Irish rugby fans nostalgic for their decommissioned home turf are invited to "own a piece of history" by bidding in an online auction.
The sale of memorabilia from Lansdowne Road, ranging from turnstiles, changing room fixtures to drug-testing equipment, opened yesterday.
One of nine signed jerseys from Ireland's 2007 Triple Crown-winning squad attracted a bid of €575, far overtaking the reserve price of €200.
For those who would like a corner of their gardens to be forever Lansdowne, there are lots of one square foot sections of the pitch at a reserve price of €45.
A lot of four wall plaques bearing the provincial crests in "light oak veneer" which formerly graced the players' lounge, attracted a bid of €1,005 - from a reserve of €50.
But interest in provincial banners seemed to be flagging: Ulster fans in particular were slow to warm to the attractions of their Red Hand banner.
Munster fans, however, were more fired up by the prospect of a Lansdowne memento: their provincial flag attracted a bid of €250.
The unlikely bedfellows of rugby and needlepoint collide in lots 16 and 17: tapestries commemorating Ireland's clashes with Scotland and Wales in 1954 with a reserve price of €50 each.
Presidential souvenir hunters are also catered for: the seat which bore the exalted derrières of Patrick Hillery, Mary Robinson and President Mary McAleese, bears a reserve of €500 and had attracted four bids, including one of €400.
But eight lots of blue artificial upholstered padded flip seat chairs for dignitaries in the west stand attracted only two bidders.
Kieron Gammell, of auctioneers Bache Treharne, said:"We've had nearly 1,000 inquiries so far from as far afield as Australia and America, the Netherlands and France.
"We have things like benches, turnstiles and signs up for auction and I suppose many of the latter may end up in pubs in Munster."
As for the most unlikely item: "Lot 352 is a selection of drug-testing balls, which were used like bingo balls to decide which player would be randomly tested for drugs after an international."
Irish Rugby Football Union spokesman Carl Richardson said some memorabilia would be retained by the union for a museum.
"The bits of the players' changing room and the benches are amazing, when you think of all the famous players who have sat on them. People don't usually get a chance to see the inside of a changing room if you're not connected to the team, so it's a great chance."
Bache Treharne dealt with the auction of items from Arsenal's Highbury stadium, in London, which raised £1 million out of 1,000 lots for the Premiership club.
But with only 365 lots involved, the Lansdowne auction is expected to raise considerably less. Proceeds will be ploughed into the stadium's restoration, expected to be complete in 2009.