Purcell Auctioneers: Irish Interest Books and Ephemera
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Irish Interest Books and Ephemera | Total Sales (EUR) | 63,500.40 |
| Auction Date | February 17, 2021 - February 17, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 34,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #21721 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 57,335.00 |
| Total Lots | 637 | ||
| Sold Lots | 590 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 41,370.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.62% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 67,415.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 47 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 94.19% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 303 | Philip Lutley Sclater and Oldfield Thomas. | The Book of Antelopes |
1894-1900; 1897-1898 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 2,400.00 |
| 482 | The Ornithology of Francis Willughby |
EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 1,860.00 | ||
| 237 | W.B.Yeats | Poems, |
1895 | EUR 750.00 - 850.00 | EUR 840.00 |
| 636 | Fenian and Nationalist movements in the United States from mid-nineteenth century |
EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 660.00 | ||
| 594 | Lady Gregory, | My First Play |
1930 | EUR 160.00 - 220.00 | EUR 576.00 |
| 258 | Atlas of Ireland. |
1901 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 552.00 | |
| 313 | The Virtues of Herbs of Master Jon Gardener - Collector's Issue of 170 |
EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 480.00 | ||
| 314 | Wendy Walsh | An Irish Florilegium Irish Florilegium II |
EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 480.00 | |
| 322 | Mr. & Mrs. S. C. Hall | Ireland: Its Scenery, Character etc., |
1841 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 480.00 |
| 635 | George Birmingham | History of the Church of Ireland Pleasant Places |
EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 480.00 | |
| 326 | Lady Francis Egerton | Journal of a Tour in the Holy Land in May/June 184 |
1841 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 456.00 |
| 406 | Permit to travel to Bandon from Union Quay Cork on 9/2/1919 |
EUR 70.00 - 90.00 | EUR 456.00 | ||
| 534 | John Francis Maguire | Removal of Irish Poor from England and Scotland |
1854 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 456.00 |
| 281 | Sadlier & Dickinson. | Georgian Mansions in Ireland. |
1915 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 408.00 |
| 427 | Flann O’Brien, | The Third Policeman |
1967 | EUR 200.00 - 240.00 | EUR 384.00 |
| 132 | Lady Gregory | Mr Gregory’s Letter-Box 1813-1830 Deed of Appointment from William H. Gregory to Officers of the Provincial Bank dated October 1848 |
1898 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 360.00 |
| 568 | A Copy of His Majesty’s Royal Charter for Incorporating the Dublin-Society, |
1751 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 360.00 | |
| 102 | Kinsale and View of the City of Cork from the North |
1750 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 336.00 | |
| 213 | Montgomery | The Midland Septs and the Pale. In The Kingdom of Kerry, |
1908 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 336.00 |
| 385 | Edgeworth, Maria | Tales and Novels |
about 1872 | EUR 120.00 - 240.00 | EUR 336.00 |
| 582 | Seventeen Sonnets |
1932 | EUR 120.00 - 160.00 | EUR 336.00 | |
| 89 | Public Records of Ireland. Eleventh to the Fifteenth Reports. 1821-1825 |
1821-1825 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 312.00 | |
| 527 | Irish History 1966 Capuchin Annual; The IRA in the Fight for Freedom; For Ireland and Freedom (Roscommon); Saorstat Eireann Official Handbook |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 312.00 | ||
| 578 | Jack B. Yeats | A Little Book of Drawings, |
1971 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 312.00 |
| 19 | G.A.A. and other sporting interest |
EUR 30.00 - 60.00 | EUR 288.00 |
