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ARTEFACT ENCHERES - Selarl LHSW - Me Hugues WATINE & Me Lara SCHWEITZER

259 - 75 postcards depicting the city of Lille in the early to mid…
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Estimate €80 - €120
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75 postcards depicting the city of Lille in the early to mid-20th century The Old Theatre, handwritten text on the back Theatre, with the inscription ‘Fire on the night of 5–6 April 1903’ ‘Façade facing the station – The great ladder’, postmarked and stamped New Theatre New Theatre Courthouse seen from the Quai de la Basse-Deûle, numbered 18 Corner of Old Lille, numbered 121, postmarked and stamped, with handwritten text on the back Rue de Paris, with the inscription ‘LILLE – Rue de Paris, towards the New Stock Exchange’, ‘Paris Street towards New Stock Exchange’, numbered 2070 The Porte de Béthune, with the inscription ‘LILLE - La Porte de Béthune – German prisoners at work’, ‘Béthune Gate – German prisoners at work’, numbered 2078 The entry of British troops, numbered 2108 Grand’ Place, with the inscription ‘LILLE – The Grand’ Place towards the Rue Nationale and Rue Esquermes’, ‘The Grand’ Place towards the Rue Nationale’, numbered 2067, in its sleeve Ruins of the Town Hall, with the inscription ‘LILLE – The burnt-out Town Hall – Inner courtyard’, ‘General view of Town Hall ruins’, numbered 2064 Ruins, with the inscription ‘LILLE – Rue Faidherbe, the Stock Exchange and the Theatre’, ‘The Stock Exchange and Theatre’, numbered 2077 Hôtel Continental, with the inscription ‘LILLE – Parvis St-Maurice – Hôtel Continental’, ‘St-Maurice Parvis – Hôtel Continental’, numbered 2069 Ruins, with the inscription ‘LILLE – Place des Reignaux – Reignaux Place’, numbered 2065 Ruins, with the inscription ‘LILLE – Rue de Béthune – Entirely destroyed houses’, ‘Entirely destroyed houses in Béthune Street’ Ruins, with the inscription ‘LILLE – Rue du Marché aux Moutons’, numbered 2076 Ruins, with the inscription ‘LILLE – Rue des Augustins – Augustins’ Street’, numbered 2068 Ruins, with the inscription ‘LILLE – Rue des Ponts Camines’, numbered 2073 Ruins, with the inscription ‘LILLE – Boulevard de la Liberté and Rue Watteau, A block of houses burnt down in 1914’, ‘A burnt-out quarter on Liberty Boulevard’, numbered 2091 Ruins, with the inscription ‘LILLE - Rue de Paris – Paris’ street’, numbered 2072 Ruins, with the inscription ‘THE RUINS OF THE GREAT WAR. – Lille. – Rue du Vieux-Marché-aux-Poulets.’, ‘Great War Ruins. – Lille. – Vieux Marché aux Poulets Street – LL.’, numbered 511, text handwritten on the reverse Ruins, with the inscription ‘LILLE (Nord) - Rue du Dragon - Dragon Street’, numbered 932, cancelled, text handwritten on the reverse Rue Royale, numbered 92 Rue Neuve, numbered 26 Rue Neuve, numbered 78 Rue Faidherbe, numbered 169, text written by hand Rue Faidherbe, numbered, cancelled and stamped, signed in pen at the top centre Place de la Gare, numbered 59 Rue Faidherbe, numbered 53, postmarked and stamped, text written by hand Rue Léon-Gambetta, numbered 103 Grande Place and Rue des Manneliers, numbered 16, cancelled and stamped, text handwritten on the reverse Grand’ Place and Rue des Manneliers, numbered 21, postmarked and stamped, text handwritten on the reverse General view of the former Stock Exchange, numbered 105 Grand’ Place, numbered 87, cancelled and stamped, text handwritten on the reverse Stock Exchange, numbered 4, text handwritten on the reverse Railway station, three-quarter view Railway station, front view, numbered 182 Grand’ Place, with the inscription ‘LILLE – La Grand’ Place. – La Déesse.’, numbered 2, cancelled and stamped, text handwritten on the reverse Railway station, numbered 56, text handwritten on the reverse Railway station, numbered 2075 Rue Nationale, numbered 6 Post Office, numbered 43, cancelled and stamped, handwritten text on the reverse Prefecture, front view, numbered 2066 Palais des Beaux-Arts, numbered 21 St Maurice’s Church, numbered 15, cancelled, text on the reverse Prefecture, front view, numbered 2 Royal Hotel, with the inscription ‘ROYAL HOTEL & RESTAURANT ROYAL BAR, 2 Boulevard Carnot, LILLE’, cancelled and stamped, text handwritten on the reverse St Maurice’s Church, numbered 2063 Place Richebé, numbered 18, cancelled and stamped, text handwritten on the reverse Place Tourcoing, viewed from Boulevard Vauban, numbered 174 Galeries Gambetta, with the inscription ‘AN EXHIBITION EVENING AT THE GAMBETTA GALLERIES’, ‘78, Rue Léon-Gambetta, LILLE’ École Supérieure de Fille, text handwritten, postmarked and stamped Grand Hôtel, with the inscription ‘LILLE. – Grand Hôtel. 22 & 24 Rue Faidherbe. Annex: 15, same street’ Église de la Madeleine, numbered 32 Rue Neuve, numbered 78 Place Madeleine Caulier, numbered 87 Rue Faidherbe, numbered 8, cancelled and stamped, text written by hand Rue Esquermoise, numbered 11 Jardin Vauban, numbered 43 Railway station, numbered 10, cancelled and stamped, text written by hand Testelin Monument, numbered 42 République and Rue Inkermann, numbered 20, text handwritten on the reverse Statue of General Faidherbe on Place Richebé, numbered 2092, signed ‘La Pensée’ in the bottom right-hand corner Desreusseaux Monument, numbered 60 Pasteur Monument, numbered 17, text handwritten on the reverse Flanders Racecourses, with the inscription ‘Le Champ de courses du Croisé – Laroche. - The grandstands (arch. J. Papet)’, numbered 208 Allée des Châtaigniers, with the inscription ‘Esquermes Hydrotherapy and Convalescent Home’ ‘Rue d’Esquermes, 93 – Car B, Rue Saint-Bernard stop – Tel. 11-75 Lille-Nord’ ‘Rest cure – Diets – Treatment of neurasthenia – Electrotherapy – Operating theatre ” Monument to the Executed, by Félix Desruelles, numbered 110, signed ‘Fauchois’ in the bottom right-hand corner Nouveau Boulevard Lille-Roubaix-Tourcoing, numbered 181 Theatre, numbered 164 (traces of thumbtacks in all four corners) Moulin-Rouge, with the inscription ‘LILLE (Canteleau-Lambersart)’, numbered 21, cancelled and stamped, text handwritten on the reverse Place du Général de Gaulle, numbered 49, cancelled and stamped, text handwritten on the reverse Statue of Joan of Arc, numbered 49 Chamber of Commerce, numbered 51 Théâtre du Nord during the Occupation, numbered 583
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About the sale ONLINE SALE OF BOOKS, VINTAGE POSTERS AND POSTCARDS
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Auction time 07/05/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 87895078
Ref. : AL0364 - 240
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