THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 6 APRIL 2025

THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR TIMED ON-LINE AUCTlON 6 APRIL 2025 229 404 1960s Guinness leprechaun. A plaster work figure of a leprechaun dressed in a red pointed hat, green coat and red trousers holding a bottle of Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, and a gilt harp, seated on a wooden stool. With Heublin Importing Co., Hartford, Connecticut label of the US agent for Guinness. Rare. 20 by 14 by 3in. (50.8 by 35.6 by 7.6cm) Condition: Very good, original paint, slight paint loss to beard. The leprechaun was used by Guinness Exports Ltd (GEL) to advertise stout in the UK and selected overseas markets (mainly the US and UK but also Australia) in the 1950s and 1960s. GEL was set up in Liverpool in the 1950s to bottle and promote sales of Foreign Extra Stout overseas. Estimate €700-€900 (approx £580-£750) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 404 405 1960s BOAC poster: THE ORIENT IS HONG KONG No. 702533 Travel Collection Posterlounge. 30 by 24in. (76.2 by 61cm) Condition: One inch tear at top, small water damage on back, very good. Proceeds to Society of Vincent de Paul. Estimate €80-€120 (approx £70-£100) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 405