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a large group of people that are standing in front of a buildingan old photo of a man helping another man up on a polephotograph of a group of people standing outside of a buildinga black and white photo of a crowd of people standing in front of a buildingan old picture of a group of men standing outside of a buildinga group of men in suits and hats standing next to each othera black and white photo of a boat on the waterthree books on a table with a gun and a gun on top of it
Maître Christophe LUCIEN

128 - NOGENT-SUR-MARNE: A RARE COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTARY MATERIAL …
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Estimate €150 - €200
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NOGENT-SUR-MARNE: A RARE COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTARY MATERIAL ON THE NOGENT-SUR-MARNE TRAGEDY A collection of press photographs and postcards, including: a postcard of Garnier’s final portrait; a postcard of Valet’s final portrait; a postcard entitled ‘Garnier and Valet hunted down in a villa’; a postcard entitled ‘The Nogent-sur-Marne tragedy at Garnier and Valet’s hideout, 14–15 May 1912 – the effects of the dynamite’; a postcard entitled ‘The police searching for explosives and bullets’; postcard ‘Garnier’s bedroom; he died on 15 May 1912 after shooting himself with a Browning’; postcard ‘At Garnier and Vallet’s hideout at the Nogent viaduct’; postcard ‘The siege of Garnier and Vallet’s hideout’; postcard ‘The crowd witnessing the shootout on 15 May 1912’; press photographs of police officers in front of the house, of Valet’s bedroom, of the house destroyed by the bomb, of the siege of Garnier and Valet’s hideout, and of a gendarme posing in front of the henhouse at Garnier and Valet’s house. Also included A collection of books and magazines on firearms, including the Browning pistol.
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About the sale Paris, My Love, 17th edition
Auction location
Auction time 09/21/2026 at 1:30 PM
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