Che Guevara's Irish cigar lighter, along with other historic items such as Michael Collins' bible and Phil Lynott's bass guitar, will be auctioned online this month. Guevara bought the lighter during a chance visit to Shannon Airport and considered it his lucky Irish lighter. The auction, called the Gormleys Signature Sale, features items from Irish and international history as well as pop culture.
Che Guevara ’s Irish cigar lighter is among the items set to go under the hammer in an online auction of historic memorabilia this month.
He bought the lighter, which has a high guide of £2,000 , at the duty-free store and called it his lucky Irish lighter.He used it until after his unsuccessful rebellion campaign in the Congo in 1966, at which point he gave it to Fidel Castro’s mistress Natty Revuelta Clews, telling her it was not so lucky.
“Interestingly, in spite of the bible being a King James Protestant edition, Collins continued to carry it with him until his passing, possibly due to the fact that the small size meant that it was easily transported in the pocket of an overcoat,” said Mr Mullen. A print from a negative of Norma Jean Baker, later Marilyn Monroe, taken at Zuma Beach, Malibu, in 1946Mr Mullen said the note, that was handwritten by Tone, was only recently discovered with the only other copy of the speech being housed in the British National Archives.
A rare first edition of Ulysses is also featured in the auction, with a guide price of £22,000-£25,000 .Among the modern auction items is Lynott’s bass guitar from the Chinatown album era.
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