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Acacia Enchères

287 - GERDOLLE and BRIQUET, publishers in Toul (Lorraine). Set of 16 uncut postcard sheets (5x4 = 20 cards) depicting the city of Toul, from the “Pittoresque” series (the cathedral, the bishop’s palace—now the city hall, Rue de la République, the Rigny barracks, the Dommartin airship hangar, Saint-Gengoult, the Bois-l’Evêque camp, the Cours d’Alsace-Lorraine, etc.) and the surroundings of Toul: Pierre-la-Treiche, Ecrouves, etc., as well as the Vosges (Vagney Saint-Amé, Neufchâteau, Vaucouleurs, etc.) or the Argonne (Sainte-Ménéhould) 50 x 60 cm—minor imperfections, creases, tears.

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Estimation

€40 - 60

Sale fees

25%

GERDOLLE and BRIQUET, publishers in Toul (Lorraine). Set of 16 uncut postcard sheets (5x4 = 20 cards) depicting the city of Toul, from the “Pittoresque” series (the cathedral, the bishop’s palace—now the city hall, Rue de la République, the Rigny barracks, the Dommartin airship hangar, Saint-Gengoult, the Bois-l’Evêque camp, the Cours d’Alsace-Lorraine, etc.) and the surroundings of Toul: Pierre-la-Treiche, Ecrouves, etc., as well as the Vosges (Vagney Saint-Amé, Neufchâteau, Vaucouleurs, etc.) or the Argonne (Sainte-Ménéhould) 50 x 60 cm—minor imperfections, creases, tears. The negatives from the Gerdolle and Briquet company are now preserved in the Meurthe-et-Moselle departmental archives. As a side note, the biplanes and airships visible in the sky on some of these postcards are photomontages and appear consistently from one photograph to the next.

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Auction details

Paintings, furniture, and works of art
Tuesday, November 17
02:00 PM
56 avenue des acacias
54500 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France

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Acacia Enchères +33 3 10 45 52 58 contact@acaciasvv.fr
On Drouot for 1 year avec More than 6,000 lots published

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