Purcell Auctioneers: Irish Interest to include Signed, First & Rare Editions, Antiquarian Books, Maps, Broadsides, Literature & Poetry, GAA & Sport, Local Histories, Irish Language & Ephemera.
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Irish Interest to include Signed, First & Rare Editions, Antiquarian Books, Maps, Broadsides, Literature & Poetry, GAA & Sport, Local Histories, Irish Language & Ephemera. | Total Sales (EUR) | 8,575.00 |
Auction Date | April 17, 2024 - April 17, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 5,380.00 |
Sale Number | #41724 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 9,052.00 |
Total Lots | 120 | ||
Sold Lots | 110 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 7,880.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 91.67% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 12,402.00 |
Unsold Lots | 10 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 69.14% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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70 | Connolly, James | Labour in Irish History |
1910 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 687.50 |
83 | The Brendan Voyage. Composed by Shaun Davey. Uilleannn Pipes by Liam O'Flynn. Dublin Irish Music Festival. Programme. |
[1983] | EUR 50.00 - 90.00 | EUR 300.00 | |
79 | Bewick Pauline. | Seven Ages |
EUR 140.00 - 180.00 | EUR 200.00 | |
41 | Compiled by Rev. A. Cogan. | The Ecclesiastical History of the Diocese of Meath, Ancient and Modern. |
1874 | EUR 70.00 - 140.00 | EUR 175.00 |
87 | Pauline Bewick. | Painting a Life. |
1985 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 175.00 |
88 | Jim Fitzpatrick | The Book of Conquests |
1978 | EUR 30.00 - 50.00 | EUR 175.00 |
89 | Gerard Dillon. | An Illustrated Biography by James White. |
1994 | EUR 90.00 - 160.00 | EUR 175.00 |
21 | by Murnane. | At the Ford of the Birches. History of Ballybay, its People and Vicinity |
1988 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 150.00 |
23 | History of the Ely O'Carroll Territory or Ancient Ormond. Situated in North Tipperary and North-Western King's County Ireland. |
1915 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 150.00 | |
102 | John B Keane, | Fifty Years Young |
EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 150.00 | |
48 | Seamus O Duilearga | Sean O Conaill's Book, Stories and traditions from Iveragh. |
1981 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 137.50 |
24 | Burke, William P. | History of Clonmel |
1983 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 125.00 |
32 | by Kevin Hannan. | Limerick Historical Reflections |
2006 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 125.00 |
42 | Wexford: Churches of the Diocese of Ferns |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 125.00 | ||
92 | Auction catalogue re sale of contents of Old Bridge House, Drogheda by P.B. Gunne 19-21 June 1984. |
1984 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
98 | Edited by Professor Harry White and Barra Boydell. | The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland. |
2013 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 125.00 |
104 | John B. Keane | Stories from a Kerry Fireside |
1980 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 125.00 |
107 | John B. Keane. | Moll. |
1971 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 125.00 |
16 | The Banner Published By the Claremen and Women's Patriotic Association of New York. 1963. |
1963 | EUR 90.00 - 180.00 | EUR 118.75 | |
60 | [Canon James Leslie original editions privately published in limited editions in red cloth]. Derry Clergy and parishes |
EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 112.50 | ||
12 | Dublin Interest: Directory of Graveyards in The Dublin Area-an index and guide to burial records |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 106.25 | ||
31 | by Mainchin Seoighe. | The Story of Kilmallock |
1987 | EUR 70.00 - 100.00 | EUR 100.00 |
54 | Duffy, Patrick F SIGNED. Landscapes of South Ulster. A Parish Atlas of the Diocese of Clogher, |
1993 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
105 | John B. Keane | The Year of the Hiker, |
1963 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 100.00 |
113 | John B. Keane | Sharon's Grave |
1960 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 100.00 |