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an old photo of a man with a mustache and a postcardtwo old black and white photos of soldiers laying on the groundan old photo of a farm in the middle of the dayseveral old photos of a man standing in front of a buildinga binder with a picture of a man standing in front of a traintwo old photos of a farm and a buildinga picture of a book with pictures on itphotograph of a group of men standing next to each other in front of a buildinga black and white photo of a man standing in front of a buildingan old photo of a house with a roof that has been torn offa black and white photo of a group of men standing in front of a caran old photo of a crowd of people in front of a buildingan old photo of a picture of a person standing in a doorwayan old postcard with a picture of a castle and a postcard with a picture of a castle on itan old black and white photo of a group of people in a fieldan old black and white photo of a group of men standing in front of a line of soldiersan old black and white photo of a group of people in a fieldan old black and white photo of a horse drawn carriage in front of a buildingan old black and white photo of a group of people standing in a fieldtwo pages of old photos of people and a trainan old photo of a man leaning against a tree in a parka black and white photo of a group of men standing around a machinean open book with a picture of a train on itan old photo of a woman holding a tennis racquet on top of a tablea book with pictures of people and a car in itan old photo of a man and a woman sitting in a carthree black and white photos of a man standing next to a horse drawn carriagea black and white photo of a picture of a streetan old photo of a group of people walking down a streetan old black and white photo of a man in a suit and tiean old photo of a couple of people in an old caran old photo of a group of people standing in front of a buildingtwo old black and white photos of people walking down a streeta picture of a book with a picture of a house on it
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124 - RARE COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTARY MATERIAL ON THE CRIMES OF THE…
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RARE COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTARY MATERIAL ON THE CRIMES OF THE BONNOT GANG • THE JOURNEY OF JULES BONNOT A collection of vintage postcards and chromolithographs tracing Bonnot’s life from Pont de Roide (Doubs) to Paris, including: A postcard of Jules Bonnot’s birthplace, taken from *Le Petit Parisien* dated 6 April 1912; an extremely rare photograph of Jules Bonnot in the army (c. 1900) captioned ‘Bonnot, leader of the bandits, Rue Ordener, Chantilly, Montgeron ’. • CRIMES IN THIAIS, PONTOISE AND PLACE DU HAVRE A collection of postcards and photographs, including: a photograph and postcards of the scene of the crime in Thiais dated 3 January 1912 (this was a horrific double murder), photographs of the home of Maître Tintant, a notary in Pontoise, which was attacked by the bandits; a postcard of Place du Havre where a police officer was killed whilst attempting to arrest the bandits who had stolen a car in Saint-Mandé; a photograph of Constable Garnier’s funeral; a photograph of Prefect Lépine delivering a speech following Constable Garnier’s death in 1912. • SENART FOREST, CHANTILLY A collection of postcards, photo-postcards and press photographs, including: a postcard of Cérisole in front of the car, postcards of the Senart Forest, a postcard of the crime scene at Montgeron (on the road to Melun), a postcard of the ‘Bonnot’ hut where the bandits hid, a rare postcard of the Société Générale branch in Chantilly taken a year before the attack, featuring Joseph Trinquier, Raymond Legendre and Laurent Courbe; a press photograph of Sitterlin showing the bullet-ripped hole in his shoe; a photograph of the Société Générale branch the day after the crime. • IVRY, CHOISY-LE-ROI A collection of press photographs and postcards, including: postcards of Rue de Paris in Ivry; a press photograph of the scene where Louis Jouin was shot dead by Jules Bonnot; a photograph of Mr Jouin’s body; a photograph of the shop front where Louis Jouin was killed; a photograph of the window through which Jules escaped after the murder; a photograph of Mr Jouin’s body being removed; a postcard and photograph of Jouin’s funeral; a postcard of Bonnot’s last portrait; postcards of the shootout at Choisy-le-Roi, including one of the dynamite explosion at the garage; postcards of officers lowering Bonnot’s body; a rare photograph of the garage on fire; photographs of the shootout at Choisy-le-Roi; photographs of the garage fire; photograph of the auction of the items recovered from the garage. • BONNOT AND THE CAR A collection of postcards, clippings and photographs relating to the types of cars used by the gang, including a LA Buire, a Delaunay-Belleville (rue Ordener) and a De Dion-Bouton (the Société Générale robbery in Chantilly)
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About the sale Paris, My Love, 17th edition
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Auction time 09/21/2026 at 1:30 PM
Lot description modified on 08/26/2026 at 5:33 PM
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