An original copy of the Irish Proclamation was withdrawn ahead of auction on Saturday after being sold for €100,000 by private treaty. It was to be the star lot of the Eclectic Collector sale at Whyte’s Auction House in Dublin, featuring various historical documents and artefacts, before a private sale was agreed. Separately, a simple stained oak and beech chair used by Patrick Pearse has sold for around four times its estimated price at auction. The arts and crafts-style chair used by Mr Pearse during his time as headmaster at St Enda’s School in Rathfarnham was guiding at between €1,500 and €2,000. The seat, with out-turned arms and a simple frieze carved on the back, was removed from the Hermitage – now the Pearse Museum – by Senator Margaret Pearse when St Enda’s closed in 1935.

Source: The Irish Times September 15, 2018 16:07 UTC