Auction 88
Historical Militaria, Autographs, and Ephemera Auction, Feb. 8 & 9, 2021
Feb 8, 2021
USA
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915
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1,400 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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LOT 94:
GALEAZZO CIANO
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Sold for: $750
Start price:
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400
Estimated price:
$800 - $1,200
Auction house commission: 30%
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GALEAZZO CIANO
(1903 - 1944) Italian politician and son-in-law of Benito Mussolini, Minister of Foreign Affairs who later helped force Mussolini's resignation. Executed by the Nazis and fascist sympathizers. Excellent S.P., a formal portrait in uniform, 9.5 x 12.5 b/w, boldly signed in full at bottom, and dated at top: 'Rome November XVI' (1937). The photo is signed by the photographer as well. In custom cloth case with two repro photographs of Ciani before and after his execution, and a period image of him receiving an award from Adolf Hitler. The year before, Ciano had returned to Italy from his 'heroic' service in Ethiopia, and only a few months earlier, he had planned and executed the murders of anti-fascists Carlo and Nello Rosselli.
