WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 15/16 MAY 2021

219 THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR - TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 1 MAY - 15/16 MAY 2021 John McCormack Collection 555 1930 (13 October) letter from John McCormack. Addressed to a Mr. O’Halloran, McCormack thanks him for his letter “and the song”. Signed “John Count McCormack” , on The Mayfair Hotel notepaper. Framed. 6 by 4.50in. (15.2 by 11.4cm) Condition: Couple of tone spots, very good. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 555 556 1936 photograph of John McCormack in his uniform of a Papal Count, with an inscription and his signature. Inscribed on mount: “For my old and dear friend, Percy Kahn.....from John McCormack, Feby. 15 1936, Moore Abbey, Monasterevan”. 9 by 5in. (22.9 by 12.7cm) Condition: Photograph fine, inscription slightly faded but very legible still, mount slightly soiled. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 556 557 1945. A large plaster plaque commemorating Count John McCormack Bust of McCormack right, surround with Arms of the Four Provinces, a lute at top, inscription reads “Nobis donet in patria” and “1884 John Mcormack 1945” 42 by 31in. (106.7 by 78.7cm) Condition: Plaster painted in brown, several chips, but repairable, very good. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 557