The 2025 December Auction - Sale 346 (December 13 - December 16, 2025)
Sale 346
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Includes a 1912 plan of the proposed Chinese Parliament House, a 1928 view of the American Consulate at Tsinan during the Shantung conflict, and 1937 scenes at the U.S. Embassy in Peiping showing Marines on guard and American families sheltering during Sino-Japanese clashes.
including views of Canton, urban streets, automobiles, temples, and group portraits. One image shows U.S. Navy sailors stationed in China (dated 1936).
including a Chinese ship breaking a Japanese blockade (1937), bombings in Hankow, convoys on the Burma Road (1940), and a 1945 Allied air raid sinking a Japanese frigate off South China. Each bears typed press captions and agency stamps from AP Wirephoto, ACME Photo, and London News Agency.
the early images (1924–1927) show U.S. Marines stationed in Shanghai and scenes of urban ruins, reflecting the political instability and international tensions of the time, while the later photographs (1937–1938) depict bomb damage, military encampments, and Japanese operations in Shanghai and Central China.
showing the devastation of industrial sites in Mukden (Shenyang), Manchuria, following Soviet withdrawal after World War II. The images document reporters and officials inspecting the stripped interiors of rubber, textile, and aluminum plants, where machinery had been dismantled and shipped to the Soviet Union.
showing early scenes of the First Battle of Shanghai between Chinese and Japanese forces, including U.S. Marines arriving, Chinese artillery in action, and troops wading through a river under fire. Plus a magazine concerning the Sino-Japanese war.
a group of 12 original press photographs issued by international agencies documenting Japanese military activities in China during the late 1930s to early 1940s. Subjects include troops in combat positions, river crossings, artillery operations, occupied cityscapes.
a group of 12 original press photographs relating to the Sino-Japanese War and the immediate postwar period in China, most issued by ACME News Pictures and ROTO, with printed captions, manuscript notes, or agency stamps on reverse. The images depict a wide range of wartime and reconstruction scenes including Chinese soldiers in action, city ruins, and civilian portraits.
The document asserts that areas under Japanese control experienced rapid restoration of public order and stability, warns remaining bandits and remnants of Kuomintang and Communist forces to repent and surrender, and promises leniency and benevolent treatment to those who comply. This proclamation exemplifies Japanese military propaganda and psychological warfare during the Second Sino-Japanese War, offering significant historical insight into occupation policies, wartime propaganda, and civilian life under military rule. Well-preserved and of high historical value.
including the liberation of Formosa movement, British troops departing Hong Kong and route to Korea, firefighters combating a mojore blaze in Foochow. Most bear original press captions and "Received Examiner Reference Library" stamps on reverse. Please view.
featuring various notable personalities including Ching Wah Lee, Mabel Li, Marian Lee and many others. Most of them with "RECEIVED EXAMINER REFERENDE LIBRARTY" stamp on reverse. Please view.
including medical aid to wounded soldiers, civilians amid ruined cities and famine refugees.