Easter Rising Flag Not Sold at New York Auction
Last Updated on Thursday, 25 March 2010 05:45 Written by a2e Thursday, 25 March 2010 05:45
The Easter 1916 Irish flag that flew over the GPO during the Easter Rising failed to sell at a Bloomsbury Auctioneers Irish sale in New York on March 23 2010 when it was withdrawn at $400,000, a full $100,000 under its reserve price. The focal point of the 70-lot Irish Salewas the Tricolour flag. This unique icon of the Irish Revolution and the only recorded full sized tricolor of the 1916 Rising in existence.
Bloomsbury New York held the auction in conjunction with Whyte’s Auctioneers.
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