WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 15/16 MAY 2021

101 THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR - TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 1 MAY - 15/16 MAY 2021 1950s &1960s 228 Mixed lot of ephemera including theatre programmes, postcards, etc. Includes 1941 Gaiety Theatre 70th Anniversary book, Mayor Alfie Byrne presentation gift box, 1948 letter from an Irish Olympian, Harry Boland, from London, 1935 Sweepstakes ticket, 1864 Confederate One Dollar bill, and a collection of mostly tourist view postcards 1930s to 2000s. Condition: Mixed condition, fair to fine, generally very good. Estimate €80-€100 (approx £70-£90) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 228 229 1950 (30 January) letter from Seán MacBride to Chairman of Democratic National Congressional Committee, USA. MacBride as Minister for External Affairs, typed with signature in ink, on his headed notepaper. Refers to the establishment of the Irish Embassy in Washington and the US Embassy in Dublin. 9.50 by 7.50in. (24.1 by 19.1cm) Condition: Folded, two staple holes, slight smudging top left , fine. Provenance: Archive of Congressman Michael J. Kirwan; Collection of John Jovich, USA. Dated January 30, 1950, McBride in his capacity as Ireland’s Minister for External Affairs writes a historic message to American Congressman Michael J. Kirwan. McBride relates, “The news has just been released to- day that the United States are raising the status of their Legation in Ireland to that of Embassy. We are, of course, in return raising the status of our Legation in Washington to that of Embassy also. I believe that this gesture together with the recent signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the United States and Ireland will improve the already excellent relations that exist between our two countries.” Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the Lenin Peace Prize, Sean McBride was founder of the republican/socialist party Clann na Poblachta. A strong proponent of human rights and international peace, he was honoured as a man who “mobilized the conscience of the world in the fight against injustice.” Estimate €500-€700 (approx £430-£610) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 229 230 1951 (18 November). 25th Anniversary of the founding of Fianna Fáil commemorative luncheon, signed by Eamon de Valera Menu card for the event at the Imperial Hotel, Cork, signed on the front by Taoiseach Eamon de Valera, also signed C. O’Mahony. Condition: Slight soiling to cover, very good. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 230