WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SATURDAY 6 APRIL 2019 AT 11AM

18th to 20th Century 99 Royal Visit 1903, plate advertising the Royal patronage of Killarney’s Royal Victoria Hotel. A blue and white transfer printed plate the central reserve with a view of the Royal Victoria Hotel (now The Lake Hotel) and the inscription, “Royal Victoria Hotel - Lakes of Killarney - Immediately Patronised by - HM King Edward VII - and the Royal family.”. by Dunn Bennett, Burslem, Registration number 550570 for 1905. Estimate €80-€120 (approx £70-£100) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 99 100 1903 (February 21) Appointment of an Irish agent, signed by King Edward VII. “I appoint Mr G. Wildman Lushington or his agent Mr N.B. Johnson of Eyrefield Lodge, The Curragh as my authorised agent under “Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Rules” until this notice is withdrawn” dated the 2lst Feb 1903 and addressed to Mr T. Brindley, Dublin. Signed “Edward R, Buckingham Palace”. In ornate gilt ornate frame, the signed appointment bordered by four cartes de visite of Edward VII, G. Wildman Lushington, Nobel B. Johnson and Algy Anthony. Estimate €600-€800 (approx £520-£700) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 100 101 1905 (November 9) Autograph letter from George Bernard Shaw to author and academic Douglas Sladen. A two-page handwritten letter from his home at 10, Adelphi Terrace, declining an invitation to a ‘Vagabond dinner’ in unequivocal terms, ‘I do not regret that I am unable to accept the invitation: I thank my stars that I am free to refuse it...’, together with a photograph dated April 1934 of Shaw in bathing suit and dressing gown at Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. Estimate €500-€700 (approx £440-£610) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 101