History & Literature

Lot 1

Circa 200BC Iron Age carved stone head found near Claudy, Co. Derry

Medium: stone, weight 63 kilograms Size: 46 by 36cm., 18 by 14in. Estimate: €5,000 Price Realised: €26,000

Lot 2

Viking Dublin: An Hiberno Norse silver penny

Medium: degraded silver Size: 312 cm., 123 in. high Estimate: €600 Price Realised: €650

Lot 3

ANNA ULADH ANNALS oF ULSTER (THREE VOLUMES)

Estimate: €300 Result: Not Sold

Lot 4

The Fine Arts and Civilisation of Ancient Ireland by Henry O'Neill

Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €200

Lot 5

DUBLINIENSIS DE REBUS IN HIBERNIA

Richardi Stanihursti  Size: 23 by 16cm., 9 by 6.3in. Estimate: €300 Price Realised: €350

Lot 6

Calendar of Ancient Records of Dublin in the Possession of the Municipal Corporation of That City by John T. Gilbert (18 Volumes)

Estimate: €400 Result: Not Sold

Lot 7

1534-5 Anne Boleyn as Queen - an Irish silver groat coin

Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €350

Lot 8

Henry VIII Irish silver groat coin, minted in Dublin

Estimate: €250 Result: Not Sold

Lot 9

17th Century Map of the British Isles before the Roman conquests

Medium: line engraved Estimate: €100 Price Realised: €150

Lot 10

"The Kingdom of Ireland" and "Maps of Connaught, Munster, Leinster and Ulster", 1610

John Speed  Medium: coloured engravings Size: 41 by 52cm., 16 by 20.5in. Estimate: €1,500 Price Realised: €2,300

Lot 11

1610. A "Planter's Chair"

Medium: oak Size: 81 by 53cm., 32 by 21in. Estimate: €1,500 Price Realised: €2,300

Lot 12

1642. Confederacy of Ireland. Very rare Charles I shilling issued by Lord Inchiquin.

Estimate: €6,000 Result: Not Sold

Lot 13

A DISCOVERIE OF THE TRUE CAUSES WHY IRELAND HAS NEVER ENTIRELY SUBDUED, NOR BROUGHT UNDER OBEDIENCE

Sir John Davies  Size: 18 by 14cm., 7 by 5.5in. Estimate: €1,000 Price Realised: €820

Lot 14

Circa 1650 Johannes Jansonius map - Provincia Connactiae - The Province of Connacht

Medium: coloured engraving, 2 sheets joined Size: 38 by 48cm., 15 by 19in. Estimate: €300 Price Realised: €300

Lot 15

PROFILE PORTRAIT OF OLIVER CROMWELL (1599-1658)

Medium: oil on canvas laid on sheet iron (oval) Size: 76 by 51cm., 29.7 5 by 20.2 5in. Estimate: €2,000 Price Realised: €2,100