“The Eclectic Collector” Sale at Whyte’s (Dublin) – Saturday 20th September,2014
As usual Whyte’s have surpassed themselves in putting together this sale and the 815 Lots cover a truly eclectic range of material including…a large and very varied selection of film posters – James Bond (Goldfinger, Moonraker, Never Say Never Again), Alfred Hitchcock (Rear Window), Ben Hur and The Bridge on the River Kwai…..are on offer; guide prices are affordable with many in the €100 – €300 region….
Philographers will have a field day largely due to the efforts of a Skibbereen schoolboy who began collecting autographs of the Good & the Great back in the 1950s. Resting uneasily (?) side by side are the autographs of the Dalai Lama, the Duke & Duchess of Windsor (below), S.S. Colonel Otto Skorzeny (the man who led the successful mission to rescue Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in 1943), General Franco, Earl Mountbatten of Burma and a host of other famous Generals, Political Leaders, Movie Stars….
Sports medals, signed jerseys, autographs, match programmes – including the highly sought after one from the Ireland v Germany game at Dalymount Park on 17th October 1936 (below).
Coins – including a hoard of James.II. 1690 ‘Gun Money’ found on a Co.Tipperary farm (!) in 1936 (below); a large variety of interesting Irish banknotes.
Medal collectors will also find much of interest including Lot.578. ‘A Wexford sailor’s Arctic & Crimea’ medals, (below) as well as various War of Independence medals etc.etc.
A large collection of military memorabilia from both World Wars, and earlier, including a large number of German Nazi medals, daggers etc. – as featured on RTE’s Liveline programme – are sure to attract plenty of bids.
The Nazis may have had a poisonous ideology but they had all the best when it came to uniforms, medals and other regalia – not my cup of tea but very collectable.
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THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SALE
At The Freemasons Hall, 17 Molesworth Street, Dublin.2.
Viewing at Whyte’s Salerooms
Wednesday 17th Sept. from 10.00am – 5.00pm
Thursday 18th Sept. from 10.00am – 5.00pm
Friday 19th Sept. from 10.00am – 5.00pm
Searchable catalogue here: 
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Biggest Ever Birr Vintage Week Antique & Art Fair – 6th & 7th August, 2014
Hibernian Antique & Art Fairs – Ireland’s biggest and longest established Antique Fairs Company – is proud to have been invited to organise The 46th Birr Vintage Week Antique & Art Fair. This year the Fair will be twice as big as usual with over 20 Antique & Art dealers in attendance and the County Arms Hotel will be transformed into a veritable Aladdin’s cave of Antiques, Art & Collectables.
Amongst those in attendance will be: Donegal Antiques (IADA) China & Porcelain & Objet D’art , Treasure Irish Art, Athlone (IADA), Bridgend Antique Furniture (Belfast), Margaret Daly, China & Porcelain (Birr), Maureen Kiely Silver , Tools , Brass & Copper , Sandra Hogan Silver & Jewellery (Cork), Peta Lancaster, Jewellery (Co.Clare), Brian Hurley, Porcelain & China (Kinsale, Co. Cork) , Eddie Mercier (Belfast) , Helen Newcombe, Silver, (Dublin) , Joseph Sheehan (Limerick) , Richard Walshe, Coins, Banknotes & Jewellery (Co. Galway).
Full details of the Birr Vintage Week here: http://www.birrvintageweek.com/
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