58
WHYTES
SINCE 1783
,
393
1997 (25 June) Christie’s Auction Catalogue of Princess Diana’s
Dresses
Dresses from The Collection of Diana, Princess of Wales. The much
sought-after auction catalogue; a superb production, with prices realised
and some other related letters from the auction house. The auction of
dresses donated by the princess raised over $3 million for charity.
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
394
1993-99: Bill Clinton Presidential Inauguration programme and
Monica Lewinsky signed book
Official programme for the 52nd Presidential Inaugural together with
Monica’s Story by Andrew Morton signed on the title page by Monica
Lewinsky. (2 items)
€
80-
€
100 (£70-£80 approx)
395
Dalai Lama signed photograph
A colour photograph of the Dalai Lama. Signed in black marker by the
Tibetan spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Attractively framed
alongside four other portrait photographs.
€
80-
€
120 (£70-£100 approx)
396
Dalai Lama signed photograph
A colour photograph of the Dalai Lama. Signed in marker by the Tibetan
spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
€
80-
€
100 (£70-£80 approx)
397
1994: South African general election ballot papers
4 sequentially numbered ballot papers for the first free South African
general election including Nelson Mandela and the African National
Congress who won an overwhelming majority of the vote.
€
80-
€
120 (£70-£100 approx)
398
Nelson Mandela - Hand Prints, Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Number 339 of 500. Attractively framed. Scarce and desirable memento
of a great leader.
Provenance:
Mhlanga Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa; Private collection
26 x 20in. (66 x 51cm)
€
3,000-
€
5,000 (£2,500-£4,170 approx)
399
1957 (11 November) Edentubber Sinn Féin memorial poster
A small memorial colour memorial poster produced in memory of those
killed in the Edentubber explosion in 1957. On Monday 11 November
1957, five republicans were killed in an explosion which demolished a
small cottage at the foot of Edentubber Mountain in County Louth. Four
Thompson sub-machine guns and ammunition were found among the
wreckage. The Newry Frontier Sentinel reported: “The finding of a
machine gun strapped to a bicycle led to the belief that the men were
starting out on an expedition when a land mine they were handling
exploded.” The five men killed in the explosion were Michael Watters,
Patrick Parle, Paul Smith, George Keegan and Oliver Craven.
10 x 8in. (25 x 20cm)
€
80-
€
120 (£70-£100 approx)
400
1969: Long Kesh leather work prisoner art
A Provisional IRA Long Kesh prisoner’s artwork. Attractively decorated
with symbolism and completed by a member of the ‘4th Battalion’.
Framed. 9½ x 8½in. (23 x 20cm)
€
150-
€
180 (£130-£150 approx)
401
1960s-1970s collection of Republican material including Long Kesh
Prisoner Art
1916 handkerchief by Pat McCarthy, “Hut 22 Cage 3, Long Kesh
Concentration Camp” and 1972 handkerchief with names of Bloody
Sunday victims by Brendan O’Neill, “Internee, Long Kesh”, framed
together. Also with Roger Casement 1965 commemorative print, Wolfe
Tone commemorative print and 1916 Rising proclamation and leaders
print. All framed (4 items)
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£250 approx)
402
1970s: IRA Portlaoise prison art decorated cloth with signatures.
Signatures include Éamon Mac Thomáis, Christy Burke, Paddy Wall,
Michael Farragher, Seán McGinley, Paddy Agnew,etc., mostly from Dublin
and Dundalk. Also with this lot three framed 1916 Rising picture
postcards with good views of Citizen Army soldiers, wounded Volunteers
in hospital, etc. (2 items)
€
250-
€
350 (£210-£290 approx)
403
1972 Long Kesh Internment Camp Prison Artwork on Square Linen
Handkerchief
Long Kesh: 1972. Good The centrepiece of the artwork is a large coloured
Celtic Cross with Irish Republic flags attached to the sides. Signed by the
prisoner, Pádraig Sturgeon.
€
80-
€
100 (£70-£80 approx)
404
1973 (26 September) Long Kesh prisoner art scarf with signatures
including Bobby Sands
Prisoner art scarf for Cage 17 Long Kesh with signatures of prisoners in
Huts 112, 113 and 114. Including Bobby Sands.
€
150-
€
200 (£130-£170 approx)
405
Provisional I.R.A. Portlaoise Jail. Prisoner Artwork on Handkerchief
Large Easter Lily in green white and orange .Provisional I.R.A. Portlaoise.
Signed by 65 republican prisoners with including former Provisional IRA
Chief of Staff, Joe Cahill who died in 2004; Gerry O’Hare who edited An
Poblacht for a period; Liam McElhinney; writer and broadcaster Eamonn
Mac Thomáis & numerous others. Undated, circa 1974.
€
150-
€
200 (£130-£170 approx)
406
1974. Provisional IRA, Portlaoise Jail. Prisoner Artwork on Handkerchief
A heart shaped piece of barbed wire within which there is a map of
Ireland with the tricolour on it to symbolise one republic inscribed “Éire
Nua 1974”. Signed by 40 republican prisoners including Provisional IRA
Chief of Staff, Joe Cahill who died in 2004; Peter Anderson who became a
Sinn Féin Councillor; Liam McElhinney & numerous others.
€
150-
€
200 (£130-£170 approx)
407
1980s-1990s: Collection of Sinn Féin and Republican posters including
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh signed replica Proclamation
Collection of various Republican political posters, handbills and notices
including many anti-EEC examples and replica 1916 Proclamation signed
by Ruairí Ó Brádaigh. Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (1932–2013) was Chief of Staff
of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) from 1958 to 1959 and again from
1960 to 1962, president of Sinn Féin from 1970 to 1983, and president of
Republican Sinn Féin from 1987 to 2009.
€
80-
€
100 (£70-£80 approx)
