History & Literature & Other Collectibles

Lot 41

1803. Robert Emmet's Proclamation. One of the rarest Irish revolutionary documents extant. "The Provisional Government TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND"

Medium: letterpress, framed Size: 53 by 44cm., 21 by 17.5in. Estimate: €30,000 Price Realised: €25,000

Lot 358

1939-1946: Extremely scarce Emergency Service Medal - An tSeirbhís Séiplíneachta

Estimate: €15,000 Result: Not Sold

Lot 10

1647: Rare Joannes Janssonius (Jan Jansson) Novus Atlas of Britain with complete set of Irish maps

Medium: contemporary vellum binding Size: 51 by 33cm., 20 by 13in. Estimate: €10,000 Price Realised: €9,500

Lot 296

1921: An extremely rare low numbered Thompson Submachine Gun, No. 142, donated to the Cork Brigade, IRA in 1921 by an Irish American Sheriff

Estimate: €10,000 Price Realised: €7,200

Lot 241

1916 Rising Service Medal and 1966 50th Anniversary of the Rising Medal, officially named to Cumann na mBan member Mairead McElroy

Medium: by descent to present owner Estimate: €5,000 Result: Not Sold

Lot 291

1920-1921: Auxiliary Division uniform including tunic, cap, bandolier and Webley revolver.

Estimate: €5,000 Result: Not Sold

Lot 437

1895. GAA Football "All Ireland Virtual Championship" medal to Peter Clarke of Meath

Medium: 9 ct rose gold by Moore & Co. Grafton Street Dublin Size: 4 by 3cm., 1.6 by 1.25in. Estimate: €5,000 Price Realised: €9,500

Lot 12

1662: Johannis Blaeu Atlas Hibernia

Medium: half leather, marbled boards 47pp Size: 53 by 33cm., 21 by 13in. Estimate: €4,000 Result: Not Sold

Lot 469

Hiberno Norse. Phase I. Silver penny.

Estimate: €3,500 Price Realised: €12,000

Lot 1

Circa 50-60 million BC. Giants Causeway hexagonal basalt stones

Estimate: €3,000 Price Realised: €2,000

Lot 241B

1916-1922: 1916 Rising Service Medal and 1919-21 War of Independence Medal with Comrac bar

Estimate: €3,000 Result: Not Sold

Lot 292

Circa 1922 Irish Free State Army officer's sword issued to Major General Dan Hogan, former officer commanding 2 Brigade, Monaghan IRA in the War of Independence

Estimate: €3,000 Result: Not Sold

Lot 240

1916 Rising: W. B. Yeats handwritten and signed quotation relating to the rebellion

Medium: Single page manuscript Size: 18 by 11cm., 7 by 4.5in. Estimate: €2,500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 286

1919-21 War of Independence Service Medal with Comrac bar, 1971 50th Anniversary of the Truce Medal and 1959 Fianna Eireann Jubilee Medal to Myles McGrane

Estimate: €2,500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 2

c1000BC: Bronze age Irish gold ring money

Estimate: €2,000 Price Realised: €3,400

Lot 21

1909-1913: The Georgian Society records of 18th Century domestic architecture and decoration in Dublin

Medium: linen covers Estimate: €2,000 Price Realised: €2,800

Lot 131

1885-1967: Collection of historical works of Drogheda and district by Thomas Markey

Medium: various sizes Estimate: €2,000 Price Realised: €4,200

Lot 313

1922 (14 July - 7 October) Sgeal Chatha Luimnighne (Limerick War News). Vol. 1 No. 1 to Vol. III No. 16, a very rare complete run of this Civil war paper , including the Michael Collins issue.

Medium: letterpress, pp1 to pp4 each, bound together in boards Size: 25 by 19cm., 10 by 7.5in. Estimate: €2,000 Result: Not Sold

Lot 319

Michael Collins in 1916 Irish Volunteers Captain's uniform signed photograph

Medium: Monochrome, framed Size: 18 by 13cm., 7 by 5in. Estimate: €2,000 Price Realised: €2,900

Lot 421

1969: Unique signed page of "Enough" by Samuel Beckett

Medium: typescript on uncut rag paper Estimate: €2,000 Result: Not Sold

Lot 422

1969: Unique signed sheet of "First Love" by Samuel Beckett

Medium: typescript on uncut rag paper Size: 25 by 18cm., 10 by 7in. Estimate: €2,000 Result: Not Sold

