WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 17 MAY TO 7 JUNE 2024

73 History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · FRIDAY 7 JUNE 2024 178 ‘Flying Column’ sculpture by Steve Finney. Depicts a War of Independence Volunteer standing and aiming his gun. Cold cast bronze by Lough Neagh Irish Bronze 13.50 by 10 by 4in. (34.3 by 25.4 by 10.2cm) Condition: Fine Estimate €500-€700 (approx £430-£600) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 178 179 Guerrilla Days In Ireland by Commandant General Tom Barry, signed by author. First edition, 1949, Irish Press Dublin, inscribed to fly leaf ‘To Gus In Friendship, Tom Barry, Cork 1.11.1949’. Provenance: George Mealy & Sons auction, July 2013; Where acquired by the present owner. Condition: Original blue cloth, some mould marks to front and back, interior fine. Estimate €400-€500 (approx £340-£430) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 179 180 1921 (28 October-8 December) grocer’s account book for ‘The Irish Delegation’. Daily list of provisions to the delegation including Guinness, Benedictine, Hennessy Brandy, Jameson Whiskey, Graves wine, Creme de Menthe, St. Julien wine, and ranges of groceries, a total of over £400 (€20,000 in today’s money) Condition: Very good. Estimate €5,000-€7,000 (approx £4,270-£5,980) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 180