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716 - PRESS INFORMATION / PHOTOGRAPHY 1869 – “BERNHARD WOLFF” ( * …
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Estimate €30
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PRESS INFORMATION / PHOTOGRAPHY 1869 – “BERNHARD WOLFF” ( * ) Work by DISDERI PARIS / LONDON – Full-length portrait, facing the viewer. Albumen bromide mounted on card, visiting-card size 10.5 x 6.4 cm. ( * ) WOLFF: Born and died in Berlin, 3 March 1811 / 11 May 1879 – a doctor by training, linguist, journalist and translator. - Exiled to Paris following the March 1848 revolution in Berlin, he worked there with CHARLES HAVAS and PAUL JULIUS REUTERS - On his return to Berlin, he founded “L’AGENCE CONTINENTALE”, known as “L’AGENCE TELEGRAPHIQUE WOLFF”, one of the world’s four major press agencies until 1934, alongside “Associated Press”, “Reuters” and “Agence Havas”. In 1949, his company became the “Deutsche Press Agentur”, the current German press agency - He was also the founder of the “BERLINER NATIONAL ZEITUNG”, Berlin’s leading daily newspaper, which was published until 1939.
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About the sale SALE OF COINS, BANKNOTES, MEDALS, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY HEADGEAR, INSIGNIA AND DECORATIONS – lots 300 to 598 Followed by OLD PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS – Lots 599 to 862
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Auction time 10/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
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