Lot 557

Consolidated Banknote. "Ploughman". Munster & Leinster Bank Ten Pounds. 7-3-38

Estimate: €2,000 Price Realised: €1,900

Lot 558

Consolidated Banknote, "Ploughman". Munster and Leinster. Ten Pounds. 4-8-39

Estimate: €2,000 Price Realised: €1,700

Lot 436

1926: Violin by Georg Wilhelm Hofmann of Dublin

Estimate: €1,800 Result: Not Sold

Lot 519

USA. Draped Bust. Silver Dollar. 1798

Estimate: €1,800 Result: Not Sold

Lot 28

1798.An Hibernian Atlas; or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland: Divided Into Provinces; with Its Sub-Divisions of Counties, Baronies &c.by Bernard Scale

Medium: recess printed by Laurie & Whittle, engraved by Ellis and Palmer, calf spine with label, marbled boards Size: 24 by 20cm., 9.5 by 7.75in. Estimate: €1,500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 42

1806 (1 November) Napoloeonic Wars - An extremely rare British War Office army recruiting poster in the Irish language.

Medium: letterpress by Abraham Bradley King, Dame Street, Dublin, framed Size: 70 by 56cm., 27.5 by 22in. Estimate: €1,500 Price Realised: €2,000

Lot 50

1829-1849: Political Sketches by "H.B." (John Doyle)

Medium: quarter leather bound, marbled boards Size: 30 by 43cm., 12 by 17in. Estimate: €1,500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 54

1832: Dower's A New General Atlas of the World

Medium: bound half leather Size: 48 by 38cm., 19 by 15in. Estimate: €1,500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 55

1832: Samuel Dickson, Limerick, Irish General Election posters

Medium: letterpress, various sizes Estimate: €1,500 Price Realised: €1,500

Lot 100

2002:Michael Davitt bronze sculpture

Medium: bronze with green patina (number 2 from an edition of 6) Size: 33 by 13cm., 13 by 5in. Estimate: €1,500 Price Realised: €1,650

Lot 158

1910: Set of silver Celtic Revival buckles

Medium: silver hallmarked Glasgow 1910 Estimate: €1,500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 556

Consolidated Banknote, "Ploughman". Munster and Leinster. Ten Pounds. 6-5-29

Estimate: €1,500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 14

1685?: Sir William Petty maps of Ireland

Estimate: €1,000 Price Realised: €1,000

Lot 64

1842: Diary of the life of Thomas Day, a fascinating hand written journal

Medium: manuscript Size: 24 by 19cm., 9.5 by 7.5in. Estimate: €1,000 Price Realised: €4,000

Lot 72

THE DEPARTURE OF THE QUEEN AND ROYAL SQUADRON FROM KINGSTOWN, AUGUST, 1849

Medium: engraving Size: 50 by 100cm., 19.5 by 39.2 5in. Estimate: €1,000 Price Realised: €1,200

Lot 242

1916 Rising Service Medal miniature

Estimate: €1,000 Price Realised: €1,450

Lot 247

1916-1922: Webley Revolver used by an Irish Volunteer during the War of Independence

Estimate: €1,000 Price Realised: €1,300

Lot 468

Hiberno Norse. Phase I. Silver penny.

Estimate: €1,000 Price Realised: €1,600

Lot 585

Central Bank. Lady Lavery. War Code

Estimate: €1,000 Price Realised: €6,000

Lot 193

1904: Arthur Griffith The Resurrection of Hungary signed limited first edition

Medium: cloth wrappers, 99 pp, Dublin 1904 Size: 22 by 14cm., 8.5 by 5.5in. Estimate: €900 Price Realised: €850

Lot 33

18th Century: A rare Dublin Castle 'Brown Bess' musket

Medium: Walnut and metal with brass trigger guard and butt plate Estimate: €800 Price Realised: €2,400

Lot 149

1870-1902: The bicorne hat of Major General G. A. French first commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Medium: with bullion decoration and goose feathers Estimate: €800 Price Realised: €3,000

Lot 280

1919 (April 15-27) Extremely rare "Limerick Soviet" Five Shillings Note

Medium: letterpress in back and green on blue paper, manuscript signatures Size: 9 by 14cm., 3.5 by 5.5in. Estimate: €800 Price Realised: €1,600

Lot 284

1918: Collection of Irish glass plate negatives

Estimate: €800 Price Realised: €750

Lot 287

1919-21 War of Independence Service Medal and 1971 50th Anniversary of the Truce Medal to a member of Second Kerry Brigade, IRA.

