WHYTE'S THE HISTORY SALE TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 1-11 NOVEMBER 2023

100A 1922 (22 August) photograph of Michael Collins, shortly before he was killed. Historically significant photographic postcard showing Collins in uniform with his head bowed climbing into his Leyland Tourer, surrounded by large crowds. With contemporaneous note verso “22 August 1922 at Skibbereen an hour or so before Michael Collins was murdered”. A clear image and probably the last known photograph of Collins alive. 2.75 by 4in. (7 by 10.2cm) Provenance: Michael J. Somers, postmaster at Skibbereen; Thence by descent to a previous owner; Their auction, Whyte’s, 26 January 2013, lot 184; Private collection. Condition: Very good. Estimate €600-€800 (approx £520-£690) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 100A 101 1922 ‘THE TREATY GIVES IRELAND...’ large poster A list of 16 numbered benefits and ‘DUBLIN CASTLE HAS FALLEN’. Rare. 40 by 25in. (101.6 by 63.5cm) Condition: Fine. Estimate €500-€700 (approx £430-£600) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 101 History 68