Purcell Auctioneers: Auction of a Collection of Irish Historical Interest Books, Maps, Journals, Periodicals, Pamphlets, Ephemera etc. etc.
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Auction of a Collection of Irish Historical Interest Books, Maps, Journals, Periodicals, Pamphlets, Ephemera etc. etc. | Total Sales (EUR) | 58,542.00 |
| Auction Date | June 24, 2020 - June 24, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 30,890.00 |
| Sale Number | #62420 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 50,560.00 |
| Total Lots | 604 | ||
| Sold Lots | 527 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 43,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 87.25% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 69,470.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 77 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 84.27% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 321 | Programme of Munster Senior Hurling Final, Thurles, July 16th, 1944. Cork v. Limerick. |
EUR 70.00 - 140.00 | EUR 1,620.00 | ||
| 114 | London: Pine, |
1733-1737 | EUR 700.00 - 900.00 | EUR 1,176.00 | |
| 265 | Wexford, |
c.1890 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 1,020.00 | |
| 253 | Jack B. Yeats. | Life in The West of Ireland. |
1912 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 900.00 |
| 87 | Two Reports from the Select Committee on the State of Disease, and Condition of the Labouring Poor in Ireland. House of Commons. |
1819 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 840.00 | |
| 352 | Defence of Ireland |
1795 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 720.00 | |
| 6 | Captain James Cook |
1785 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 696.00 | |
| 315 | Divi Ambrosii Epi. | Scopi Mediolanensis Operum Complectens |
1538 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 600.00 |
| 55 | Signed First Ed. Kevin Barry, There are Little Kingdoms Stinging Fly |
EUR 30.00 - 60.00 | EUR 552.00 | ||
| 575 | F. Crisp & J. Howard. | Visitations of Ireland 1897/1918. |
EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 528.00 | |
| 562 | Brendan Behan’s Island. |
1962 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 504.00 | |
| 48 | Rare eighteenth century tour of Ireland. A Philosophical Survey of the South of Irela |
1777 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 480.00 | |
| 387 | Sainthill Richard. | The Old Countess Of Desmond An Enquiry Did She Ever Redress at The Court of Queen Elizabeth 1vol 1861 |
1863 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 480.00 |
| 277 | Northern Ireland 1968-1998 |
EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 456.00 | ||
| 332 | Groses’s Antiquities of Ireland |
1791 | EUR 350.00 - 450.00 | EUR 456.00 | |
| 346 | James Cook. | A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round The World |
1777 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 456.00 |
| 26 | Roger Casement |
1930's | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 432.00 | |
| 32 | Rivers, Elizabeth. | Stranger in Aran |
1946 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 432.00 |
| 274 | The Dublin Chronicle |
1790 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 432.00 | |
| 456 | Heaney, Seamus. | The Cure at Troy |
1990 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 408.00 |
| 20 | Pedigree of the Family of Greene of Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford |
1899 by J J Greene | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 384.00 | |
| 7 | John Plaw. | Rural Architecture |
1796 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 360.00 |
| 71 | Atlas of Ireland |
1837 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 360.00 | |
| 340 | Crofton Croker. | Researches in the South of Ireland |
EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 360.00 | |
| 462 | Heaney, Seamus. | Sweeney Astray |
1983 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 360.00 |
