Poignant Nirvana poster for day Kurt Cobain was to play Dublin
Historic Nirvana concert poster for cancelled Dublin concert is at Whyte's 'The Eclectic Collector' auction.
A historic poster for a cancelled Nirvana concert at the RDS in Dublin on April 8, 1994, is for auction.
The scarce Nirvana poster relates to a Dublin concert poignantly dated — it was on that day that the body of Kurt Cobain was found, three days after the
iconic frontman's suicide in Seattle.
The artwork is based on the transparent anatomical mannequin with superimposed angel wings used on the cover of In Utero, the band's third and final studio album.
The poster is one of a number of collector's items for auction at Whyte's timed online Eclectic Collector auction.
Open for bidding, it runs until next Friday (June 7).
The original manuscript from The Fianna of Fionn by Padraig Pearse, the magnificent sporting collection of Ed Hayes of Two Mile Borris, captain of the winning All-Ireland hurling team in 1900, and a letter to General Lauriston dictated and signed by Napoleon are other highlights.
Meantime, there is everything from antique furniture, art and jewellery to porcelain, vintage fashion and collectibles at the two-day bank holiday weekend Lismore Opera Festival Antique and Vintage fair today and tomorrow (June 1 and 2).
Fairs are for browsing and discovering new areas of interest and this one offers much to hold the attention of all sorts of collectors.
Choices range from Knocknagow by Charles Kickham at Jim Hyde books, a still life by Graham Knuttel at The Purple Onion Gallery, exotic hats at Eily Henry's vintage collection, a c1830 William IV Irish work table by Butlers, beautiful porcelain at Brian Hurley's stand, coins and banknotes and even a Christian Dior plaster mannequin from 1946 at Le Belle Epoque. The opening times are from 11am to 6pm each day.
The sale of 582 lots at Whyte's includes historical artefacts, manuscripts, documents, photographs, books, militaria and medals, weapons and memorabilia.
The 1809 letter from Emperor Napoleon, Pádraig Pearse’s original handwritten manuscript of 23 pages, a 1966 Rising Jubilee four-ounce gold medal, the British War medals to awarded to Captain GT Baggallay, assassinated by Michael Collins’ squad on Bloody Sunday, a 1921 grocer's account for The Irish Delegation to the Treaty Talks in London" and the 1900-1910 hurling collection of Ed Hayes including All-Ireland, Tipperary and Munster Championships medals and two cups will attract many bidders.
The oldest items are south Italian pot lids and a candle holder from c300BC. There is a range of 17th-century maps of Ireland and a penal cross from 1745, items from modern history including the Troubles and a Libyan munitions box seized on the MV Claudia in 1973. The sale will be on view at Whyte's in Dublin from next Wednesday.
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