate EUR: €1,000 - €2,000

Hammer Price: €900

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Lot 74

JOSEPH MARY PLUNKETT:

An important collection of early family letters

Of all the strange assortment of separatists and socialists, poets...

Estimate EUR: €400 - €600

Hammer Price: €650

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Lot 75

'LES BOTTINES DE RAMESESII'
JOSEPH MARY PLUNKETT [1887-1916]

An autograph postcard addressed to [his mother] Countess Plunkett in Dublin, ...

Estimate EUR: €500 - €600

Hammer Price: €1,100

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Lot 76

JOSEPH MARY PLUNKETT [1887-1916]

An autograph signed postcard dated 12th August 1910, from Falcarragh, Co. Donegal, addressed to Countess...

Estimate EUR: €400 - €600

Hammer Price: €900

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Lot 77

JOSEPH MARY PLUNKETT [1887-1916]

A very good collection of four autograph letters (three signed) to My dear Mums [Countess Plunkett],...

Estimate EUR: €3,000 - €5,000

Hammer Price: €3,000

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Lot 77A

JOSEPH MARY PLUNKETT [1887-1916]

A fine autograph signed letter from Falcarra, Contae Dun na nGall, 4 Ocht-Mhí [probably October] 1910,...

Estimate EUR: €600 - €800

Hammer Price: €1,100

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Lot 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...

Estimate EUR: €2,000 - €3,000

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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...

Estimate EUR: €2,000 - €3,000

Hammer Price: €3,000

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Lot 81

NA FIANNA EIREANN & COUNTESS MARKIEWICZ

A printed rule-sheet for Na Fianna Eireann, Irish National Boy Scouts, President: Countess de...

Estimate EUR: €600 - €800

Hammer Price: €900

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Lot 82

THOMAS MACDONAGH [SIGNATORY OF 1916 PROCLAMATION]

A cyclostyled typescript Mobilisation Order for Irish Volunteers, Dublin Brigade, 2 pp...

Estimate EUR: €1,200 - €1,500

Hammer Price: €1,200

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Lot 83

IRISH VOLUNTEERS

A good collection of circulars and documents, 1914-15, mostly cyclostyled, including

-P. O Fathaigh. Dublin City and County...

Estimate EUR: €200 - €300

Hammer Price: €400

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Lot 84

MICHAEL W. OREILLY

His certificate as a 1916-21 combatant, signed by Oscar Mac Tréinfhir [Traynor] and others, framed.

 

Provenance: ...

Estimate EUR: €80 - €120

Hammer Price: €370

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Lot 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...

Estimate EUR: €400 - €600

Hammer Price: €1,300

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Lot 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...

Estimate EUR: €200 - €300

Hammer Price: €420

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Lot 87

LAURENCE GINNELL.

A good framed ALS to My dear Alice, from Mountjoy Prison, 11th June 1919, 2 pp, mainly concerning domestic arrangements,...

Estimate EUR: €100 - €150

Hammer Price: €220

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Lot 88

***Please Note: This portrait is NOT of General Mulcahy, the sitter is unidentified***

A good framed photograph of a soldier in uniform, half...

Estimate EUR: €50 - €100

Hammer Price: €110

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Lot 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,...

Estimate EUR: €100 - €200

Hammer Price: €100

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Lot 90

FITZPATRICKS HOTEL, 38 WESTLAND ROW, DUBLIN.

Visitors Book, 1928 to circa 1943, hundreds of signatures and home addresses. Quarto cloth,...

Estimate EUR: €50 - €100

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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...

Estimate EUR: €400 - €600

Hammer Price: €850

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Lot 92

CUMANN NA NGAEDHEAL

A black morocco bound notebook containing Minutes of the Seamus O Duibhir Cumann of Cumann na nGaedheal, 1923-24,...

Estimate EUR: €300 - €500

Hammer Price: €220

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Lot 93

SEAN T. Ó CEALLAIGH, PRESIDENT OF IRELAND.

Souvenir Booklet published by the ODonovan Rossa Memorial Committee on the occasion of the...

Estimate EUR: €200 - €300

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