23 July 2013 - Rare Book & Collectors Sale

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Lot 678/0224

SOLD Hammer price €220

Bank Note: 1818 – Newports, “Waterford Bank” – Thirty Shillings Note, issued at Waterford 1st August 1818, signed by Samuel Newport & others on front, & by various recipients on reverse, as a bank note, w.a.f. Rare. (1)

Lot 679/0224

SOLD Hammer price €340

Bank Note: National Bank, Ballymahon [Co. Longford] A “Three Pound Specimen Note.” Attractive engraved note Series A. [1835 – 1865] Individual Branch Issue. Cat. No. N.A.3. Very good example. (1)

Lot 680/0224

SOLD Hammer price €200

Bond: 1865-67 (Fenian Rising] This National Bond – Republic of Ireland, Ten Dollar Bill, issued by The Continental Bank, New York, signed by O’Sullivan and Scanlan, with vignette portraits of Davids & Wolfe Tone, Nos. 6264 – 4264, approx. 11cms x 22cms, creased and worn, otherwise fine. Scarce. (1)

Lot 681/0224

SOLD Hammer price €460

Bond: 1865-67 [Fenian Rising] This National Bond – Republic of Ireland, Twenty Dollar Bill, issued by The Continental Bank, New York, signed by O’ullivan and Scanlan, with vignettes portraits of Barry & Montgomery, No’s 647-1647, approx. 12cms x 22.5cms, creased and worn, otherwise fine. Scarce. (1)

Lot 682/0224

SOLD Hammer price €60

Bank Notes: Ulster, and Northern Bank Ltd. An Ulster Bank Ltd. £5 Note issued at Belfast 1st April, 1933; and a Northern Bank £10 Note issued 1st September 1942 at Belfast, signed W.F. Scott. A good pair, as bank notes, w.a.f. (2)

N.,B. This should read £1 Note not a £5 Note.

Lot 683/0224

SOLD Hammer price €210

Bank Notes: Consolidated Bank note – “The Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd., £1 Note Ploughman design, issued on 9-3-36, signed by F.S. Forde. Catalogue No. E-037. V. good example. (1)

Lot 685/0224

SOLD Hammer price €120

Bank Note: Belfast Banking Company Ltd. – Twenty Pounds £20 Note. Issued on 9th November at Belfast, & signed on m/ss. V. good example. (1)

Lot 686/0224

SOLD Hammer price €260

Dail Loan Fund: A $10 Bond Certificate issued to Bernard Mc Mullen, by Registrar Sean Ua Nunain & Eamon de Baileara (de Valera No. 53704, clean crisp example, together with an Official “American Commission on Irish Independence correspondence Certificate, nice lot. Scarce. (2)

Lot 687/0224

SOLD Hammer price €160

Bank Notes: Northern Bank Limited – Specimen Set, inlcuding:
£5 – issue date – 24 Aug. 1988;
£10 – issue date – 24 Aug. 1988
£20 – issue date – 24 Aug. 1988.;
together 3 individual notes, each signed and in fine condition. As a set, w.a.f. V. good. (1)

Lot 688/0224

SOLD Hammer price €1200

Fine Full Set of Lady Lavery Issue

Bank Notes: Central Bank of Ireland. A complete set, including:
10/ – issue date 6.6.68;
£ 1 – issue date 17.5.74;
£ 5 – issue date 26.5.74;
£ 10 – issue date 10.2.75;
£ 20 – issue date 24.3.76;
£ 50 – issue date 4.4.77;
£100 – issue date – 4.4.77;
together 7 individual notes in vivid colours, all in extremely fine condition. As a set, w.a.f. Rare. (1)

Lot 690/0224

SOLD Hammer price €360

[Lady Lavery Series]

Bank Notes: The Central Bank of Irland (Banc Ceannais na hEireann), a set of six legal tender Notes, 1968 – 1975, to include:
* 10/- 83P899265 – 6.6.68;
* £1 – 84J45572 – 28.6.72;
* £5 – 81A556779 – 10.1.75;
* £10 – 37D403142 – 10.2.75;
* £ 20 – 52X043030 – 6.1.75;
* £100 – 03Z060224 – 10.4.75;
As a collection of Bank Notes, some creases and wear, otherwise good examples, w.a.f. (6)

