Auction 2 2020 Summer Auction - Militaria
Aug 9, 2020 (your local time)
USA
 PO Box 13020 Des Moines, IA 50310
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LOT 540:

One-of-a-kind Berlin 1936 Olympics Photo Album w Hitler

Sold for: $600
Start price:
$ 50
Estimated price:
$800 - $1,000
Auction house commission: 24%
sales tax: 7% On the full lot's price and commission
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One-of-a-kind Berlin 1936 Olympics Photo Album w Hitler
One-of-a-kind photo album with plenty of photos taken by a man who attended the famous Berlin 1936 summer Olympics. Photo album is not complete but have about 600 pages. Some of the pictures are missing and some are a bit damaged, but there are many interesting pictures of the days that 1936 Olympics took place in Berlin. Photos of the streets, decorated for the occasion, 5 different Hitler's photos during what seems the opening celebration, saluting the crowd from his Mercedes, and many other curious photos of Berlin. There are some military photos of music band of the Wehrmacht marching. There's also a photo of a plane that seems to be the plane in which Hitler landed during the inauguration ceremony of the Olympics. Another interesting thing about this album, is that the person who made it collected many Berlin 1936 Olympics official newspapers, that he glued to the album along with an original ticket for the Handball games. Condition isn't good though, because as you can see the cover is damaged and some photos are missing as I have previously explained. But taking into account the difficulty to find such a nice and indit document of such an important sports event, we still think that this album is a great piece for any collector of III Reich memorabilia and also for any Olympics and sports memorabilia collector. This is big size album !