€700,000 for Pearse surrender note

A surrender note written by Irish revolutionary icon Padraig Pearse fetched €700,000 – almost 10 times its guide price – at auction in Dublin tonight.

€700,000 for Pearse surrender note
Wed, 25 May, 2005 - 22:13

A surrender note written by Irish revolutionary icon Padraig Pearse fetched €700,000 – almost 10 times its guide price – at auction in Dublin tonight.

The document, dated April 30, 1916 had been estimated to sell for about €80,000 by auctioneers James Adam and Sons.

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