The 2025 December Auction - Sale 346 (December 13 - December 16, 2025)
Sale 346
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depicting scenes in North China and Manchuria, including the Eastern Qing Tombs, cityscapes of Yunnan and Shanhaikwan.
showing a cutaway diagram of the Boeing 314 flying boat with labeled passenger and crew compartments, the aircraft used for Pan Am’s inaugural trans-Pacific service.
showing the American-made Ryan monoplane and Chinese–American personnel cooperating to establish China’s first commercial aviation company in Hankow.
showing the Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchuria, with officer portraits, troop formations, marches, and interactions with local civilians.
depicting Japan’s establishment and control of Manchukuo. The postcards show the founding ceremony at Hsinking (Changchun), while the press photos feature early collaborators Hsi Hsia, Chang Ching-hui, Tsang Shih-yi, and Chan Shan in 1932, and Emperor Kang-te (Pu Yi) with General Jirō Minami reviewing maneuvers in 1935.
depicting the postwar turmoil and the final phase of the Chinese Civil War, including Nationalist and Communist forces in action, military leaders, and scenes of urban devastation.
covering major phases of the Second Sino-Japanese War, showing Japanese advances, Chinese resistance, and wartime devastation across key cities.
depicting scenes from the Second Sino-Japanese War, including Japanese attacks, Chinese defenses, and early Allied cooperation.
depicting soldiers in action, foreign correspondents, devastated urban areas, and scenes of daily life amid wartime hardship.
one showing Chinese Girl Guides marching in uniform; the other depicting student Sherman Toda and a friend after arriving on the Taiyo Maru, preparing to drive across the United States in their luggage-laden car.
documenting pivotal events in China during the height of the Sino-Japanese War. Scenes include Japanese military advances, Chinese defensive actions and bomb-damaged cities.
including scenes of warlord-era troops, the Sino-Japanese conflict, and postwar reconstruction.