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Purcell Auctioneers: C.600 Lot Auction to include Antiquarian Books, Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions, Maps, Irish Literature & Poetry, Local Histories, Fine Bindings, Republican Interest,GAA Programmes & Books

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Auction Name	C.600 Lot Auction to include Antiquarian Books, Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions, Maps, Irish Literature & Poetry, Local Histories, Fine Bindings, Republican Interest,GAA Programmes & Books	Total Sales (EUR)	73,412.50
Auction Date	January 21, 2026 - January 21, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	35,730.00
Sale Number	#12126	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	60,500.00
Total Lots	603
Sold Lots	499.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	48,950.00
% of Lots Sold	82.75%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	79,611.00
Unsold Lots	104	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	92.21%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
278		Irish Republicanism: Remnant of Falg from Republican Red Cross dressing Station- St Stephens Green , Easter 1916.	1916	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 4,250.00
271		Austin Stack: Archive of letters including one written in Kilmainham Gaol dated 19th June 1916.	1916	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	EUR 2,500.00
210	Edward Fitzgerald with an introduction by A C Benson,	Rubaiyat of Omar Khayya, translated into English verse		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 2,125.00
119		GAA: Collection of GAA Hurling and Football County Programmes from the 1960's,	1960's	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 1,937.50
260	Seamus Heaney and Barry Flanagan.	The Names of The Hares.		EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,875.00
264		IRISHWOMEN CHAINS OR CHANGE, (Irish Women's Liberation Movement (IWLM)) Group's manifesto.	1971	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 1,875.00
118		GAA: Collection of County GAA programmes from the 1970's. Including Leinster and Munster Ball Finals c 80	1970's.	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,687.50
215	John Speede.	The Province of Connaugh with The Citie of Galwaye described.	1610	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,125.00
282	Alice Furlong:	Dublin, Easter 1916.	1916	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 975.00
288		Thomas Ashe: Mourning Locket (sealed) believed to contain some of the hair of Thomas Ashe. White metal with B & W photograph of Ashe. Unique item.		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 937.50
559	T J Hurley	T J Hurley; Archive material. TJ Hurley was closely connected to Austin Stack and Constance Markievicz and other notables from the revolutionary period.		EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 875.00
455	Yeats, W. B..	The Winding Stair and Other Poems.	101	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	EUR 775.00
8		Cork Irish Language Newspaper: An Lochrann 1916-1919, Issues 1 -- 36.	1916-1919	EUR 180.00 - 240.00	EUR 750.00
214	John Speede.	The Province of Ulster	c.1610	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 750.00
289		Kevin Barry: Original Black & White photograph		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 750.00
445	W. B. Yeats.	The Tower.	1928	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 750.00
205	Charle Cullen,	Nighttown. 10 photopolymer etchings.		EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 625.00
287		Padraig Pearse: Memorial card for General P H Pearse. 'Pray For the Souls of General P. H. Pearse and the Officers and Men of the Irish Republican Army'	1916	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 600.00
572		The Masonic Lodge Research for Ireland . A large collection of historical transactions spanning from the 1920s to 1980s.	1920s to 1980s.	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 600.00
413	Patrick Kavanagh	NIGHT UNSTARRED, edited, with introduction and epilogue		EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 525.00
457	Yeats, W. B..	The Cutting of an Agate.	1919	EUR 180.00 - 280.00	EUR 525.00
439	Gerrit van Gelderen,	Irish Wildlife. The original illustrations and page layouts for the book to accompany a promotion for Jacobs biscuits from the early 1970s	early 1970s	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 500.00
443	Oscar Wilde.	Oscar Wilde. Poems Oscar Wilde with The Ballad of Reading Gaol.	1916	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 500.00
444	Roald Dahl. Quentin Blake.	Boy.	1985	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 475.00
319	Rev. James Gordon,	1798 Rebellion: History of the Rebellion in Ireland in the year 1798 containing an impartial account of the proceedings of the Irish revolutionists, from the year 1782 till the suppression of the Rebellion.	1801	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 425.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.