Sporting memorabilia features large at Mealy’s collectors’ sale. The auction of rare books and collectors’ items with more than 1,200 lots in total takes place at Mealy’s in Castlecomer on September 26 and 27. Rare books come under the hammer on September 26, collectible items and sporting memorabilia will feature on the following day. Here are some examples from the collectors’ sale.
1914 all-Ireland Football Medal by H. & H. (Hopkins & Hopkins) inscribed All-Ireland – Football C’ship won by Kerry 1914 (2,000 – 3,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 800
“The First Oval Ball In Croke Park” – American Football in Aid of the Irish Red Cross Society, Croke Park, November 21, 1953, (70-90). UPDATE: THIS MADE 30
Early Croke Park Exhibition 1924 – Rodeo & The G.A.A., Dublin’s Rodeo, direct from Wembley Stadium, London to Croke Park, August 18 to 24, 1924 (80-100). UPDATE: THIS MADE 30
Rare Match Ticket for Bloody Sunday Great Challenge Match (Football) at Croke Park, on November 21, 1920 (1,200-1,600). UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,900
Ireland V. Wales 1948 – 1979 – I.R.F.U. & W.R.U., (away & Home), a collection of approx. 15 Match Programmes and an Official Match Ticket for Ireland’s First Grand Slam 13.4.1948 at Ravenhill (estimate 60-90). UPDATE: THIS MADE 45.