80 WW2 German War Negative Roll`s rommel

Hello.. i am new here and sorry for my bad english... i come from germany..

I have many Photos and the best is i have over 80 negative roll`s with old roll canister from ww2.
all comes from a reduction ( Nachlass ) from a soldier. he was the funk operator in rommels unit. some negative with rommel. the negative`s show poland russia italy and france... with tanks airplane and ships.
i want to sell the rolls in a konvolut.... my ask is... where i can sold this items?

mfg
jens

 

Wow thats neat, can you post a picture of the collection? I know of a few places, just give me a bit and I will dig them up for you.

 

Jens,

Welcome to the Forum.

It sounds as if the films you have possession of have never been seen before, at least in the public domain.

That will make them quite collectable and if sent to a proper Auction house that specialises in Military memorabilia, you should receive the best offers.

That is of course if you only wish a financial return.

If on the other hand you are interested in WW2 history, then you will appreciate just how many peole would like the chance to see these pictures.

I would then advise contacting a Military museum in Germany and donating them.

Regards

Tom

 

Sorry , i dont now i put photos here ... please give me the email adress so i can send sample`s... i have scan oll negative with a negative scanner

 

Check your PM, how much do you want for them?

 

i wait for offer`s... there are all from the same soldier a little story) he was after the war co autor from books ( the 7. tank division and the ghost division) he have spend many informations

 

I personally think giving them to a museum would be a better thing to do, I think you can use it as a tax deduction (Might want to doublecheck if you are). Although I know nothing of your financial situation so it's your decision.

You can try these sites, I assume authenticity will be called into question under these circumstances.

Manion's International Auction House–Buy and Sell Militaria, Firearms and Historic Collectibles
Collect Russia Collect Russia Soviet Russian

Of course only choose 1 site, see which one seems to have the higher bidders and go with it. A majority of those using the sites listed above are buying for museums with others for their "personal collections".

I guess for higher sums of money a local in person auction is the way to go.

 

... auction is not good.... waht i can have for this items? what do you think?

 

... auction is not good.... waht i can have for this items? what do you think?


To be honest, I really have no idea, I wouldn't want to mislead you in anyway. Their should be professional appraisals you could get done, you should see if one can be done in your city/country to give you a more accurate idea.

That Rommel really wasn't as tall as I thought he was.



Edit: You have a mix of items from what I can see which is good, and this was only from 2 canisters correct? Seems like you have 2 or 3 from a prison or concentration camp? It's nice to see you also have a few of soldiers, including Rommel just "hanging out", I really haven't seen many of those kinds of images from the German perspective.

Edit 2: Just giving my commentary while looking through the images, those road conditions were terrible, I can't even believe that "slop" was considered a road. Looking at many of the houses in what seems to be Russia, I could see why it was hard for the Germans to not burn them down, albeit by accident apparently.

 

Jens,

Make contact with the German tank museum at Munster. I am sure that if you speak to the curator (or email) they can give you some sort of an idea.

Regards

Tom

 

thanks for information..... here in germany the collector`s are bad..:-(( they dont give an fair anwser.. they are not fair dealer by people without a clue.. sample: i have last year sold an letter from rommel. a dealer say 30 euro. but i have ask an privat collector and he have give me 350 euro...-)) privat collector`s are fair.. dealer no)

 

smudger... i must have money. i cant spend it all for a museum. i have familiy and christmas stand for the door)

 

30 Euros! Holy crap!! How much stuff have you collected over the years? I'd take some of that stuff of your hands but I doubt I would have enough money for all of that!

Taking a trip anytime soon? Germany might not be the best place to have that stuff appraised.

 

We can appreciate your position, and what you can sell them for would depend on all manner of things: what the negatives show, what condition they are in... and condition is very important. If they do show a lot of previously unpublished images of Rommel, my personal opinion is that you would get a better price in auction. But if you are in a rush for the money whatever price you get will be a compromise - on both sides. Otherwise you won't sell them.

As we've been willing to offer advice, would be nice to see even a couple of the photos.

 

Paul: The images, atleast the ones I have seen are in mixed conditions, some are great, some aren't. I will post a few,

 

Thanks, that would be good.

 

so mutch money is it not... i think so... ? are 90 rolls with some motive.. i have not collect.. its from the reducrion (erbe Nachlass ) the old soldier is died in 2007 and i become all photos and negative`s som documents ( on of the document is with top secret signature) and many many feldpost all from the soldier and many more.. some items i have sold

 

so mutch money is it not... i think so... ? are 90 rolls with some motive.. i have not collect.. its from the reducrion (erbe Nachlass ) the old soldier is died in 2007 and i become all photos and negative`s som documents ( on of the document is with top secret signature) and many many feldpost all from the soldier and many more.. some items i have sold


Oh so they were inherited?


I decided to upload all the pics to Flickr, worst case scenario someone who dosen't know any better about the war reports me.

WW2 Rommel Pics - a set on Flickr

The link should work for you guys, if not let me know.

 

He sent me more, keep them coming!


Uploading them now, Jen do you know how that women is in the last few pictures? Just for a tease, this batch is more so about the soldier's themselves, personal pictures perhaps?