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UNSOLD LOTS OFFERED at LOW RESERVE PRICES the Following Are Offered, Subject Unsold at the Prices Indicated 38 MOLESWORTH STREET, DUBLIN D02 KF80 I01 676 2888 www.whytes.ie 25 JULY 2020 - THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR UNSOLD LOTS OFFERED AT LOW RESERVE PRICES The following are offered, subject unsold at the prices indicated. Buyer’s premium of 20% + VAT (=24.5% gross) applies to all sales. Enquiries to Marianne Newman, [email protected] 01 676 2888 6. 1868: Facsimiles of the Miniatures and Ornaments of Anglo-Saxon and Irish Manuscripts by J.O. Westwood. €100 13. 1656. Oliver Cromwell. Parallelum Olivae by Ludovici Gand. €100 40. 1816 Estate Map of the Holding of John Robb in Carmavey Parish of Killead, County of Antrim. €150 42. 1800-1923 Collection of autograph letters of Irish interest. (17). €500 97. Late 19th century to early 20th century collection of glass and celluloid negatives of images in County Waterford. (96). €1,500 117. 1914-1918 Lee Enfield bayonet issued to Officer Training Corps, Queen's University, Belfast. €800 137. 1916 Rising Service Medal to Commandant Thomas Ashe, Fingal Battalion, Irish Volunteers. €30,000 147. [1916] General Sir J G Maxwell's uniforms. €8,000 151A. 1916. Padraig Pearse. A Gun Of The 1916 Rising by Laurent Mellet, 2006. Bronze cast from P draig Pearse's original Browning hand-gun. €1,000 157. 1916-1917. Collection of pamphlets including Bishop of Limerick And General Maxwell, Mr Ginnell's Speech etc. (5). €200 255. “Shemus” (Ernest Forbes) The Reign of Terror 1920-21. €120 276. 1919 (5 August) love letter from David, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) to Freda Dudley Ward. €1,500 277. 1958 (6 January 1958). Autographs of Edward and Wallis, Duke and Duchess of Windsor. €250 306. 1940. Set of German manuals on Ireland for military and espionage purposes. €800 314. 1955-1975. Rocket launcher used by Viet Cong. €1,200 319. 1970s. Autographs of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco. €400 373. Victorian 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards helmet plate. €80 374. Royal Irish Fusiliers busby grenade badges (2). €90 375. Inniskilling Fusiliers busby grenade badges (2). €90 394. 1914 to 1970s collection of French military medals and plaques (23). €300 424. Early and very rare 19th century Irish steel triple-barrel pistol, by Wiliam & John Rigby, Dublin. €4,000 432. Edward IV silver penny, 1473-1478. €140 433. Edward VI Posthumous Old Head Coinage of Henry VIII threepence 1547-1550 (2). €180 473. James II and William III halfpennies, 1680-1696 (3). €160 515. Currency Commission Consolidated Banknote 'Ploughman' Munster & Leinster Bank Ten Pounds, 6-5-29. €12,000 529. Central Bank 'Lady Lavery' One Hundred Pounds, 26-10-70. €900 543. Central Bank 'Lady Lavery' Fifty Pounds, 4-4-77. €1,500 571. B Series Fifty Pounds to One Pound, complete set. €680 573. B Series Fifty Pounds, sequential pair, 05-11-91. €450 574. B Series Fifty Pounds, 5-11-91. €200 575. Central Bank B Series Fifty Pounds, 5-11-91. €150 578. B Series Twenty Pounds, 9-12-99, a sequential pair. €180 594. C Series Ten Pounds and Five Pounds. €110 596. C Series Five Pounds, 15-10-99, sequential run of 8. €180 599. European Central Bank issue for Ireland. Five Hundred Euro, 2002. €800 602. European Central Bank issue for Ireland. Five Hundred Euro, 2002. €700 603. European Central Bank issue for Ireland. Five Hundred Euro, 2002. €600 605. European Central Bank issue for Ireland. Five Hundred Euro, 2002. €600 608. Germany. European Central Bank Five Hundred Euro, 2002. €900 611. 1813 (1 November) letter from Thomas Moore to his publisher. €700 613. Alfred , Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) autograph. €180 614. 1926 (11 October). Autograph and inscription of HG Wells. €380 616. Sean O'Casey Songs of The Wren SONGS OF THE WREN. €60 625. Heaney, Seamus. A Lough Neagh Sequence. €150 626. Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist and five periodicals with contributions by Heaney. €250 636. Ian Fleming, The Man with the Golden Gun, 1st Edition 1965. €1,500 639. Cricket. 1898 St. Mary's Cricket Club, Rathmines, team photograph. €50 651. Swimming. Leinster Senior Squadron Championship gold medal, circa 1920. €150 652. Water Polo. Leinster Senior Challenge Cup 1920 gold medal. €250 653. Greta Garbo group of negatives of on-set images and portraits. €500 674. 1916 A bottle of 100 year old whiskey by Dublin Whiskey Distillery. €18,000 675. Ben Nevis malt whisky, duty-free samples, 1966v and 1975. €120 676. Irish Mist Liqueur in Limited Edition Irish Crystal Glass decanter. €100 686. Postcards. All world accumulation, mainly early 20th century. (600 approximately). €80 687. Postcards. All world, mainly early 20th century. (650 approximately). €80 688. Postcards. All-world accumulation of mainly early 20th century. (550). €80 689. Postcards. All-world accumulation, mainly early 20th century. (650 approx.). €80 691. South Seas Islands large wood carving. €100 .
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