WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SATURDAY & SUNDAY 25 & 26 July 2020

151 History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 25 & 26 JULY 2020 273 1923 (10 July). Smuggled letter from Curragh Internment Camp by Civil War prisoner describing illtreatment. To Nora Ashe, sister of Thomas Ashe, from her “cousin Jeo”, complaining of two months of illtreatment - “we were kicked and beaten about by R. Tans and Northern Specials. I never thought men could be so cruel”. He claims that most of the officers in the camp are English, that the chaplain wouldn’t admit them to Mass unless they signed loyalty to the Free State, etc. “This letter is not going out the usual way so be careful when you answer” Family of Thomas & Nora Ashe; Private collection. Condition: Very good. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£140) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 273 274 1919 (15 August) First Transatlantic Flight - a piece of Alcock and Brown’ aeroplane which landed at Clifden, Co. Galway A piece of fabric from the wing, 4.5 by 3 inches, with its accompanying contemporaneous envelope and inscription, framed with an original sepia photograph of the aeroplane, and two picture postcards. MacDonnell Whyte Ltd auction, November 2014; Private collection Condition: Very good. Estimate €1500-€2000 (approx £1,360-£1,820) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 274 275 1919 (18 June) a piece of the wing fabric from Alcock and Brown’s aeroplane after it crashlanded near Clifden, Co. Galway Includes a real photographic picture postcard, which was probably produced locally within a day or two of the landing, with an inscription detailing the event. Framed. Condition: Very good, framed. Estimate €2000-€3000 (approx £1,820-£2,730) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 275