Purcell Auctioneers: Specialist Sale of Postage Stamps (Ireland, France, Monaco etc.), Irish Postal History, Irish and World Postcards, First Day Covers and also Coins and Tokens, 50124, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 01, 2024 - May 01, 2024
Page Size: 187 items in 8 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
234

Postal History - 1838 Cover to James Bushe Esq., 2 Kildare Street (Dublin), from Geraghty in reference to Philbuckstown (Co. Kilkenny)

 1838 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 81.25
235

1869 cover to Edinburgh with perf Penny Red cancelled by Larne duplex cancellation

 1869 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 18.75
236

Co. Tyrone Postal History - 1848, cover, with 1d Penny Red to a Stewartstown address,

 1848 EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 50.00
237

Derry 1840 (May 24) entire to Dublin with a clear red Paid At Derry/1d.

1840 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
238

Tipperary/Offaly: Letter date stamped double arc Dundalk 1843 to Rev James Marshall possibly the eldest son of the Reverend Cornelius Marshall,

 1843 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
239

1837 Entire Letter, Navan To Kells, with manuscript 3 on front, and on reverse double arc date stamps of Navan and Kells.

1837 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 25.00
240

A postal wrapper, London, May 14th 1836, with wax seal, addressed to Joseph D. Mullen Esq.,

1836 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 150.00
241

1845 Envelope to "The Right Honorable, The Earl Of Dunraven, Adare Manor, Adare, probably posted at Limerick with MERRION ROW, One Penny Red.

1845 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 87.50
242

Limerick Postal History - 1843 Complete Letter to John Cook Esq., Mount Cook, Kilmallock.

1843 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 81.25
243

Postal History - Belfast 1846 "Arthur Street R.H. Belfast" blue stamp with 1d Penny Red Stamp cover to Dublin,

1846 EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 50.00
244

Tipperary Postal History - 1824 EL to Richard Catow Esq, Tuam, Co. Galway.

1824 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.00
245

US airmail to Ireland. 4 letters plus small paper cutting 'released by censor'. 1939-1940 period.

 1939-1940 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000
  • ALDE, May 28: KIPLING (RUDYARD). Le Livre de la Jungle. – Le IIe livre de la Jungle. Paris, Sagittaire, Simon Kra, 1924-1925. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: NOAILLES (ANNA DE). Les Climats. Paris, Société du Livre contemporain, 1924. €50,000 to €60,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MILTON (JOHN). Paradis perdu. Quatrième chant. S.l., Les Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France, 1974. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LEBEDEV (VLADIMIR). Russian Placards - Placard Russe 1917-1922. Saint-Petersbourg, Sterletz, 1923. €1,000 to €1,200.
    ALDE, May 28: MARDRUS (JOSEPH-CHARLES). Histoire charmante de l'adolescente sucre d'amour. Paris, F.-L. Schmied, 1927. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: TABLEAUX DE PARIS. Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1927. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Les Fables illustrées par Paul Jouve. S.l. [Lausanne], Gonin & Cie, 1929. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, May 28: SARTRE (JEAN-PAUL). Vingt-deux dessins sur le thème du désir. Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1961. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: [BRAQUE (GEORGES)]. 13 mai 1962. Alès, PAB, 1962. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MIRÓ (JOAN). Je travaille comme un jardinier. Avant-propos d'Yvon Taillandier. Paris, Société intenationale d'art XXe siècle, 1963. €1,000 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MAGNAN (JEAN-MARIE). Taureaux. Paris, Michèle Trinckvel, 1965. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: PICASSO (PABLO). Dans l'atelier de Picasso. 1960. €15,000 to €20,000.
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