Purcell Auctioneers: Irish Interest Book & Ephemera Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Irish Interest Book & Ephemera Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 40,567.20 |
| Auction Date | February 12, 2020 - February 12, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 24,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #21220 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 40,140.00 |
| Total Lots | 649 | ||
| Sold Lots | 543 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 34,775.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 83.67% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 54,735.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 106 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 74.12% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Rare Victorian Irish family album relating to Irish Country mansions & castles, their house guests, tennis and croquet parties & banquets.. The album includes numerous photographs, post cards and hundreds of signatures of Irish aristocrats and nobility. A |
1916/1922 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,380.00 | |
| 305 | Glimpses of Ireland in 1847 |
1847 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 624.00 | |
| 241 | Report of the PARNELL COMMISSION |
1888/89 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 600.00 | |
| 29 | John Feehan, | Farming in Ireland |
2003 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 504.00 |
| 325 | Irish Fairy Tales. |
1892 | EUR 120.00 - 150.00 | EUR 456.00 | |
| 575 | Elementary Brush-Work Studies |
1900 | EUR 120.00 - 180.00 | EUR 408.00 | |
| 323 | An Apology for the Failures charg’d on Rev. Mr. George Walker’s Account of the Siege of Derry in a Letter to an Undertaker |
1689 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 384.00 | |
| 42 | An Irish Florilegium |
EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 360.00 | ||
| 114 | Laurence Beesley. | The Loss of The Titanic. |
1912 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 360.00 |
| 433 | Kenna, G. B. – | Facts and Figures of the Belfast Pogrom, 1920/1922 |
1920/1922 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 360.00 |
| 446 | (George Berkeley) Bishop of Cloyne. | A Miscellany containing several tracts of Various Subjects. London 1752 |
1752 | EUR 300.00 - 350.00 | EUR 348.00 |
| 40 | The Voyage of Saint Brendan |
EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 336.00 | ||
| 337 | Earl of Roden. | Progress of The Reformation in Ireland. |
1852 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 336.00 |
| 9 | History of Ireland |
1868 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 312.00 | |
| 31 | R.F. Scott’s Last Expedition |
1913 | EUR 250.00 - 320.00 | EUR 312.00 | |
| 48 | 'One City' |
2005 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 312.00 | |
| 100 | Filson Young. | Titanic. |
1912 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 288.00 |
| 164 | The Catechism of the Author of the Minute Philosopher Fully Answer’d |
1735 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 288.00 | |
| 342 | The Prodigal Daughter a Comedy in One Act |
1915 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 288.00 | |
| 284 | Limerick City Directory 1933 |
1933 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 264.00 | |
| 301 | The Music of Freedom. |
1907 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 264.00 | |
| 28 | Hilary Pyle. | Jack B. Yeats – A Biography |
1970 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 240.00 |
| 103 | 'The Commitments' |
1987 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 240.00 | |
| 130 | Report of the Trial of William Smith O'Brien for High Treason - Clonmel |
1849 | EUR 70.00 - 100.00 | EUR 240.00 | |
| 224 | History of the Limerick G. A. A |
1884-1908 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 240.00 |
