A white marble portrait bust of George Washington and a signed photograph of Francis Bacon are among the wide range of lots at Fonsie Mealy’s auction in Castlecomer on July 10 and 11. The portrait bust from the studio of Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) is estimated at 3,000-4,000. A portrait of Washington after Gilbert Stuart is estimated at 1,000-1,500.
Bacon is photographed looking vexed and animated outside the French pub in Soho by Daniel Farson. The image is signed by both Bacon and Farson and estimated at 800-1,200. The catalogue is online and viewing for this 900 lot sale gets underway on July 8.
White marble portrait bust of George Washington UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,250
A signed photograph of Francis Bacon UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,050
A baseball bat given by Babe Ruth to the GAA comes up at 
The World Described; or A New and Correct Sett of Maps, shewing the Several Empires, Kingdoms, Republics, Principalities, Provinces & c., in all known parts of the Earth sold for a hammer price of 30,000 at Fonsie Mealy’s rare books sale in Dublin today. Hermann Moll’s C1726 opus is complete with fine contemporary hand coloured folding maps with 30 large hand coloured maps. Map Number 7, of North America, shows California as an island.
Leinster House looks positively serene in this 1791 view by James Malton. It is part of an original coloured copy of a book of plates – colourfully described by the auctioneers as Ireland’s greatest plate book – which comes up at 
