Lot 41401 – 1896-2012, SPORTS & OLYMPICS VIGNETTES collection
Lot 41401 – 1896-2012, SPORTS & OLYMPICS VIGNETTES collection
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Lot 41401 – 1896-2012, SPORTS & OLYMPICS VIGNETTES collection
Large Lots and Collections
Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
6’000 – 10’000 EUR
Auction date
ven. 30 juin 2017 at 14:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1896-2012, SPORTS & OLYMPICS VIGNETTES collection (ca 5’000) in 4 well-filled albums, incl. D. Tscolacos vignettes in the style of the 1896 2D (5 diff. + imperf.), 1904 St. Louis Fair (4), 1906 Athens (15), 1908 British Olympic Committee (7 + imperf. proof) and 70+ 1908 Franco-British exhibition vignettes, 1912 set of 16 in different languages, 1916 Berlin with 27 vignettes for the stadium and 22 for the Games, plus some inter-Games sports with 1912 Alzette “Fête Olympique”, 1913 Dutch OC, 1914 Alexandria Anniversary (3), 1914 Bayern Winter athletics, 1920 with 14 official vignettes plus Hungary and Swiss team, 1924 Paris (25), 1928 Amsterdam (16 incl. 2 Esperanto), 1932 LA (36), 1936 Berlin with variety incl. Olympic Committee labels (70+), etc., etc., with later labels going on till the 2012 Paris bid, plus some reference catalogues, a fine and attractive collection, ex Chevalier de Preville, Olivier Lenglet (Est. € 6’000/10’000) Auction
Catalogue
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