With everything from an Iron Age stone head to a copy of Tarry Flynn signed by Patrick Kavanagh Whyte’s sale of history and literature in Dublin on May 9 lives up to its name. Tbe catalogue, which is online, lists 399 lots. Lot 385, Tarry Flynn, published by the Devlin Adair Company, New York, 1949 is estimated at 150-200. It is inscribed “with best wishes to whoever reads it”. The Iron Age stone head, in granite, dates from 500 BC to 500 AD and has an estimate of 3,000-5,000. A 1788 grant of a bounty of £100 signed by King George III is estimated at 150-200 and a Shelmalier Cavalry, Co. Wexford cross belt plate has an estimate of 1,500-2,000. There are military medals, militia badges, regimental badges, postcards, weapons, uniforms, and a collection of 1916 newspapers reporting on the Rising and its aftermath in an auction that is brimful of interest.
An Irish Iron Age stone head (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
An inscription by Patrick Kavanagh on Tarry Flynn. UPDATE; THIS MADE 1,000 AT HAMMER
