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Whyte’s Offers Irish Bookselling Dynasty’s Stock
October 18, 2012James Fenning, who died this past August, was the third and last generation of an Irish dynasty of booksellers. Beginning next weekend, it will take Whyte’s three days to auction off the more than 3,500 volumes from his stock, which includes such remarkable items as a rare copy of Jonathan Swift’s 1937 pamphlet “A proposal for giving badges to the beggars in all the parishes of Dublin” (est. $7,900–$9200). The Dublin auction begins with an online component on October 19th.
Read more...The Other Yeats
September 18, 2012Outside Ireland, the famous Yeats is the Nobel Prize winning poet, William Butler. Within that country, however, his younger brother John “Jack” Butler is also an icon. The painter, whom Samuel Beckett called “the great of our time,” was known for his Expressionist depictions of modern Dublin and Irish subjects and landscapes. A work Yeats produced in 1929, “Crossing the City” will be the highlight of an Irish & British art auction at Whyte’s in Dublin on October 1st. A rendering of Dublin’s City center, it’s expected to realize $130,000-$196,000.
Read more...Titanic Auctions Mark Centenary
April 13, 2012Amidst all the hoopla surrounding the Titanic centenary, a sea of memorabilia from the ship is coming to auction. One of the more interesting items is the telegram that alerted the British Isles and Europe that the Belfast-built ocean liner was sinking. Dated 15 April 1912, the telegram was sent by the Press Association to the Belfast Evening Telegraph, and received by journalist Robert (Bob) McComb. Dublin-based Whyte’s will offer the telegram at an auction on April 21st, where it’s expected to sell for $26,000-$39,000.
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