The 2025 December Auction - Sale 346 (December 13 - December 16, 2025)
Sale 346
- PRC (800) Apply PRC filter
- All China (700) Apply All China filter
- Banknotes (618) Apply Banknotes filter
- Hong Kong (357) Apply Hong Kong filter
- Coins and Medals (321) Apply Coins and Medals filter
- Macau (278) Apply Macau filter
- Imperial Post (240) Apply Imperial Post filter
- Taiwan (175) Apply Taiwan filter
- Worldwide (88) Apply Worldwide filter
- 1912-1949 ROC (67) Apply 1912-1949 ROC filter
- Foreign PO in China (31) Apply Foreign PO in China filter
- Local Post (22) Apply Local Post filter
- Liberated Area (8) Apply Liberated Area filter
- Customs Post (5) Apply Customs Post filter
- Japan (4) Apply Japan filter
- Asia (3) Apply Asia filter
- Literature (2) Apply Literature filter
- Historical Postcards and Real Photos (376) Apply Historical Postcards and Real Photos filter
- Hong Kong, China & Worldwide Coins and Banknotes (939) Apply Hong Kong, China & Worldwide Coins and Banknotes filter
- Internet Auction (217) Apply Internet Auction filter
- Mizuhara’s Collection of Classic Taiwan Stamps and Postal History (118) Apply Mizuhara’s Collection of Classic Taiwan Stamps and Postal History filter
- Mr. Rambo Chiu’s Collection of PRC Cultural Revolution Period Covers and Postcards (IV) (95) Apply Mr. Rambo Chiu’s Collection of PRC Cultural Revolution Period Covers and Postcards (IV) filter
- The General Sale (1261) Apply The General Sale filter
- The International Airmails of PRC (1949-1956) (104) Apply The International Airmails of PRC (1949-1956) filter
- The People’s Republic of China & Liberated Areas Stamps and Postal History (601) Apply The People’s Republic of China & Liberated Areas Stamps and Postal History filter
featuring numerous advertisements and entertainment lives that vividly reflect the social life, commercial activities, and cultural trends of the time.
featuring a wide range of themes, including history, geography, flora and fauna, world cultures, and famous landmarks, all beautifully illustrated with vivid colors and fine lithographic printing. Well-preserved and highly decorative, the collection exemplifies late 19th to early 20th-century European commercial art and advertising design, offering valuable insight into early branding and visual culture.
featuring opera scenes, calendar poster–style advertisements, propaganda art, and modern portraits.
featuring Hualan Brand Cigarettes, Dou An’s Secret Kidney Pills, and a Candy & Chocolate Factory. Each piece showcases distinctive design elements and vibrant colors characteristic of Republican-era Shanghai commercial art, offering valuable insight into the city’s advertising culture. Well-preserved and of significant historical and cultural interest.
made of used stamps pieces. Marked "Made in China" at backside. Interesting.
finely produced in color lithography with ornate gilt borders, combining postwar feminine elegance with contemporary “film star” style imagery.
all with captions. An interesting group. Please view.
including German “China Wein / China Bitter” liquor labels; 1956 Chinese calendar cards featuring Shanghai film actresses in elegant portrait poses; advertising posters with female portraits. A diverse group reflecting early 20th-century Sino-European commercial art and postwar popular culture.
in which a few are advertising cards. Most of the cards showing Dala Lama, Tashi Lama, Tibetan Lama, Tibetan Warrior, Officials, Native people, Mother and Children, Mountains and folklore, etc. Very difficult to collect. Viewing is highly recommended.
a group of 12 printed items on Shanghai’s expatriate life, including The Totem (1934), The China Builder (1928), Shanghai Rugby Union Football Club Report (1948–49), a Hungjao Golf Club rule sheet, a Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen brochure, architectural prints from The Building News, and a Christmas card from Hope & Lewis.
including three 1946 U.S. Department of the Interior concept views of the “Yangtze Gorge Dam” and one 1962 UPI press photo of the “Shankiang Dam.”
depicting city views, harbors, temples, schools, and street scenes. Many are color lithographs or early photographic issues. Publishers include early studios such as A.H. Pett & Co., Max Nössler, and Lai Chong (Amoy).