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Lot 44:
Description
BID PER WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO, NOT THE AI GENERATED TITLES AND DESCRIPTIONS! LIFE Magazine, Original 1940 Double-Page Spread, "The Nazi Gang Looks Over Its New Victim" Featuring Hitler and Antonescu
This item is an original double-page editorial spread attributed to LIFE Magazine, circa December 1940. The photograph captures a significant diplomatic event on November 22, 1940, within the Reich Chancellor’s private office in Berlin. The image depicts Adolf Hitler and high-ranking Nazi officials, including Joachim von Ribbentrop, Rudolf Hess, Robert Ley, Erich Raeder, Joseph Goebbels, and Wilhelm Keitel, meeting with Romanian Premier Ion Antonescu. The meeting marked Romania’s formal entry into the Tripartite Pact. The accompanying English text provides a contemporary American perspective on the expansion of the Axis powers, utilizing the evocative wartime journalism style of the era. The pages are numbered 18 and 19 in the lower corners. This piece serves as a primary source document of American media sentiment during the early years of World War II.
Condition report:
The pages exhibit uniform age-related toning and yellowing consistent with mid-20th-century newsprint. A prominent vertical fold line is visible down the center where the pages were originally bound. There are minor surface irregularities and a small localized mark in the lower-left image area. The item is housed in a modern black frame under glass, which shows minor shelf wear. The spread has not been examined out of the frame.
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