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

1920s to 1970s 208 1923 (August 6) Letter from Charlotte Shaw, wife of GB Shaw, to Sir Horace Plunkett. A seven page letter on Eccles Hotel in Glangarriff, Co. Cork notepaper, where she is staying ‘only to please GBS’, with comments on Mr Bryce’s gardens on an island in the bay (Garinish Island) and his widow’s plans for the Eccles Hotel. Provenance: Holroyd Smith family; Catherine Fleming; thence by descent to the present owner. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 208 209 1924 Invitation for Sir Horace Plunkett to Aonach Tailteann signed byWilliam Butler Yeats and Oliver St John Gogarty. We on behalf of the Distinguished Visitor’s Committee of Aonach Tailteann have the honour to invite you Sir Horace Plunkett KCVO an Eminent Son of your Country to be the Guest of our Nation from 1st August to 10th August, 1924. Inscribed, ‘declined 13/6/24’ in top left corner. Provenance: Holroyd Smith family; Catherine Fleming; thence by descent to the present owner. Estimate €300-€500 (approx £260-£440) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 209 210 Garda Síochána buttons and buckle. A nickel plated belt buckle together with two nickle plated Garda Síochána uniform tunic buttons and nine matching cuff buttons; also a enamel lapel pin with Garda Síochána badge. Estimate €60-€80 (approx £50-£70) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 210