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  • RARE TREATY PHOTOGRAPH SELLS FOR 1,300 AT LIMERICK AUCTION

    This old press photograph of the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations of 1921 made 1,300 at Limerick Auction Rooms.

    This old press photograph of the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations of 1921 made 1,300 at Limerick Auction Rooms.

    An extremely rare 1921 image of an important piece of Irish history sold for 1,300 at auction in Limerick on April 24.  Billed as a possibly unique visual of the Anglo Irish Treaty Negotiations the picture shows Sinn Fein delegates to the negotiations.  Michael Collins is seated centre at the table and looking towards the camera in this early press photograph.  There are two dates on the rear, October 11th 1921 and December 22.

    The agreement, which provided for the establishment of the Irish Free State with an opt out clause for Northern Ireland, was signed in London on December 6, 1921. It concluded the Irish War of Independence. The image came up at Limerick Auction Rooms as part of an archive of press images.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for March 29, 2013).

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