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

86 History 216 1922 (30 August) An Saorstát - The Free State Michael Collins Memorial Number. 4pp, well illustrated publication, issued shortly after Collins’ death. 20 by 15in. (50.8 by 38.1cm) Provenance: Archive of Charles Murphy (1880-1958, TD 1923-1927). Condition: Folded, slight splitting, good. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 216 217 1922 A scratch built model of the Leyland Eight tourer used by General Michael Collins. A scratch-built tin-plate model of an open touring car, with green bodywork and Irish tricolours on the doors. Condition: Fine Originally owned by General Sir Neville Macready, commander-in- chief of British forces in Ireland between 1918 and 1920, the Leyland Eight as given to the Irish Free State by Winston Churchill on MacReady’s recommendation, knowing that Collins admired it. This was the car in which Michael Collins was killed in 1922. A rare model, handbuilt by a model railway maker in Dublin, since deceased. Estimate €300-€400 (approx £260-£340) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 217 218 1922-1990 Michael Collins collection of booklets and ephemera. (13) Includes 1918 Collins address to the electors of South Cork, 1922 ‘Arthur Griffiths Michael Collins’ by Martin Lester, and a range of later publications, a couple autographed by members of the Collins family, also a 45rpm record ‘Michael Collins’ by Seán Dunphy signed by Michael Collins (nephew of Michael Collins) and others. Detailed list on request. Condition: The Martin Lester book water damaged cover, very good otherwise, remainder of the items very good. Estimate €300-€500 (approx £260-£430) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 218