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Rifles from the 1996 Michael Collins film will top the auction in an auction of props from four decades of Irish film and television.
Items from the film, starring Liam Neeson as the slain general, will be auctioned alongside props seen in The Banshees of Inisherin, My Left Foot and Normal People.
The 1,800 extras and sets were made through Historic Interiors, a prop rental company founded in 1986 that depicts scenes from Game of Thrones for Father Ted, In the Name of the Father and The Crown.
His entire collection will be auctioned online, for 400,000 euros, from December 5 to 8.
“The propeller rifles, which are made of rubber, can be seen when Collins (Neeson) bursts into the barracks; they also appeared in The Wind That Shakes the Barley and all the Irish films of 1916 released afterwards,” said Killian McNulty of Historic Interiors.
It also stands out in cinema.
The highlight is again on the kitchen chairs used by Emily Blunt’s character in the 2020 romantic comedy Wild Mountain Thyme and on a couch used by Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones) in Normal People, the film adaptation of Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel.
Historic Interiors was founded through Matt McNulty, former president of Bord Failte and advisor to OPW, and his son Killian.
The auction will see an average of 450 units auctioned per day over four days, sourced from Irish vernacular, industrial, vintage, antiques and home furnishings.
“Historic interiors thanks to my father’s interest in collecting furniture and antiques from the era,” Killian said.
“He was involved in some decoration projects commissioned by the state, and when word got out, the Irish film industry started turning to him to supply period pieces for their sets.
“We would go shopping for groceries at auctions, department stores and garage sales, trying to locate the items that tell the story of that era.
“In The Field, the fabric closet and the dishes The Bull (Richard Harris) destroys ours.
“There are corporations that buy our accessories instead of renting them, especially for TV systems with multiple series, and once finished, they resell them on the general market at low prices, which is not a healthy ecosystem as far as we are concerned.
“We’d rather rent parts from the industry and take care of them in the meantime, but that’s no longer sustainable. “
The auction will take place on Prussia Street, Dublin, from 5 to 8 December and in irishcountryhome. com, courtesy of auctioneer Aidan Foley and catalogued through antiquities broker Niall Mullen. Open to the public at 60 Prussia Street from December 2 to 4.
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