Auction Report: Purcell Auctioneers Timed Book Auction - Antiquarian, Modern Literary, Signed Editions etc. etc..

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Auction Name	Timed Book Auction - Antiquarian, Modern Literary, Signed Editions etc. etc..	Total Sales (EUR)	14,471.19
Auction Date	January 05, 2026 - January 05, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	8,255.00
Sale Number	#601579	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	16,760.00
Total Lots	462
Sold Lots	334.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	11,620.00
% of Lots Sold	72.29%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	23,520.00
Unsold Lots	128	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	61.53%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
397		Seamus Heaney. North.	1975	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 386.07
268		The Romance Of Alexander (Der Pariser Alexanderroman).		EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 270.25
196		Dublin United Tramway Company - Folio and Sections of Junctions and Extensions	1897	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 203.33
34		Desmond O'Grady, Louis le Brocquy: The Gododdin.	1977	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 193.04
77	Hall, Mr. & Mrs. S. C.	Ireland: its Scenery, Character, &c.	1842	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 193.04
205		Queens		EUR 15.00 - 30.00	EUR 158.29
150	John McGahern:	The Pornographer	1979	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 142.85
192	SHAKESPEARE, William.	The Works of William Shakespeare.	1904	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 142.85
28		Hugh Boulter. Letters Written by His Excellency Hugh Boulter containing an Account of The Most Interesting Transactions which passed in Ireland from 1724 to 1728	1770	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 129.98
53	John McGahern	Memoir	2005	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 129.98
302	Sebastian Barry.	[Sebastian Barry rarity] Time out of Mind and Strappado Square	1983	EUR 80.00 - 140.00	EUR 129.98
171		Introductory Essay to a New System of Civil and Ecclesiastical Topography and Itinerary of Counties of Ireland with Remembrances of Memorable Events recorded at places where they Occurred Sleater, Rev. Matthew.	1806	EUR 30.00 - 60.00	EUR 124.83
68		The History of Modern Europe. With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 118.39
151		The King's County (Offaly) Directory. First Year	1890	EUR 30.00 - 60.00	EUR 117.11
226		Irish Nationalism: A flyer with the heading ' From any Soldier in the National Army to any old Comrade fighting with the Irregulars' Issued during the Irish Civil War.		EUR 20.00 - 40.00	EUR 110.67
306		The Lost Distilleries of Ireland	1997	EUR 20.00 - 40.00	EUR 105.53
390	Francis Grose.	The Antiquities of Ireland.	1982	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 105.53
202	Victor Hugo	Les Travailleurs De La Mer	1866	EUR 10.00 - 30.00	EUR 104.24
280	BEWICK Thomas.	History of British Birds, The figures engraved on wood	1797/1804,	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 104.24
193		IRAN, Vol 1-24 consecutive. Vol 29- 32.		EUR 10.00 - 40.00	EUR 102.95
175	Ann o'Sullivan and John Sheehan	Kerry: The Iveragh Peninsula	1996	EUR 20.00 - 40.00	EUR 97.80
337	William Blake. G.E. Bealey.	Vala or The Four Zoas - A Facsimile of the Manuscript -A Transcript of The Poem	1963	EUR 30.00 - 60.00	EUR 97.80
442	J. H. Ashworth.	The Saxon in Ireland or The Rambles of An Englishman in Search of a Settlement in the West of Ireland.	1852	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 97.80
439	Conor O'Callaghan:	Seatown. Gallery	1999	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 96.52
121	John Barlow,	Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Dublin, : established for the investigation and revival of ancient Irish literature . Vol. I. Gaelic Society of Ireland ( Theophilo O Flanagan, P. M'Elligott ) Printed	1808	EUR 20.00 - 40.00	EUR 91.37

Purcell Auctioneers: Timed Book Auction - Antiquarian, Modern Literary, Signed Editions etc. etc..

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Top twenty-five by sale price