(WORLD WAR II) Gripping group of approximately 400 mostly wi

Sale 1947 - Lot 302

Price Realized: $ 2,760

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 5,000

(WORLD WAR II)<>
Gripping group of approximately 400 mostly wire service photographs relating to wartime events worldwide, including 4 variant images of the flag raising at Mt. Suribashi by Joe Rosenthal, 3 of the Marines "taking the impregnable Jap pillbox on Iwo Jima"; with France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Sicily, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Japan, and the Pacific. Silver prints, 16x11 (7) and 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.)or the reverse, most with a caption on recto and a hand stamp on verso. 1943-45

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This gathering of World War II images depicts dramatic war-time events from an American perspective, with many heroic views of foot soldiers and bomber pilots. The lot also includes seven 12x18 inch silver prints, comprising a panoramic view of Ilford, England showing extensive damage caused by a V-2 rocket bomb; B-29s heading for Japan; American tanks in Nurnberg; the city that was Cologne; and others.<