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Important Notes 2
History: Lots 1-489 6
Literature: Lots 490-512 114
Terms and Conditions 116
Index inside back cover
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CONTENTS
Matthew Slack BA MA
Curator
This catalogue:
Stuart Purcell
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Samantha Woolley
Accounts:
Seán Kelly
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SUNDAY 13 MARCH 2016 AT 1PM
HISTORY & LITERATURE
A Very Special Auction
We are very proud to present a fantastic collection of historical collectibles to
mark the Centenary of the 1916 Rising. In the five decades of my career in
this business, and in the forty years of auctioning collectibles such as these,
this is the best array of 1916 artefacts I have ever wielded a hammer over –
with an original Proclamation, two signatories’ medals, and hundreds of other
mementoes of the time; I doubt I will ever see better in my lifetime.
I do hope that all our collectors – both private and public - will manage to
acquire something from this fabulous sale. To own and handle a piece of
history brings the events of the past to life in a very special way. I have had
decades of pleasure from meeting the owners of these precious relics,
appraising them, researching them, cataloguing them and passing them on to
collectors and public institutions. I am sure that those who acquire something
from this sale will have the same pleasure for many years to come.
Ian Whyte
February 2016
Samantha Woolley
Administration
Stuart Purcell BA
Head of Collectibles
Ian Whyte
Managing Director
Seán Kelly
Accounts
Marianne Newman
Operations Director
Peter Whyte BA
Associate Director