Estimate: €800 Price Realised: €800

Lot 288

1919-21 War of Independence Medal with Comrac bar with other associated badges to 1916 Veteran

Medium: Peader Murphy GPO Garrison Dublin Brigade, thence by descent Estimate: €800 Price Realised: €1,050

Lot 413

Patrick Kavanagh. Ploughman and Other Poems.

Medium: printed wrappers, pp36, MacMillan & Co., London, 1936 Size: 20 by 13cm., 8 by 5.25in. Estimate: €800 Price Realised: €950

Lot 420

1962 (18 January) Brian O'Nolan (Flann O'Briain, Myles na gCopaleen) letter to JB Kilfeather

Medium: typescript, signed in ink, pp1 Size: 25 by 20cm., 10 by 8in. Estimate: €800 Price Realised: €800

Lot 572

Ploughman. Royal Bank Five Pounds. 6-5-29

Estimate: €800 Price Realised: €2,100

Lot 575

Ploughman. Ulster Bank. Five Pounds. 15-3-33

Estimate: €800 Price Realised: €1,600

Lot 589

Central Bank. Lady Lavery. Set. Ten Shillings to One Hundred Pounds. mixed dates

Estimate: €800 Result: Not Sold

Lot 3

1152-1827: Liber Munerum Publicorum Hiberniae or The Establishments of Ireland

Size: 44 by 28cm., 17.5 by 11in. Estimate: €750 Result: Not Sold

Lot 169

1914: Ulster Volunteer Force Edward Carson poster

Medium: letterpress, framed Size: 50 by 39cm., 19.5 by 15.5in. Estimate: €600 Price Realised: €850

Lot 227

1914. Fianna Fail (The Irish Army) A Journal for Militant Ireland, edited and written by Terence MacSwiney. A rare complete run of this scarce publication.

Medium: letterpress, various printers including Patrick Mahon, Dublin, mainly pp4. Size: 38 by 27cm., 15 by 10.5in. Estimate: €600 Price Realised: €600

Lot 243

1916 Rising: British Infantry Officers sword presented to Lt. Col. W. E. C. McCammond Royal Irish Rifles

Medium: brass hilt with VR cypher, fishskin and wire grip and brass scabbard Estimate: €600 Price Realised: €500

Lot 357

1939-1945: Allied and Nazi aircraft acrylic paintings collection

Estimate: €600 Price Realised: €340

Lot 439

GAA Football: 1946 (27 October) All Ireland Final replay, Kerry v Roscommon programme

Medium: letterpress, printed wrappers, pp 12 Size: 22 by 14cm., 8.5 by 5.5in. Estimate: €600 Result: Not Sold

Lot 463

Boxing. 1996 Muhammad Ali Olympic Games signed photograph

Size: 24 by 19cm., 9.5 by 7.5in. Estimate: €600 Result: Not Sold

Lot 470

Hiberno Norse. Phase II. Silver penny.

Estimate: €600 Price Realised: €1,050

Lot 576

Currency Commission. Irish Free State. Five Pounds. 10-9-28

Estimate: €600 Price Realised: €620

Lot 7

17th Century Manuscript in Italian - Political Warning from Cardinal Ludovisi to Pope Gregory XV.

Medium: manuscript pp59 bound later in boards, housed in clamshell red cloth bound box Size: 25 by 19cm., 10 by 7.5in. Estimate: €500 Price Realised: €500

Lot 27

Circa 1800: Lord Alan Gardner naval oak cupboard

Medium: carved oak Size: 38 by 29cm., 15 by 11.5in. Estimate: €500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 31

1798: Limited edition Henry Joy McCracken bust

Medium: painted resin Size: 30 by 25cm., 12 by 10in. Estimate: €500 Price Realised: €500

Lot 45

18th and 19th Century collection of manuscript legal documents including wills, leases, indentures, mainly City and County of Dublin including Adamstown, Balbriggan, King Street, Church Street, etc.

