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Arenberg Auctions

246 - History of the automotive industry in Belgium: collection of photographs from the Ateliers Feyers in Brussels. c. 1919–1939. c. 140 silver prints, various sizes, loose prints; some are mounted on cardboard; a few handwritten captions and stamps on the reverse (worn). Views of cars, engines, mechanical parts, the 1931 and 1932 auto shows, workers, motorcycle races, other car and motorcycle models (B.S.A. and New Imperial), an agricultural machinery exhibit at the 1931 Agricultural Show, etc. François Feyens was an engineer and one of Belgium’s leading experts on engines. He ran a workshop on Avenue des Nénuphars in Auderghem (Brussels). Between 1936 and 1939, he built a number of small vehicles powered by single-cylinder diesel engines. The workshop closed during World War II. Identified photographers: Branger (Paris), Paul Vendry (Brussels), Duhot, Emile Sergysels (Brussels). Included in the collection: printed documents, advertisements, handwritten letters, and engine research; panel instructions for Fayens gas engines (cyanotype).

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€80 - 160

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30%

History of the automotive industry in Belgium: collection of photographs from the Ateliers Feyers in Brussels. c. 1919–1939. c. 140 silver prints, various sizes, loose prints; some are mounted on cardboard; a few handwritten captions and stamps on the reverse (worn). Views of cars, engines, mechanical parts, the 1931 and 1932 auto shows, workers, motorcycle races, other car and motorcycle models (B.S.A. and New Imperial), an agricultural machinery exhibit at the 1931 Agricultural Show, etc. François Feyens was an engineer and one of Belgium’s leading experts on engines. He ran a workshop on Avenue des Nénuphars in Auderghem (Brussels). Between 1936 and 1939, he built a number of small vehicles powered by single-cylinder diesel engines. The workshop closed during World War II. Identified photographers: Branger (Paris), Paul Vendry (Brussels), Duhot, Emile Sergysels (Brussels). Included in the collection: printed documents, advertisements, handwritten letters, and engine research; panel instructions for Fayens gas engines (cyanotype).

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Auction details

Prints & drawings, photographs, comics
Wednesday, December 2
01:00 PM
rue aux Laines, 19/2
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

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Arenberg Auctions +3225441055 info@arenbergauctions.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 49,000 lots published

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