Part of a single owner collection of Irish Tokens made a hammer price of almost £20,000 at Noonans. The collection amassed by the late Barry Woodside is being dispersed in a series of auctions.
The top lot was a rare Londonderry copper farthing for Broadway Bar on Duke Street which made £1,700 against an estimate of £150-200. It went to a private collector. A copper token from Michael Donoghue of Dublin dating from 1853-8 made £1,600 over an estimate of £300-400.
Only three examples of the free ticket for the Grandstand of the Isle of Man Race are known. The one at Noonans made £1,400, almost three times its top estimate.
