21 July 2009 - House Contents Sale

#0195

Lot 339/0195

SOLD Hammer price €220

A circular mahogany Occasional Table,
George III period,
with flip-top on baluster stem and tripod base, 32″ (82cms). (1)

Lot 340/0195

SOLD Hammer price €180

A pair of Art Pottery Table Lamps,
each with a red shade, together with a similar Pottery Vase, 14″ (36cms), and a green ceramic Table Lamp with shade, 26″ (67cms). (4)

Lot 341/0195

SOLD Hammer price €60

A pierced brass Fender,
late 19th Century,
with tubular top rail on a moulded base, 55″ (140cms). (1)

Lot 342/0195

SOLD Hammer price €220

An attractive gilt metal and glass Chandelier,
in the Regency style,
with five arms and a centre light each of chained glass studs, 20″ (51cms). (1)

Lot 343/0195

SOLD Hammer price €40

A miscellaneous Collection of porcelain Boxes,
ash trays, ornaments, and other ceramics, etc. (a lot)

Lot 344/0195

SOLD Hammer price €280

L. Geyger
“The Blessed Virgin with floral Tiara surrounded by Angels,” on ivory, signed and dated 1860, in metal frame,8 3/4″ x 5 1/2″ (22cms x 14cms). (1)

Lot 345/0195

SOLD Hammer price €65

A set of 4 pierced brass Finger Plates,
11″ (28cms), another brass Finger Plate, a silhouette Profile Portrait, an Art glass Dish, and some other miscellaneous Frames, etc. (a lot)

Lot 346/0195

SOLD Hammer price €40

An Art Pottery Bowl,
on stand, 17″ (44cms), and an Egyptian Scroll in the ancient style. (2)

Lot 347/0195

SOLD Hammer price €240

A lot of assorted Cushions,
approx. 20. (a lot)

Lot 348/0195

SOLD Hammer price €260

A good quality Ladies Mink Jacket,
with the Barnardo, Grafton St., Label, as new. (1)

Lot 350/0195

SOLD Hammer price €90

Press Cuttings from the 1948 Grand-Slam &
Tour Down-Under 1950
Rugby: I.R.F.U., & British Lions, a large collection of press cuttings and supplement cards relating to Irish Clubs, Provincial & International Matches associated with Karl Mullen and his career with Ireland and the Lions. With large fold-out cuttings, small snippets and various other pages from the Irish, English & Southern Hemisphere Papers dating from 1946-1952, as a collection of Newspapers, loose, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 351/0195

SOLD Hammer price €100

Rugby: A leather bound Album containing numerous newspaper pages and cuttings, all relating to Irish Rugby’s successes etc., during the period c. 1945-1955, entirely in loose form, half leather bound. As an album, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 352/0195

SOLD Hammer price €130

Rugby: I.R.F.U., a collection of 3 shield shaped Rugby Football Club Crests, for, (a) Seapoint R.F.C, (b) London Irish Rugby Football Club, (c) Wanderers Football Club. An attractive lot, as a collection, w.a.f. (3)
Provenance: Dr. Karl Mullen, I.R.F.U. & British & Irish Lions.

Lot 353/0195

SOLD Hammer price €110

Rugby: I.R.F.U., Martin (Ivan) Ireland’s Rugby Giants, oblong 4to, Belfast 2007, fully illus., orig. cloth & dust jacket, some damp staining., otherwise good, m/ss signature, of Karl Mullen on page 122 holding aloft the Championship Trophy and sporting a cheeky grin. Good. (1)

Lot 354/0195

SOLD Hammer price €95

Signed Dedication Copy with A.L.S. from Author
Rugby: British & Irish Lions, Evan (A.) Lions Down Under 1950, Tour to New Zealand, Australia & Ceylon, 8vo, Gloucestershire 2006, FIRST EDN., signed by the Author, with A.L.S. to Karl Mullen, illus., ptd. wrappers. Good. (1)

Lot 355/0195

SOLD Hammer price €140

Tennant (John) Rugby the Golden Age: Extraordinary Images from 1900 to 1980,” lg. 4to, L. 2005, FIRST EDN., fully illus., 384pps., orig. cloth & dust jacket. Good. (1)

Provenance: Dr. Karl Mullen, I.R.F.U. & Lions.

Lot 356/0195

SOLD Hammer price €200

Signed by Past & Present Irish Rugby Internationals

Rugby: I.R.F.U., Van Esbeck (Ed.) Irish Rugby 1874 – 1999, A History, lg. 4to D. 1999, FIRST EDN., fully illus., orig. cloth, dust jacket, Signed in m/ss by 52 past and present Irish Internationals. Good. Scarce. (1)

* Among the signatures included are Ollie Campbell, Moss Keane, Phil Orr, Trevor Brennan, Donal Lenihan, Fergus Slattery, Mick Galway, Shane Byrne, Con Feighery, Philip Danaher, Pat Whelan, Luke Fitzgerald & many others.

Lot 357/0195

SOLD Hammer price €200

Limited De Luxe Edition
Rugby: N.Z.R.U., Chester (R.H.) & Mc Millan (N.A.C.)eds. The Visitors, The History of International Rugby Teams, elephant folio, Auckland (Moa Publications) 1990, Limited De Luxe Edition 127 (2000), fully illus., list of subscribers, orig. gilt decor. mor. plastic cover, custom made box. Good. Scarce. (1)

* A desirable reference / collectible for rugby scholars relating to New Zealand Rugby History.

Provenance: Dr. Karl Mullen, I.R.F.U. & British Lions.

Lot 358/0195

SOLD Hammer price €220

Sammy Walker & His Lions in Ulster
Rugby: The Lions, British Rugby Touring Fifteen, South Africa 1938, (The Lions) v B.C. Hartley’s Fifteen, at Ravenhill Grounds, 1.4.1939. Souvenir Programme, 8vo, Belfast 1938, 8pps., adverts & illus., ptd. wrappers, with signatures on front covers, of the Lions Squad, including the Irish Captain Sammy Walker, the man who Karl Mullen would emulate in 1948 as Captain of the Lions Tour to New Zealand. A desirable item, relating to early Irish Lions history. Good. (1)

Lot 363/0195

SOLD Hammer price €300

A Post Match Dinner with the French
Rugby: I.R.F.U., Dinner Menu, “Dinner In Honour of French XV, at the Hall, 9 Merrion Row, Saturday January 26th 1946,” 8vo, D. 1946, 4pps., ptd. cards, signed in m/ss, the signatures of 7 French Internationals, & 14 (ex 15) of the Irish XV. Good. Scarce. (1)