Purcell Auctioneers: Sale of an Exceptional Library and other select Lots to include Incunabula, Early Printings, Early Manuscripts, Maps, Significant Books from the 16th to the 19th Centuries of Irish and World Interest
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Sale of an Exceptional Library and other select Lots to include Incunabula, Early Printings, Early Manuscripts, Maps, Significant Books from the 16th to the 19th Centuries of Irish and World Interest | Total Sales (EUR) | 179,831.25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 27, 2026 - May 27, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 80,870.00 |
| Sale Number | #52726 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 127,770.00 |
| Total Lots | 334 | ||
| Sold Lots | 253.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 121,350.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.75% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 184,390.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 81 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 97.53% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 295 | 15th Century Medieval Legal Manuscript |
N/A | EUR 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 45,000.00 | |
| 76 | Ordnance Survey Maps- Co Louth |
1836 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 13,125.00 | |
| 257 | Maurice O'Fehily; John Duns Scotus | Questiones Subtilissme Scoti Metaphysicam Aristotelis; Commentaria Doctoris Subtilis Joan. Scoti in. xij. li. Metaphysice Aristo. |
1497; 1500 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 12,500.00 |
| 281 | Nicolaus de Tudeschis (Panormitanus) | Lectura Super Secundo Libro Decretalium |
1479 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 9,000.00 |
| 187 | Hours for the Use of Rome - Hours of the Conception of Our Lady and the fifteen prayers of Saint Brigid |
c.1512 | EUR 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 4,750.00 | |
| 109 | W.B. Yeats | The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems |
1889 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,500.00 |
| 294 | Stafford | Pacata Hibernia Ireland Appeased and Reduced |
1633 | EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 4,125.00 |
| 228 | Desiderius Erasmus | Desiderius In Evangelium Lucae paraphrasis, des Erasmi Roterodami, per autorem recognita. |
1540 | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | EUR 4,000.00 |
| 214 | Paulus Pergulensis | Magister Paulus Pergulensis Compendium Perclarum ad Introductionem Iuvenum in Facultate |
1483 | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | EUR 3,875.00 |
| 308 | Nicholas Of Lyra (c1270-1349) | The Second Part of this Work containing the Glossa Ordinaria with the literal and moral exposition of Nicholas Of Lyra |
c.1506-08 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 3,750.00 |
| 64 | Nicholas Bernard | The Whole Proceedings of the Siege of Drogheda. To which is added, A True Account of the Siege of London-Derry |
1736 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 2,625.00 |
| 146 | James Joyce; Nora Joyce | Victoria and Albert Museum Brief Guide |
1931 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,625.00 |
| 53 | Boethius; Thomas Aquinas | De Consolatione Philosophiae |
1497 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 2,312.50 |
| 108 | W.B. Yeats | Poems |
1895 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,875.00 |
| 111 | Yeats W B | Poems |
1895 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 1,875.00 |
| 142 | Jane Austen; George Saintsbury; Hugh Thomson | Pride and Prejudice |
1895 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,812.50 |
| 42 | Kenneth Graham; Charles van Sandwyk | The Wind in the Willows |
2008 | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,250.00 |
| 19 | Charles Vignoles; John Macneill | Railway Commission Maps |
N/A | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,125.00 |
| 299 | All The Works Of The Divine And Great Basil, Archbishop Of Caesarea In Cappadocia |
1551 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,062.50 | |
| 301 | The Irish Popish Plot, 1679-81 |
1679; 1680; 1681 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,000.00 | |
| 58 | Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters. From the earliest times to the year 1616 |
1848; 1849 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 937.50 | |
| 221 | A Pious Collection, Of Severall Profitable Directions Fitted For The English Poore Clares In Graveling (Gravelines, France). In order to the better observance of their Institute |
1684 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 937.50 | |
| 40 | Pallas | Travels Through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire in the Years 1793 & 1794 |
1812 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 900.00 |
| 237 | John Talbot CLIFTON | Fortune Telling by Japanese Swords.: From Old Japanese MSS |
1905 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 875.00 |
| 106 | W.B. Yeats | The Trembling of the Veil |
1922 | EUR 700.00 - 900.00 | EUR 812.50 |
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Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000 -
Sotheby’s
Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
Live Sale 24 JuneSotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.