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Purcell Auctioneers: Highly Important Sale of the Libraries of the Late Conor Cruise O'Brien former Minister, his wife Máire Mhac an tSaoi, Irish scholar and her father Seán MacEntee, former Tánaiste.

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Auction Name Highly Important Sale of the Libraries of the Late Conor Cruise O'Brien former Minister, his wife Máire Mhac an tSaoi, Irish scholar and her father Seán MacEntee, former Tánaiste. Total Sales (EUR) 85,054.06
Auction Date April 27, 2022 - April 27, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 36,370.00
Sale Number #42722 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 63,460.00
Total Lots 608
Sold Lots 591 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 37,400.00
% of Lots Sold 97.20% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 65,290.00
Unsold Lots 17 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 130.27%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
405

Original Photograph of Tom Barry's Wedding group. 22/8/1921. Including E De Valera , Countess Markievicz, Harry Boland, Mick Collins. List of all in Photograph included. Unique

 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 9,044.00
27

Bunreacht na hEireann. Irish Constitution. (Draft)

 EUR 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 8,568.00
253

Máire Mac an tSaoi Archive

 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 4,403.00
252

Seán MacEntee/Margaret MacEntee and the Browne Archive

EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,737.00
503

Conor Cruise O'Briens reaction to "The Wartime Broadcasts of Francis Stuart 1942-44, in a Manuscript form

 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 2,142.00
26

An extensive collection of letters from Seán, Margaret and Máire McEntee & P Browne to the family friend Letty/Lettie/Dr Fairfield in London -

 c.1930's to 50's. EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 2,023.00
254

Conor Cruise O'Brien Archives

EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,844.50
99 Thomas MacDonagh.

Lyrical Poems

1913 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,368.50
257

Large Collection Of Photographs relating to Máire Mhac an tSaoi

 EUR 100.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,309.00
417

Letters of James Joyce edited by S.Gilbert-Pamphlet of Two Essays SIGNED by F. J. C Skeffington; Uncollected Prose By W.B.Yeats Vol 1 edited by John Frayne; …

 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 975.80
375A BURKE, Edmund

Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event, in a Letter Intended to have been sent to a Gentleman in Paris.

1790 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 952.00
394

70 plus Photographs of the Cruise O' Brien / MacEntee Family

 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 833.00
59 Máire McEntee

Máire McEntee; Collection of her Poems 1940 -.

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 773.50
492 Ranson, Joseph (Ed.)

Songs of the Wexford Coast

 1948 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 773.50
258

Hand Written (Copy) Loose Pages Biography Of The Families Of Mr and Mrs Seán Mac Entee by Máire Mhac an tSaoi.

 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 595.00
413

Original SIGNED Photograph of Henry (Harry) Boland dated 11th August 1920. 7.5" x 9.5"

 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 595.00
343 Jonathan Swift Arranged by Thomas Sheridan

The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin Arranged by Thomas Sheridan, A.M. with Notes, Historical and Critical

 1801 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 523.60
68 Uilliam Bhedel (William Bedell)

Leabhar an Tsean Tiomna by Uilliam Bhedel (William Bedell translation into Irish of the Bible).

1827 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 499.80
202

Approximately 69 Original Memorial Cards.

 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 499.80
255

Large Collection Of Photographs Relating to Conor Cruise O'Brien

 EUR 100.00 - 300.00 EUR 499.80
355

2 Photo Albums with 19th Century Photos Depticting the De Brún Family. Circa 90 Photos.

 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 499.80
404

Original & Historic Picture of the First Dail. with Eamon de Valera, Cathal Bruhga, Arthur Griffith, W.T. Cosgrove and Richard Mulcahy amongst others

 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 499.80
5 Gibbon, Edward.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Complete in 6 vols.

 1789 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 476.00
24

Album of Photographs from County Kerry 1928-29 circa 48.

 1928-29 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 476.00
104A

Moloney, Joseph A. With Captain Stairs To Katanga. With illustrations and Map.

 1893 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 476.00
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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