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

94 History 240 1918 General Election. Eamon de Valera silk favour. Photograph of de Valera laid down to silk with pin back. Also later card favour. Condition: Very good. Estimate €80-€100 (approx £70-£90) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 240 241 1935 (February) ‘Justice Under De Valera’ poster issued by Cumann na MBan. The poster protests over a trial by ‘Mulcahy’s murder officers’ of Martin Calligan, Co. Clare, who was sentenced to 5 years in prison for possession of arms. A very rare anti Fianna Fáil poster, 3 years into the party’s first government. Sinn Féin became more critical as de Valera’s government started to prosecute IRA members. 20 by 15in. (50.8 by 38.1cm) Provenance: Archive of Charles Murphy (1880-1958, TD 1923-1927). Condition: Folded, very good. Estimate €300-€500 (approx £260-£430) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 241 242 Éamon de Valera commemorative silver plate. An Irish silver circular plate, the central reserve etched with a portrait of Éamon de Valera and inscribed ‘Éamon de Valera - Uachtarán na hÉireann President of Ireland 1959-1973’, numbered 629 of 2500, Dublin, 1973, Royal Irish, 18oz troy. In presentation box. 11 by 11in. (27.9 by 27.9cm) Condition: Slight toning and discoloration but will polish up well. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 242