Estimate: €500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 51

Circa 1830 to circa 1880 small collection of autograph letters including writers Maria Edgeworth, James Sheridan Le Fanu, Lady Elizabeth Eastlake, Lady Sydney Morgan and May de la Crommelin.

Medium: manuscript, various sizes Estimate: €500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 52

19th Century: Collection of Irish and British hunt buttons

Medium: Gilt brass Estimate: €500 Price Realised: €650

Lot 59

1844 (30 April) Daniel O'Connell signed letter and engraved portrait

Estimate: €500 Price Realised: €650

Lot 129

Countess of Drogheda. The History of Moore. A rare private publication.

Medium: original white cloth gilt, pp136 plus pedigree, 1906 printed by Ponsonby & Gibbs at The University Press, Dublin Size: 25 by 20cm., 10 by 8in. Estimate: €500 Price Realised: €500

Lot 157

1880-1980: Large collection of Irish regimental badges

Estimate: €500 Price Realised: €540

Lot 168

1914: Larne Gun Running Italian Vetterli-Vitali infantry rifle 1870/87 model

Medium: walnut stock, metal receiver and barrel Estimate: €500 Price Realised: €1,050

Lot 189

1902-1907. Speeches by John Redmond, pamphlets collection from his son's library.

Medium: letterpress, bound in one green cloth gilt volume. Size: 22 by 14cm., 8.5 by 5.5in. Estimate: €500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 194

Arthur Griffith: The Resurrection of Hungary (1904). First edition paperback. SIGNED on top margin of title page by GRIFFITH in Irish and English.

Medium: printed wrappers, pp100 Size: 22 by 13cm., 8.5 by 5.25in. Estimate: €500 Price Realised: €400

Lot 215

Circa 1912. Spex cartoons on Home Rule - a collection of original drawings

Medium: pen and ink, signed, various sizes, unframed Estimate: €500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 233

1914. Padraig Pearse signature on his cheque to John O'Neill

Medium: manuscript on Royal Bank of Ireland cheque Size: 9 by 19cm., 3.5 by 7.5in. Estimate: €500 Price Realised: €950

Lot 236

1911: Tom Clarke hand written and signed cheque

Medium: manuscript on printed cheque Size: 9 by 19cm., 3.5 by 7.5in. Estimate: €500 Price Realised: €850

Lot 248

c1860: British Army private purchase land pattern revolver from the collection of Eamon De Valera

Size: 13 by 20cm., 5 by 8in. Estimate: €500 Price Realised: €600

Lot 260

1916-1922: Collection of 1916 Rising and War of Independence postcards

Estimate: €500 Price Realised: €700

Lot 264

1916: Limited edition James Connolly bust

Medium: painted resin Size: 23 by 15cm., 9 by 6in. Estimate: €500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 268

1917 Convention. Plans of ground floor rooms at Trinity College, seating plan for the Convention, and a notice from TCD regarding rooms and offices allocated.

Medium: litho. monochrome, Size: 41 by 51cm., 16 by 20in. Estimate: €500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 277

1919 (25 July) Dublin Castle letter with orders to arrest MP's, Kevin O'Higgins, Ernest Blythe, Seamus Burke and Padraic O Maille

Medium: manuscript Size: 32 by 18cm., 12.5 by 7in. Estimate: €500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 310

1922: Collection of Austin Stack signed Civil War letters

Medium: manuscript Estimate: €500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 385

1921-1981: Northern Ireland Troubles press photographs

Medium: Monochrome, various sizes Estimate: €500 Price Realised: €650

Lot 481

Irish Free State. Halfcrown. 1937

Estimate: €500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 506

UK Victoria. Shield Back. Sovereign.

Estimate: €500 Price Realised: €580

Lot 514

UK. George V. Wreath. Crown. 1661

Estimate: €500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 540

National Bank. Dublin. Five Pounds. 5-October-1925

Estimate: €500 Price Realised: €580

Lot 577

Currency Commission. Irish Free State. Five Pounds. 23-10-28

Estimate: €500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 578

Currency Commission. Irish Free State. Five Pounds. 23-10-28

Estimate: €500 Result: Not Sold

Lot 18

1760 Grant to Lord Sackville the position of Keeper of the Phoenix Park. A contemporaneous manuscript copy, and later related documents including orders to kill deer in the park for the Lord Liutenant

Medium: manuscript, various sizes Estimate: €400 Price Realised: €520