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A pair of reading glasses owned by James Joyce made an eye opening price at Fonsie Mealy auction
A manuscript by the Nobel prize winning Irish poet, WB Yeats, inscribed to his muse, Maud Gonne, dating from 1892, has sold for €48,000 at auction.
And a pair of prince-nez reading glasses worn by Irish writer, James Joyce went under the gavel for €17,000 at the sale in Dublin yesterday conducted by Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers, Castlecomer.
The entire sale netted over €600,000 and included rare pieces from poet Seamus Heaney.
A first ever Galway All Ireland senior hurling medal from 1923 made €5,500 at the rare book sale.
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