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These five books come up at lot 102 at the sale by Purcell Auctioneers of Birr of the libraries of Conor Cruise O’Brien, his wife Maire Mhac an tSaoi and her father Sean MacEntee on April 27. The estimate for the lot is 40-80. There will be 608 lots in total and the catalogue is online. The sale kicks off with a set of four volumes of The Annals of Ulster, followed by The LIfe and Work of Sigmund Freud.
THIS Tiffany design table lamp, around 18 and a half inches tall, is among the lots at the online sale by Purcell Auctioneers of Birr, Co. Offaly on April 29. It is estimated at 100-180. There are 412 lots in this single owner collection sale of militaria, jewellery, collectibles, porcelain, silver, advertising and musical instruments. The sale is online at Easy Live auctions.
UPDATE: THE LAMP MADE 150 AT HAMMER
A hardback edition of Christie’s catalogue for the 1983 Luttrelstown Castle contents auction is among the lots at the online only sale of Irish interest books, journals, periodicals, pamphlets and journals by Purcell Auctioneers of Birr on April 22. It is estimated at 30-50. Among the contents of Luttrelstown was a carpet made for Czar Nicholas I of Russia. David and Victoria Beckham married at Luttrelstown in 1999. There are 598 lots in the sale including a second edition of Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce and Humanity Dick by Shevawn Lynham. The catalogue is online at easyliveauction.com
There will be a specialist auction of Limerick, Cork, Dublin, Scottish and English silver, Irish coins, tokens, banknotes and militaria at Purcell Auctioneers of Birr on May 9 at 2 p.m. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:
Rare Pair of Late 18th/Early 19th Century Limerick Silver Serving Spoons, marked Sterling and with mark of Maurice Fitzgerald (800-1,200)
rish Silver Ring Dish, Hallmarked Dublin c.1915, by Wakeley & Wheeler, c.280gram (400-600)
Isle Of Man Onchan Internment Camp Token 6 Pence (10-20)
Ireland Ploughman £5 The National Bank 6-5-29 (400-600)
