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Auction
Copy of Irish Proclamation sells for €185,000
Original copies of the document are rare.
A COPY OF the Irish Proclamation has been sold for €185,000.
The document was sold at a history auction held by Whyte’s in Dublin today.
Its guide price was €150,000 – €250,000.
Original copies of the proclamation are rare, with a number on display in places such as Dáil Éireann and The National Museum.
A 1916 Rising service medal posthumously awarded to Tom Clarke, a signatory to the Proclamation, did not sell at the auction. Its guide price was estimated at €80,000 – €120,000.
An Easter Rising medal awarded posthumously to Joseph Plunkett also failed to sell. It was expected to reach bids of €70,000 – €100,000.
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