Whyte's THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 18 APRIL 2026

62 100 William Butler Yeats handwritten letter ordering a ‘cheapest edition of Oscar Wilde’s poems’. Remarkable content: ‘I think there’s one at about a shilling’. All in Yeats own hand, signed ‘WB Yeats’ on Riversdale Willbrook Rathfarnfam headed notepaper. 10 by 8in. (25.4 by 20.3cm) Condition: Fine, light folds. Estimate €600-€800 (approx £520-£700) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 100 101 Yeats, William Butler handwritten letter Letter expressing nervousness after reading papers - possibly over reviews of his poetry. Written from 3 Blenheim Road, Bedford Park, London, where the Yeats family lived from 1888 to 1901. 7 by 4.50in. (17.8 by 11.4cm) Condition: Very good, attractively framed and glazed. Estimate €500-€700 (approx £430-£610) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 101