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1950-1953 Korean War collection of ephemera
Korean war: small collection of North Korean Propaganda leaflets dropped
on Allied Troops, incl. Safe Conduct Press, Christmas Card, N. Korean field
post card, US Propaganda Leaflets, etc.,scarce group (9 items).
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
410
1940s The Partition Debate
A collection of 20 booklets broadly concerned with the partition of Ireland,
with pro- and anti-partition arguments represented. An interesting
collection.
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
411
1940s. Maud Gonne-MacBride correspondence with an IRA veteran
A collection of twelve handwritten letters by Maud-Gonne MacBride to
Vincent Crompton, together with two letters on Clann na Poblachta
letterhead, a reference etc.
Vincent Crompton, aged 36, and Jean Dobson, aged 19, occupied a Bonnie and Clyde
status in the Liverpool IRA in the late 1930s. They led a cell of young activists and
were arrested following a series of bombings in August 1939. Crompton was
imprisoned and returned to Ireland on his release. The correspondence relates to his
attempt to build a new life in Dublin in the late 1940s.
€800-€1,200 (£640-£960 approx)
412
1941 Stephen Hayes, Chief-of-Staff, IRA, Special Communiqué
A four-page IRA communiqué outlining charges brought against Stephen
Hayes, Enniscorthy for his part in his confessed “conspiracy with the Free
State Government, through their Agents, ...to wreck the Irish Republican
Army”; also “Release the Political Prisoners”, an official statement of the
Political Prisoners’ Committee, IRA, 1924.
€80-€120 (£60-£100 approx)
413
No lot
414
1944 Autographed Menu Card, ‘The Hist.’
A menu for The College Historical Society Dublin, Opening Meeting Supper,
1 November, 1944, signed to the front by an interesting cross-section of
Dublin society, including Éamon de Valera, Jack Butler Yeats, Michael Butler
Yeats, T. C. Kingsmill-Moore, James G. Douglas, Owen Sheehy Skeffington et
al. 7 x 4½in. (17.78 x 11.43cm)
€300-€500 (£240-£400 approx)
415
1950s Irish Political autographs
A collection of 30 autographs, including four Presidents of Ireland: Seán
T. O’Kelly, Éamon de Valera, Erskine Childers and Patrick Hillery; four
Taoisigh: de Valera, Seán Lemass, Jack Lynch and John A. Costello; the
cabinet of the 16th Dáil, 1957-1961; and notable political and diplomatic
figures.
€600-€800 (£480-£640 approx)
416
McGarrity, J., Resistance, Signed by leading republicans
The Story of the Struggle in British-Occupied Ireland, Irish Freedom Press,
1957. Signed to the fly-leaf by Martin McGuinness, Gerry Adams, Gerry
Kelly, Bobby Story, Seamus Walsh etc.
€150-€250 (£120-£200 approx)
417
1966 - 1969 Irish language restoration
Misneach Gaelic Weekly, April, 1966; February, 1967, a hand written letter
on Muintir Wolfe Tone notepaper; and a letter from Sinn Féin Árd-Oifig to
all Cumainn. (3)
€80-€120 (£60-£100 approx)
418
1963: John F. Kennedy ephemera collection including memorial card
signed by Rose Kennedy
A large collection of mixed items comprising mainly of newspaper and
magazine clippings relating to the life and death of JFK. Including a John F.
Kennedy memorial card signed by his mother, Rose Kennedy
€80-€150 (£60-£120 approx)
419
1964: John F. Kennedy chalk-ware bust by Edward Schillaci
Austin Productions chalk-ware bust of President John F. Kennedy sculpted
in 1964, the year following his assassination. Signed on the reverse by the
artist Edward Schillaci and marked “Austin Prod.1964” 12in. (30.48cm)
€200-€300 (£160-£240 approx)
420
1960: John F. Kennedy letter.
A signed letter on Senator John F. Kennedy’s Presidential campaign
letterhead to Miss Veronica Tyirich, Cincinnati, thanking her for her
support. Framed with a printed campaign envelope. 11 x 8½in. (27.94 x
21.59cm)
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)
421
c.1960 Aer Lingus Dublin Horse Show poster
Aer Lingus advertisement poster showing a scene from the Dublin Horse
Show. Photograph by T. Hayde. Colour lithograph by The Ormond Printing
Co. 39 x 24in. (99.06 x 60.96cm)
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
422
Papas, Bill. Original Pen & Ink caricature of an American Cop on the
Beat Swinging His Baton
Papas, Bill. Original Pen & Ink caricature of an American Cop on the Beat
Swinging His Baton. 1966. 11.25 x 9.75 Inches. Good Probably a New York
city cop. Inscribed, signed and dated. William “Bill” Papas (15 July 1927 -19
June 2000) was a political cartoonist and caricaturist, book author and
illustrator, and watercolourist. In the 1960s and 1970s he worked for The
Guardian, The Sunday Times and Punch. His work has won international
acclaim and is included in many private and corporate collections.
€200-€250 (£160-£200 approx)
423
1968-1969 Archive of documents relating to Concorde
Research and preparatory material assembled by Granada Television in
1969-70, relating to the development of Concorde, including transcripts of
interviews with aviation industry figures, politicians and press officers. (280
plus pages)
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
424
1975 Sir Edward Heath, photographs and a signed letter on House of
Commons notepaper.
A collection of photographs relating to wine making in Bordeaux, including
a visit in 1975 by Edward Heath to Chateau Loudenne. Heath is shown
planting a tree and being interviewed by the press. The accompanying
letter, signed by Heath, refers to the tree planting and the 1975 vintage.
Some duplicates. (105)
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
425
1975. Patty Hearst signed letter, photograph, also FBI posters and other
US historical ephemera
Includes Patty Hearst Her Own Story autographed, and some interesting
19th and 20th century collectable ephemera and documents. (20)
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
426
“If they got pregnant would we have this bill?” poster
1978, Health (Family Planning) Bill Featuring a cartoon and photo montage
of Jack Lynch, Garret FitzGerald, Charles Haughey, Bishop Dermot Ryan, all
heavily pregnant. 24 x 17in. (60.96 x 43.18cm)
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)