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Auction Name: Lot Auction of the Library of the Late Liam Ó Duibhir (Local Historian and Irish Language Enthusiast From Clonmel, Co Tipperary)
Auction Date: 07/23/2025 - 07/23/2025
Sale Number: #C630
Total Lots: 615
Sold Lots: 540
Lots Sold: 87.80%
Unsold Lots: 75

Total Sales (EUR): 52,718.80
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 33,815.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 55,710.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 42,525.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 68,080.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 77.44%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
65	Caroline Countess of Dunraven	Memorials of Adare Manor by Caroline, Countess of Dunraven with historical notices of Adare, by her son the Earl of Dunraven.	1865	EUR 700.00 - 1,100.00	EUR 1,100.00
192	Neil Gaiman	AMERICAN GODS,	2003	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 975.00
222		Kavanagh s Weekly: A Journal of Literature and Politics. Vol. 1, Nos. 1-2, 4-12		EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 900.00
242		Ormond Deeds: Calender of Ormond Deeds Vol 1/3/4/5/6 plus 3 others (8)		EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 650.00
433	Roald Dahl	CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY,	1967	EUR 550.00 - 650.00	EUR 625.00
179	editor and translator John O'Donovan	Annals of the Four Masters: Annala Rioghachta Eireann. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, from the Earliest Period to the Year 1616.	1990 facsimile reprint of the 1856 edition	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 575.00
410	Seamus Heaney	Door into the Dark,	1969	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 525.00
435	Robert Lloyd Praeger	The Way That I Went, An Irishman in Ireland,	1937	EUR 180.00 - 260.00	EUR 400.00
578		Irish Language: An extensive collection-2 Boxes		EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 400.00
194		Es la biblioteca el estudio Salmantino blaue maps bgu de Salamanca. 15 large coloured maps including Irlandia Regnum		EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 400.00
582		Bealoudeas- The Journal of the Folklore of Ireland Society. An extensive collection	1941-2016	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 375.00
141	Phillips	Printing and Bookselling in Dublin, 1670-1800	1998	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 375.00
50	Padraig Tyers	West Kerry Camera Ceamara Chorca Dhuibhne,	2005	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 350.00
404	William Conor.	The Irish Scene.	1944	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 325.00
319	Thomas Wright.	Lowthiana of an introduction to the Antiquities of Ireland,	1758	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 325.00
445	John Banville	NIGHTSPAWN,		EUR 340.00 - 400.00	EUR 325.00
563	BENEZIT E.	Benezit Dictionary of Artists - 14 Volumes [ English Edition ]	2006	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 275.00
550		Irish Journals: Large collection of History Ireland-Ireland's History Magazine-1 box		EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 275.00
394	Maurice Craig.	Irish Book Bindings.	1954	EUR 250.00 - 400.00	EUR 275.00
389	John O'Leary.	Recollections of Fenians and Fenianism	1896	EUR 100.00 - 160.00	EUR 250.00

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