21st Nov, 2025 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025

 
  Lot 65
 

ROBERT CAPA (1913–1954)
Organ grinder in the Russian zone, Berlin 1945

Estimate
€1,400 - €2,000
 

Buyer's premium: 20%

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Lot details

Start price: € 1,000

Estimate: € 1,400–2,000

English:

Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1960s on double-weight semi-matte paper 35.4 x 28 cm, in very good condition. Photographer's Magnum stamp, handwritten negative no. "45-1-34/6", agency's caption text (see below), dated "Sept. 1945", a green archive label and several numerical notes in pencil on the reverse.

"In the days following their defeat, many a Berliner [sic] had to sell his household in the black market in order to have money to buy food. This is in the Russian sector of the city" (caption text on the reverse).

Deutsch:

Silbergelatineabzug, geprintet in den 1960ern auf kartonstarkem, halbmattem Papier 35,4 x 28 cm, in sehr gutem Zustand. Rückseitig Magnum-Fotografenstempel, handschriftlich mit Bleistift Negativnummer "45-1-34/6" und Agenturtext (siehe unten), datiert "Sept. 1945", grüne Archivetikette und verschiedene nummerische Vermerke.

"In den Tagen nach der Niederlage musste so mancher Berliner [sic] seinen Haushalt auf dem Schwarzmarkt verkaufen, um Geld für Lebensmittel zu haben. Das ist im russischen Sektor der Stadt." (dt. Übersetzung der rückseitigen Beschriftung)

Image Size: 28.7 x 26.8 cm

 

Auction: OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025, 21st Nov, 2025

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