WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 15/16 MAY 2021

218 John McCormack Collection 552 1924 (19 September). Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur certificate to John McCormack. Inscribed to “Mr. Mac Cormack, John, Citoyen Americain, Artiste Lyrique”. Framed. 13.50 by 17in. (34.3 by 43.2cm) Condition: Slight waterstain to lower left, slight overall toning but manuscript clearly legible, very good. Provenance: Collection of the McCormack family; Collection of Liam Breen Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 552 553 Various framed documents and photographs dedicated to John McCormack (5). Includes 1926 Bishop Moriondo, 1922 photograph of the Archbishop of Bergamo, signed and inscribed, 1931 photograph of the Bishop of Los Angeles and San Diego, 1984 State of Maryland appointment of Cyril McCormack as Grand Marshal of the Washington DC Saint Patrick’s Day, State of New York Proclamation declaring 19 February 1984 to be known as John McCormack Day, signed by Governor Mario Cuomo. All framed. Largest: 16 by 10in. (40.6 by 25.4cm) Condition: Mainly very good, a couple of the frames distressed. Provenance: Collection of the McCormack family; Collection of Liam Breen Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 553 554 1929 (30 June) Illuminated address to“Count and Countess John McCormac” from“The Urban Council, Priests and People of Cashel”. With vignettes of McCormack and his wife, Hannah, and watercolours of Cashel scenes including the Rock, designed and illuminated by Lena and Nora Moloney, Cashel. Signed by Urban District Council Chairman and other notables, including the Dean of Cashel. 27 by 19in. (68.6 by 48.3cm) Condition: Mount distressed but the address generally very good. Provenance: Collection of the McCormack family; Collection of Liam Breen Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 554