ORIGINAL OLD PHOTO - BENITO MUSSOLINI ON TOUR WITH ENTOURAGE in Lwow Poland 1929

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ORIGINAL OLD PHOTO - BENITO MUSSOLINI ON TOUR WITH ENTOURAGE in Lwow Poland 1929:
$395000.00

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Group-photo of Benito Mussolini with entourage(Original photo of 16 men, by Victor Perantoni)

LOCAL PICK-UP OPTION WITH FREE AIR FARE. Purchaser will be reimbursed airfare to Floridafor two persons (commercial airline).Aprior written agreementand prepayment thru would berequired.

COPYRIGHT: Our family's 1929 photograph is the onlyoriginalin existence. In 2007 the photo's 'Visual Material Copyright' was registered with the United States Copyright Office as "Unpublished Photograph" whichestablished its first 70-year copyright to begin in 2007 (it will last until 2077). Then, the photo'sfirst publication was in October 2007 on our family website.It's a 1929 photo in very good condition. It is unsigned / No autographs / The photo atelier's name is embossed.

WE ARE SELLING THIS RARE 'ONE-OF-A-KIND' historical photograph which is in very good condition. There are no existing originals, nor copies made from the time when Victor Perantoni shot the photo in 1929, nor from any other time in the 20th and 21st century --until November 2021when the seller began making copies in 8x10 and 5x7 available for purchase on .There are neither other originals of any kind nor any copies made prior to 11/27/2021.

*UPDATE27 November 2021*
*COPIES*of this rare historical photograph are produced and sold *for the first time*from when Victor Perantoni originally shot the group's photo in 1929.The first COPIES produced ever since 1929, now can be bought on as glossy or matte prints.

The COPIES are sold in our family store, which is named 'victorperantoni'.

Also, some are for sale as photocopies, and some as digitalimages as well.

The prices range from $2 to $6 each on . Be the owner of one yourself.

ABOUT THE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH:

Group-photo of Benito Mussolini with entourage
(Group of 16 men in the photo, by Victor Perantoni)

Original 1929 photo of 13 European Fascist Party PNF
guest-members from varied countriesin entourage
withItaly's Fascist Party Duce Benito Mussolini.

Entourage of 13 men with Mussolini, plus the 2 hosts Carlo Perantoni, and his son Victor Perantoni = 16 men (and 2 women in the window! Carlo's wife, Romana, with her sister Corinna).

Benito Mussolini is seated 3rdfrom leftnext
toCarlo Perantoni, honoraryVice-Consul
for Italy's Fascist Affairs in S.E. Poland.

(Carlo Perantoni: bald with mustache)

THIS LISTING SELLS THE ORIGINAL 1929 PHOTOGRAPH thatVictor Perantoni shot in the courtyard of his father's"Winiarnia ItaliaWine & Pasta Inn" located atUlica Sykstuska 29,Lwow, Poland.That is where the international group visited and that is whereVictor Perantoni shot the photograph using hisZeiss-Iconta camera with auto shutter mounted on a tripod. (Victor's camera and tripod are on sale in our family store, which is named "victorperantoni").

After WWII, the Polish city, Lwow, was annexed by the Soviet Union and renamed 'Lviv' (Ukraine). Today's postal address where Victor shot the photographisUlica Doroshenka 29,Lviv,Ukraine(formerly Ulica Sykstuska, Lwow, Poland).The actual site of the group-photo was the courtyard of our family's former "Winiarnia Italia"whichstillexists today amidst thriving businessstorefronts, same as Carlo Perantoni had in 1929.
Victor Perantoni is the young 18-yr-old standing on a wine-cratein the back of the group. Victor arranged the group's pose in symmetry, and set his Zeiss-Iconta camera with auto shutter on a tripod. Then, he positioned himself centered over the group next to Italy's fascist Flag with the consulate's banner.The two ladies in the window are Victor's mother and her sister, his aunt.

The photo is in very good condition. It measures about 8¾ x 6⅜ inches on a 13¼ x 11⅛ decorativecard-stock board mounted by the original photo atelier “Rembrandt of Lwow” who developed the negative.

This original is a 1929 vintage photographfrom the family collections of Carlo Perantoni. It isin very good condition.The photo survivedevacuating Poland in 1939 to avoid the savage fury of a double invasion by Germany and Russia. Later, during 1943-1945 it endured 18 months of Allied aerial attacks in Mussolini's wartime kettle in North Italy's R.S.I. On 21 November 1944the photo survived the utter total destruction of our native town, Volargne di Dolce in a single instant, caused by negligence of the 'Todt Nazi Party Engineers' as theyendeavoredto implode Italy's Alpine Mountain passes. After the war, the photo traveled to Australia with our family, and back to Europe 10-years later.

In 1964, after Carlo Perantoni's death, Victor brought the photo with him as herelocated our family to U.S.A. The old 1929 photograph finally saw light again when Victor retired to Florida in 1980. Subsequently, in 2007 the U.S.Copyright Office established the photo's 70-year copyright as"unpublished photograph" that will last until 2077.It's a 1929 photo in very good condition.

In 2011 a narrative relating the day of the photo-shoot was published in the Perantoni family history -'The War ofLions'- In 2015 and 2016 it received three awards (Monaco and Milano) for its screenplay adaptation.

THE 3COLLECTORS OF ALL OUR SALES ON

(See the attached ‘WiniarniaItalia’ photo) -FROM LEFT,CarloPerantoni and his two sons, Luigi and Victor, standing in front of their ‘WiniarniaItalia’ showing the new display of Italian wines just delivered byrail. Soon after unloading the delivery and dressing their front window,the youngest (Victor) took the photo with his ‘Zeiss-Iconta’ auto shutter on a tripod,while still in their work clothes. The photo was made into a postcard andsent to family relatives at their native alpine town in North Italy, Volargnedi Dolcè. All buyers receive a free copy of the ‘WiniarniaItalia’ photo.

OURFILM PROJECT

Several accounts about the lives and experiences of Carlo,Luigi, and Victor Perantoni in pre-war Poland have been published in filmscripts and books since Victor’s death in 2002. Among the titlesare"ArrivederciLeopolis"-- "The Lion'sWar"-- "Filatelista Fascista"-- "Reprisal ofLions"-- and others. Their intriguing experiences in Poland andItaly during WWII are recounted as lead and supporting protagonist roles in theaward-winning screenplay"The War of Lions"which iscurrently in film pre-production.

Victor Perantoni is the posthumous name of our family store: