The 2025 December Auction - Sale 346 (December 13 - December 16, 2025)
Sale 346
- (-) Remove Historical Postcards and Real Photos filter Historical Postcards and Real Photos
all unused. VF-F.
showing Military Soldiers, Meeting, War Scenes and Dead Bodies, etc. A nice group.
showing Military Soldiers and War Scenes. A nice group.
featuring photographs of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, his family, and close associates, including views of the Presidential Residence during his tenure and scenes from key moments of his administration.
featuring photographs of key commanders and major events during the Northern Expedition, including military parades, training sessions, and other significant wartime moments.
including numerous scenes of the 1912 Tianjin Riots, along with several views of Peking street scenes. These rare historical postcards vividly document the urban landscape and social unrest of the period, offering significant value for collectors and researchers of early 20th-century Chinese history and visual culture.
showing Military Soldiers, Ruins and Dead Bodies, etc. A nice group.
mostly real photo cards, showing the Barrack, Ruins after War, Soldiers Marching and People Gathering scenes. A nice historical group.
showing Military Soldiers, Ruins and Dead Bodies, etc. A nice group.
all unused. VF-F.
showing military and ceremonial scenes including the Imperial Army drills, official processions in Peking, and Emperor Guangxu’s (光緒帝) funeral cortege. Some with bilingual French or English captions, one mailed from Shanghai to France with CIP issues. A historically important assemblage depicting late Qing military and state rituals during China’s transitional era.
showing Sikh policemen, mounted troops, and Chinese officers serving in the International Settlement and French Concession. Includes both hand-tinted and real photo types, several inscribed “Shanghai” or “Police”. Fine and varied visual documentation of the cosmopolitan policing presence in treaty-port Shanghai.
