Selling Irish Broadsides

Subject: Selling Irish Broadsides
From:
Date: 30 Mar 04 - 04:14 PM

Does anyone know of whom might be interested in the purchase of a collection of about 30 original Irish Broadsides from the 19th century, published by P. Brereton, Dublin? They are in VG condition and deserve a good home, but I think they may be valuable as well. Any ideas?

Subject: RE: Selling Irish Broadsides
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 30 Mar 04 - 04:19 PM

Would it be possible for you to list the titles?

The Bodleian Library, Oxford University, has a large collection. They may be interested.

Subject: RE: Selling Irish Broadsides
From: GUEST,Deborah
Date: 30 Mar 04 - 04:53 PM

Some of them are:

The Irish Tennant Farmer's Lament from Eviction from his native home

Oyster Shell Bonnet and Dandy Chignauns

The English Courtship

A Much Admired Love Song Call'd "The Banks of the Nile"

The Adventures of Roger O'Hare

Most tragic lines written on "the Seduction and Lamentable death of Anny Gray"

A New Song in Praises of tae Catholic Church of Kantur

Hagerty's Ball

A New song Call'd "Annie Lisle"

the Limrick Rake

the Papist Ass

the Emegrants Farewell to Donegall

Murphy the Blighted Potatoes

Brother Bill and Jamima Brown

Lammented most Rv'd Doctor O'Connor

Barrack Hill Cavan

Bishop McCabe

for complete list please let me know... Do you have a contact at Bodleian?

Subject: RE: Selling Irish Broadsides
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 30 Mar 04 - 04:59 PM

Email Mike Heaney at [e-mail]. He directs the Broadside Ballads Project.

Subject: RE: Selling Irish Broadsides
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 30 Mar 04 - 05:15 PM

Recently, a collection of 18 Irish 19th c. broadsides by Brereton was sold at a Dominic-Winter auction for 420 pounds.
See lot 508, Jan 2004 D-W catalogue

This is the easiest way to sell. Let a reputable auction house handle it; but check their commission. An adv. in the London Times, and one in the leading Irish paper, may get you a better price.