Dec 09, 2010 - Sale 2233

Sale 2233 - Lot 178

Price Realized: $ 2,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,500
(WORLD WAR II)
Panoramic group of more than 380 photographs depicting the war against the Nazis and Fascists in Europe, including the U.S. Army's advance into Normandy; the Pacific Theatre, with extraordinary views of the Marines during the Marshall Island campaign; and Allied versus Axis troop battles in north Africa. Silver prints, 11x14 inches (27.9x35.5 cm.), and smaller, several with period retouching or newspaper clippings and most with mimeographed captions affixed to verso. 1940-1945

Additional Details

With scenes of Gen. Bradley and top ranking commanders, the Pearl Harbor disaster, French tanks in a captured German village, British maneuvers in the Egyptian desert, raging battle views on land and sea, and more.