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MERCIER ART

180 - 180 REGIONALISM – NORTH A portable stereoscopic viewer and i…
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Estimate €100 - €150
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180 REGIONALISM – NORTH A portable stereoscopic viewer and its collection of 84 plates offering views from the early 20th century, mainly in the Nord region, namely photographs of: - Lille (the 1913 street market, with two plates, as well as the Jardin Vauban, Rue Faidherbe, the Porte de Paris, and a plate showing French soldiers marching on the Grand Place) - Malo (family on the beach, caravans, the sea wall, the surrounding countryside) - Phalempin (the forest, family walks) - various urban scenes: fairground rides, a hot-air balloon festival, the tram passing by, races at the racecourse... - numerous family portraits, from grandparents to children. Some dated from 1912 to 1918 and located in Malo, Lille and Phalempin. 5 or 6 duplicate plates, 3 damaged plates and 2 slightly stained. A fascinating amateur record of what life might have been like in the North at the dawn of the Great War, for a middle-class family who devoted their time
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About the sale Major catalogue auction of classical art at 10.30 am (lots 1 to 116) and at 2.00 pm (lots 117 onwards)
Auction location
Auction time 06/28/2026 at 10:30 AM
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