The 2025 December Auction - Sale 346 (December 13 - December 16, 2025)
Sale 346
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The document promotes the government's National Products Movement, encouraging domestic industrial development and the use of Chinese-made goods while resisting foreign economic dominance. Issued shortly after the Northern Expedition, it reflects the early Nationalist administration's industrial and economic reconstruction policies. A historically significant example of early Republican economic policy documentation. Age-toned paper with seal and printed signature; overall in very good condition.
depicting General Ho Ying-chin standing in full military uniform with cap and sword, taken in studio setting. Printed in sepia tone with “NOKO” mark at upper right on reverse, divided “Post Card” format. A rare early postcard portraying the prominent National Revolutionary Army general and statesman. Small part trimmed at bottom.
in full military uniform with sword, titled “Portrait of Commander He Yingqin” (軍長何應欽玉照). Printed on AZO photo paper. Scarce early portrait. Very Fine.
one wearing military uniform, the other showing Ho Ying Chin takes a salute from J. Reilly O'Sullivan, Associated Press War Correspndent.
early printed photographic portrait postcard depicting Wang Ching-wei (汪精衛), prominent revolutionary leader and politician of the Republic of China, shown in suit and tie with lapel badge. Captioned below portrait “汪精衛先生像”, published by 商務印書館印製 (Commercial Press, Ltd.), Shanghai. Printed on photographic AZO postcard stock. Scarce.
depicting Wang Jingwei (汪精衛) and senior officials during their diplomatic mission to Tokyo. (1) Wang Jingwei with Japanese and Chinese officials, including General Itagaki Seishiro and Zhou Fohai; (2) Arrival ceremony scene with Wang greeting Japanese military officers on the tarmac. Both with printed captions and commentary in Japanese along right margin, issued by Asahi Shimbun (朝日新聞社). Unused. Light toning and minor crease. Historical record of the Wang regime’s collaboration with Japan. Fine.
taken in Shanghai showing Wang Ching-wei (left) with two Japanese officers after defecting from the Nationalist government, documenting his collaboration with Japan in forming a puppet regime and his branding as a traitor by Chiang Kai-shek’s loyalists.
showing General Cheng Cheng (left), newly appointed Minister of War succeeding General Ho Ying-chin, and O.K. Yui (right), promoted from Vice Minister to Minister of Finance, succeeding Dr. H.H. Kung.
Seated from left to right are Premier Zhou En-lai, an interpreter, Mao Tse-tung, and President Nixon. The photograph vividly depicts this significant moment in U.S.-China diplomatic history.
depicting Cen Chunxuan (岑春煊) in Western suit. An early Republican-era portrait postcard of the prominent Guangdong reformist and statesman, finely printed and of significant historical interest.
depicting Long Jiguang (龍濟光) in military uniform, printed in monochrome. An early Republican-era portrait postcard of the Guangdong warlord, finely printed and characteristic of the period’s photographic style.
depicting revolutionary leader Chen Qimei (陳其美) in formal attire, printed in monochrome. The caption at bottom reads “CHEN CHI MEI,” a romanization of his name. An early Republican-era commemorative postcard, finely printed and of significant historical interest.