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

165 History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 25 & 26 JULY 2020 309 1945. President of Ireland medal Bronze, 45mm, inscription “Duais - Bonn an Uactaran de hIde. 1845- 1945 Daibis de hIde.” Images of Thomas Davis and Douglas Hyde. Reverse with celtic scrolls surround, not inscribed, possibly unissued or an essay. Condition: Very fine This appears to be an award to commemorate the centenary of Thomas Davis and the Young Irelander movement. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £180-£270) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 309 310 1948 Fianna Fail Dublin, General Election ephemera An election poster for the Three Fianna Fail candidates in the Dublin North West Constituency, a poster promoting a public meeting in the same constituency and a dummy ballot with Fianna Fail candidates listed and a portrait of de Valera, after Sean O’Sullivan. (4) Sizes up to Condition: Very good, couple edge tears, couple tone spots. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£140) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 310 311 Circa 1950 Ireland - Holiday Travel by CIE, poster of Killiney by Eileen Costelloe Shows Killiney beach, railway station and tour bus, with Bray Head in the distance. Printed by Browne & Nolan, Dublin. Condition: Edge tears, small strips of adhesive tape, pinholes, overall very good. Eileen Costelloe was born in 1911 and died in 1976. She designed several posters for CIE in the 1940s and 1950s. She later exhbited with The Hendriks Gallery in Dublin, with solo shows in 1962, 1965, 1971 and 1975. The first of her solo exhibitions comprised forty-five works, two in watercolour, the remainder in oil. Estimate €600-€800 (approx £550-£730) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 311