1940s to 1970s
85A
1949 (9 September) handwritten letter from
George Bernard Shaw: “ A man with a grievance
is an intolerable nuisance”
Two page letter in ballpoint ink to Jack Wilde,
Kirkoswald, Cumberland, advising him to “stick to
the reform you propose without reference to your
own cause” including the quaotation above and
“if you stick to your grievances you are a lost man”.
Interesting content from the Irish Nobel Laureate.
7 by 9in. (17.8 by 22.9cm)
Estimate €800-€1200 (approx £680-£1020)
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Autograph album
An album of 60+ signed photographs of actors,
comedians and musicians of the 1950s and 60s,
including Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Harry
Secombe of ‘The Goons’, Benny Hill, Norman Wisden,
George Formby, Pat Boone, Gracie Fields, Petula
Clark, Larry Adler et al.
Estimate €250-€350 (approx £212-£297)
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Brendan Behan, caricature portrait by Ray
Sherlock.
A pen and wash caricature of Behan as a painter and
decorator, holding a pint of stout, his foot in a tin of
green paint. Oval, framed
13 by 11in. (33 by 27.9cm)
Estimate €120-€180 (approx £102-£153)
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