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The Eclectic Collector · 17 September 2016
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1961 Clery’s Department Store, presentation key.
A gilt metal 21st presentation key, in fitted case, presented to Denis Guiney on the 21st anniversarry of his
purchase of Clery’s.
7in. (17.78cm)
Estimate €600-€800 £510-£680
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 128129
1950 Relics of Father John O’Brien, killed in the Korean war.
A lock of his hair and a fragment of his cassock, in paper wrappers, in a carved ivory box. 2½ x 1½in. (6.35 x
3.81cm)
Fr John O’Brien (31) from Donamon, Co Roscommon, was killed in South Korea in September 1950, while
stationed on the border with North Korea at the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. In 2014 there was some
speculation in the media that Fr O’Brien was to be beatified but to date there has been no beatification .
2½ x 1½in. (6.35 x 3.81cm)
Estimate €200-€300 £170-£260
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 129