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AN ORIGINAL COPY of the Irish Proclamation has sold for €150,000 at an auction in Dublin today.
The auction, held by Fonsie Mealy auctioneers, is taking place at the Gresham Hotel in Dublin this evening. The copy of the Proclamation is said to have hung in the GPO during the Rising and is among more than 600 items for sale.
It was sold to an anonymous telephone bidder. A bundle of keys for the GPO were also sold this evening for €3,400.
A spokesperson for the auctioneers told TheJournal.ie there was huge interest in today’s sale and particularly in the rare copy of the Proclamation.
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An incredible piece of our history. Some price though.
I hope they changed the locks!
Just hope someone from museum bought it.
Wow what a great price for a piece of Irish history, fair play to whoever bought it.
Leo,your a w* nker
The salty water wrung out of Roger Casements socks sold fo €5000
It’s in some state.
I have an aul’d musket ball from 1650.
Might be worth something.
For those who think that such rubbish is interesting.
Pat maybe you should stick that ball up your ass before someone else does
More money than sense
I’d be a bit freaked if I was the seller TBH , considering one sold in NY a few months back for $460 grand
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