Page 34 - Whyte's History, Literature & Collectables Sat 26 Jan 2013 (Use full screen from menu for best Viewing)

34
WHYTESSINCE 1783
,
212
1934 (13 March) General Eoin O Duffy signed photograph
Monochrome photograph showing Eoin O’Duffy in Blueshirt uniform
working at a desk. Signed and dated in lower right corner. Framed 6 x 8in.
(15.24 x 20.32cm)
€100-€150 (£81-£122 approx)
213
1934 (26 August) College Green Dublin anti-fascist rally notice
Framed letterpress notice addressed to the ‘Workers of Dublin!’ and
proclaiming a meeting to be held at College Green on Sunday August 26
to “Rally Against Irish Hitlerism”. 13.50 x 10.50in. (34.29 x 26.67cm)
€200-€300 (£163-£244 approx)
214
1936 (10 December) Irish Crusade against Communism Notice for
Volunteers for Irish Brigade to Spain
Framed mimeograph notice sent from Pearse Street Dublin notifying the
recipient of the date of departure (13 December) from Galway of a
contingent of Irish Brigade volunteers. Sent on behalf the organisation
headed by Eoin O’Duffy, with facsimile signature of Captain Liam D.
Walsh. 9 x 6.50in. (22.86 x 16.51cm)
€150-€250 (£122-£203 approx)
215
1935: Harry Kernoff woodcut: ‘Unemployed’
Harry Kernoff woodcut depicting the unemployed. Signed and inscribed
by the artist. Framed 15 x 9.50in. (38.10 x 24.13cm)
€150-€200 (£122-£163 approx)
216
20th Century: Collection of assorted enamel Trade Union badges
Collection of assorted button hole and pin back badges and medals.
Examples include National Union of Clerks, Amalgamated Engineering
Union, General Railway Workers Union, and others. (17 items)
€100-€150 (£81-£122 approx)
217
1937: Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques medal
issued to William C. Bullitt
Paris International Exposition of Arts and Technics bronze medal by Henri
Dropsy issued and engraved to “William C. Bullitt Ambassadeur des Etats-
Unis D’Amerique”. An interesting item issued to a historical figure,
appointed United States Ambassador to France from 1936 to 1940 by
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the first US ambassador to the Soviet Union
from 1936-40. Also with signed photo of Hedy Lamarr dedicated to
Bullitt. ( 2 items) 4.50 x 4.50in. (11.43 x 11.43cm)
€80-€120 (£65-£98 approx)
218
Circa 1930s: Irish Army Commandant’s dress uniform
Attributed Commadant’s uniform by Callaghan’s Dame Street. Comprising
of shako cap complete with braid FF badge and calf leather sweat band
marked with owner’s name ‘Comm Hegarty’. 1935 pattern tunic infantry
complete with collar badges, IV buttons, silver lace shoulder boards and
lanyard cuff with diagonal band of shamrock lace and a three point, three
button flap. Trousers with red piping, sword scabbard and sword frog with
shamrock lace belt. (5 items)
€600-€800 (£488-£650 approx)
219
1940: Irish army officer’s Carl Zeiss binoculars.
A good pair of 8x30 Carl Zeiss binoculars in working order with fitted
leather carry case.
€100-€150 (£81-£122 approx)
220
1940s: Irish Army Arklow Pottery cups and jug
A scarce pair of large Irish Army cups and a single larger jug. All with
maker’s mark of Arklow Pottery decorated with a single red band and the
initials H.P. surmounted the Óglaigh na hÉireann badge. (3 items)
€200-€300 (£163-£244 approx)
221
1939-46: Dublin Air Raid Warden collection including letters,
documents and handbooks
An interesting collection of items relating to ARP activity in the Dublin
area including notices, service letters, handbooks, handwitten notes,
memos and other items. (17 items)
€100-€200 (£81-£163 approx)
222
1939-1945: Irish interest Allied and Nazi aircraft acrylic paintings
A pair of framed original acrylic paintings by aviation historian Michael
O’Reilly. Comprising of the RAF Hampden Bomber which crashed at
Kylebeg, Lacken, Co. Wicklow 18 April 1941 and Luftwaffe Heinkel III H-6
Bomber which crashed on Blackstairs Mountain, Kiltealy, Co. Wexford 11
October 1941. (2 items) 10 x 15in. (25.40 x 38.10cm)
€200-€300 (£163-£244 approx)
223
circa 1940: Navigational Maps including The Irish Sea
3 navigational maps comprising of Copeland Islands and Donaghadee
Sound, The Irish Sea with St. George’s and North Channels and Northern
approaches to the British Islands. The first map framed, latter two
unframed. (3 items)
€150-€250 (£122-£203 approx)
224
1940s: Collection of Church Lads’ Brigade medals and badges awarded
to Lance Sergeant E. Coe
A framed collection of 4 medals and 13 other items including chevrons,
arm band with badges, enamel uniform and cap badges, lanyard etc.
relating to the Church Lads’ Brigade and Lance Sergeant E. Coe dating
from the 1940s. 17 x 14in. (43.18 x 35.56cm)
€150-€200 (£122-£163 approx)
225
1945-59: John Charles McQuaid Pastoral Letters as Archbishop of
Dublin
The Pastoral Letter of The Archbishop of Dublin pamphlets printed at Lent.
1945, 1947, 1949 (2), 1950, 1952-57 (inclusive) and 1959. Also with “The
Ursuline Manual... arranged for the young ladies educated at the Ursuline
Convent Cork” printed by Gill, Dublin and Mysteries of Life, Enlighten
Your Children written by the Public Welfare Pictures Corporation. (13
items)
€80-€100 (£65-£81 approx)
226
Portrait of John Costello by Robert Ballagh (b.1943)
pencil, signed lower right; with subject’s name printed lower centre,
11.50 x 9in. (29.21 x 22.86cm)
Provenance:
Collection of the Druids Glen Resort, Newtownmountkennedy, Co.
Wicklow;
Whyte’s Important Irish Art auction, 30 November 2011, lot 61;
Whence purchased by the present owner
€1,500-€2,000 (£1,220-£1,626 approx)
227
1948-49: Carloviana - The Journal of the Old Carlow Society
Two early editions of Carloviana comprising of Vol. 1 No. 2, January 1948
and Vol. 1 No. 3, January 1949. With much local history interest content.
€80-€100 (£65-£81 approx)
228
20th Century: Dan Rainey Irish historical watercolours, drawings and
unpublished biographical history articles
A collection of 10 albums. The first 7 containing historical recolections
and research by Dan Rainey illustrated by 35 watercolours and various
photographs and documents. Articles include East Belfast characters,
Holidays in Dublin and Portrush, a collected history of Holywood,
childhood memories of Ballymacarret in the 1920s, the Connswater Flute
Band etc. The final three albums containing a total of 129 watercolours
and pen and ink drawings of historical buildings and locations throughout
Ireland and also ornithological drawings from the 1930s. A fine collection.
€1,000-€1,500 (£813-£1,220 approx)