Sporting rarity sure to excite collectors at Fonsie Mealy sale

Des O’Sullivan expects strong competition among sporting collectors for a rare nine-carat gold All Ireland medal.

A REAL sporting rarity is the most expensively estimated lot at Fonsie Mealy’s rare book and collectors’ sale at the Ormonde Hotel in Kilkenny next Tuesday at 10.30am.

The John T Power collection of three historic All-Ireland Hurling Championship medals won by Kilkenny in 1907, 1911 and 1913 is estimated at €10,000 to €15,000.