45th Contemporary History Auction

Bidding on 1633 lots has ended on 21st November 2021. 86% of all lots sold

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Photo album Olympic Games 1936 Berlin - with photos and personal dedications of the athlets

Photo album Olympic Games 1936 Berlin - with photos and personal dedications of the athlets

LOT 56-0117
SOLD
Auction ended        20th November 2021  |  03:17 pm CET
RESULT
725,00
EXCL. BUYER’S PREMIUM: 22,50 %

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PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
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LOT 56-0117
EAN 2000000580838
LOT 56-0117
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
EAN 2000000580838
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
MAKER
WEIGHT
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
LOT 56-0117
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
EAN 2000000580838
MAKER
WEIGHT
Germany 1918 - 1945


Description

A very interesting photo album of the Olympic Games 1936 in Berlin, made by a member of the "Olympiade Fernsprechkompanie Berlin - Olympisches Dorf".

It shows detailed photos of the Olympic village and some of the Olympic areas.  Very interesting are the pictures of the Olympia fighters, for example, Jesse Owens, Cornelius Johnson, and Archie Williams (Gold medal, USA). Also the teams from Canada, Italy, Poland, India, and Peru. Rare photo of Leni Riefenstahl. Photo of Spyridon Louis, the 1. Marathon winner in Olympic Games 1896. Several photos of the Fernsprechkompanie at work, among them 3 big-sized PK photos. Some pictures of the decorated Berlin city. Personal dedications with signatures of many athletes in the rear part of the album.

Totally: 86 photos, 6 Original tickets, 28 manual dedications with signature.
The photos are picked in with photo corners, most of them are written on the back.  A few photos are missing.
Size: 26 x 19 cm.


Condition
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