Lot 691/0224

SOLD Hammer price €460

Bank Notes: Central Bank of Ireland – C Series Banknotes, Fine complete set including, £ 5 – issue date – 15.10.99;
£ 10 – issue date – 02.07.99
£ 20 – issue date – 9.12.99;
£ 50 – issue date – 19.03.99;
£ 100 – issue date – 22.08.96.;
together 5 individual notes, each signed by Muiris S. O’Connell, all in uncircualted condition. As a set, w.a.f. Rare. (1
N.B. Most in uncirculated condition.

Lot 692/0224

SOLD Hammer price €35

Best (George) & Collins (Roy) Blessed – The Autobiography, 8vo, L. (Ebury Press) 2001, illus., cloth & d.j.; together with an Official Ulster Bank £5 Note, “Celebrating the Legend – George Best” in card cover, a nice lot. (2)

Lot 696/0224

SOLD Hammer price €40

Coins: A group of four Coins to include:
(a) A 1773 silver Shilling, with Royal Coat of Arms – a head of Carolus III, slight wear;
(b) Two silver Crowns, the obverse with Queen Victoria, the reverse each with Saint George slaying the dragon, dated 1889 & 1890;
(c) A 1901 one Penny Coin, worn;
As a lot, w.a.f. (4)

Lot 698/0224

SOLD Hammer price €40

Medal: [The Great Exhibition, Dublin 1853] a large circular pewter Medal to commemorate the Great Industrial Exhibition in Dublin in 1852, manufactured by Gardner & Co. – Manufacturing Gold & Silversmiths, Watchmaker, Jewelers etc., No. 111 Grafton Street, Dublin, inscribed and with image of the Great Hall, pierced, unusual and rare. (1)

Lot 700/0224

SOLD Hammer price €360

Trinity College, Dublin: T.C.D. – Trinity College Dublin 1915, a circular silver gilt Medal by West & Son, Jewelers, the obverse depicting Queen Elizabeth in Royal Attire, the reverse with College Crest and inscribed Literis Humanidribus Feliciter Excultis – Jacobus A. Glen 1915, in original leather gilt case, good. (1)

Lot 702/0224

SOLD Hammer price €340

Rare Cork Exhibition Medal, 1883

[Cork Industrial Exhibition, 1883] a large and very heavy bronze Medal, the obverse profusely decorated in Celtic design, with central panel depicting Cork Coat of Arms, the circular border inscribed Cork Industrial Exhibition 1883,” the reverse with a circular Celtic scroll border, with harp and banner with inscription “Capt. D.R.P. Sarsfield D.L. – Member of Executive Committee,” in original presentation box, attractive and rare. (1)

Lot 705/0224

SOLD Hammer price €280

Tailteann Games 1932

Medal: Tailteann Games 1932, an attractive 9ct gold Medal, the obverse with “An Bainriogan Tailte”, the reverse inscribed “Aonach Tailteanan – Baile Atha Cliath – Swimming J.D. Mattewson,” hall marked, unusual and scarce. (1)

Lot 706/0224

SOLD Hammer price €380

Tailteann Games 1924

Medal: Tailteann Games 1924, a large circular bronze Medal the obverse with side profile of the Tailteann Queen, inscribed around “An Bhainrioghan Tailte,” the reverse with typical Celtic design surround, and the provincial coat of arms, inscribed “Aonach Tailteann – Baile Atha Cliath 1924 – Council,” pierced. Scarce. (1)

Lot 707/0224

SOLD Hammer price €150

“An Armed Rebellion, An Irish Cultural Renaissance”

1916 – 66 Jubilee, an attractive sterling silver Sword of Light – “An Claidheamh Soluis,” commissioned by the Government 1916 Commemoration Committee, and designed by Thomas O’Connor & Sons Ltd., hall marked in original case. Unusual. (1)