WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 15/16 MAY 2021

216 John McCormack Collection 546 Circa 1922. Illuminated address fromThe Mater Hospital to John McCormack Inscription includes “we convey to him our appreciation of the high patriotism he has shown in taking the hospital under his patronage and arranging a concert for its benefit in New York”. Signed by Laurence O’Neill, Lord Mayor of Dublin and by officers of the hospital board. Designed and illuminated by Alice O’Carolan, Manor Street, Dublin, photographs by Keogh Brothers. 32 by 26in. (81.3 by 66cm) Condition: Fine. Provenance: Collection of the McCormack family; Collection of Liam Breen Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 546 547 1922 (30 August). A silver prize to John McCormack for winning a tennis tournament Silver cigarette pack holder inscribed “American Tennis Tournament, Stow on The Wold, August 30th, 1922, 1st Prize Presented by The Misses Scott, Won by John McCormack”. Hallmarked Birmingham, 1917. Condition: Very good, slightly bent. Provenance: Collection of the McCormack family; Collection of Liam Breen Estimate €80-€120 (approx £70-£100) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 547 548 A 1923 print of a charcoal portrait of John McCormack, and a drawing given to McCormack. The print signed “[indecipherable] Elwes” and dated “23”, the drawing of a French military officer on board ship, inscribed “ a Mr McCormack, Tres cordialemont, E Reguin”. The print 11 by 8 inches, unframed, and the drawing, framed: 6 by 8.50in. (15.2 by 21.6cm) Condition: Very good, slight toning on the drawing; needs reframing. Provenance: Collection of the McCormack family; Collection of Liam Breen Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 548