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Lot 966 |
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Austria 1914 printed sheet music with Zeppelin motif, 4-page orange brochure (13 x 17cm), in German, for the "Aviator March" from a World War I operetta, with an illustration of a Zeppelin on the front cover; folded and a bit worn. Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 967 |
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Brazil Graf Zeppelin mail bag, a cloth bag (approximately 12 x 25cm), marked Messieurs Véron & Cie., S.A., Berne on the front and with Condor/Zeppelin/Lufthansa purple stamp on reverse; franked with two 200r purple and five 10,000r rose definitives (wrinkled and/or slightly torn) tied by indistinct postmarks (probably 1930). F.-V.F.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 968 |
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Germany Dr. Eckener signed photo, also a signed photo of Captain Max Pruss, each in black & white. F.-V.F.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 969 |
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Germany 1900 letter from Count Zeppelin, handwritten, 3 pages, in German (a translation accompanies), concerning some observations a passenger had made on a recent flight. The letter is thought to be to Prof. Hergesell, a meteorologist and friend of the count, and remarks "if as I hope you will again honor me with your presence at the next lift off please call on me freely in order to ascertain all the facts which this time you failed to do … I am returning with thanks the very good and interesting reports on propeller experiments in the Experimental Works". Very Fine. Wonderful historic content.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 970 |
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Germany 1911 LZ 10 "Schwaben" drop bag, a sturdy brown bag (approximately 13 x 21.5cm), with printed inscription (in German) asking the finder to deliver the contents to the nearest post office. Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 971 |
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Germany 1913 LZ 17 "Sachsen" passenger ticket, a full page ticket (19.5 x 22.5cm), dated Sept. 19, 1913, to a young lady, for the sum of 300 marks, used on the flight from Dresden to Leipzig and return. F.-V.F.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 972 |
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Germany 1928 Graf Zeppelin testimonial banquet menu, elegant printed 8-page program and menu (approximately 13.5 x 20cm) for a testimonial reception and banquet for Dr. Eckener presented by the Mayor of Philadelphia on Oct. 18, 1928, and signed by several of those present. Some soiling on the edges of the front cover. F.-V.F.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 973 |
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Germany 1928 Graf Zeppelin luggage tag for Clara Adams, dated Oct. 29, 1928, also some other Clara Adams memorabilia including a black & white photo of her and a Zeppelin brochure signed by her. F.-V.F.
Estimate 200 - 300
Clara Adams was a well-known aviation celebrity and first flight pioneer.
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Lot 974 |
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Germany 1929 Graf Zeppelin welcome brochure, elegant printed 4-page card brochure (17.5 x 11.5cm), with purple 16 Aug. and 3 Sep. 1929 Zeppelin on-board cancels on front and inside an advisory (in German, English, French and Spanish) about some of the flight rules. Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 975 |
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Germany 1929 Graf Zeppelin flight menu, a large printed card menu (approximately 15.5 x 24.5cm), in German, with a luncheon menu on the face (featured item: roast beef, hunter style) and a drink list on reverse; as the most recent wine listed is from 1928 we can presume the menu dates probably from 1929. Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 976 |
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Germany 1929 Graf Zeppelin flight menu, large printed card menu (21 x 28cm) for the Interrupted America Flight of May 1929, in German (main course: venison); two filing punch holes. Otherwise F.-V.F.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 977 |
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Germany 1929 Graf Zeppelin flight menu, beautiful card menu (approximately 15.5 x 22.5cm) with tipped in illustration of the Sherry-Netherland Hotel in New York City, red on-board 3. Sep. 1929 Zeppelin cancel neatly struck at bottom right; inside features a short menu for "Third Day Supper", prepared by Louis Sherry. Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 978 |
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Germany 1929 Graf Zeppelin flight menu, beautiful card menu (approximately 15.5 x 22.5cm) with tipped in illustration of the Sherry-Netherland Hotel in New York City, red on-board 3. Sep. 1929 Zeppelin cancel neatly struck at bottom right; inside features a short menu for "Third Day Supper", prepared by Louis Sherry. F.-V.F.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 979 |
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Germany 1929 Graf Zeppelin flight menu, large elegant black & silver printed card menu, 4 pages, in German, approximately 15.5 x 23.5cm, with a short luncheon menu and a longer wine list. Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 980 |
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Germany 1929 Graf Zeppelin flight menu, elegant black & silver printed 4-page menu and wine list (15.5 x 23.5cm), with neat red on-board 19 Aug. 1929 cancel on the last page. Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 981 |
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Germany 1929 Graf Zeppelin testimonial menu and memorabilia, a handsome hand painted menu for a luncheon prepared by James J. Walker, the Mayor of New York, for Dr. Hugo Eckener and crew, Aug. 30, also a printed ticket for the luncheon and a telegraphic invitation to same. Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 982 |
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Germany 1929 Graf Zeppelin radiograms from passengers, full page press message of extracts from radiograms sent by passengers aboard the Graf Zeppelin and intercepted by a yacht at Cannes, France, dated August 3, 1929, including an interesting story about a stowaway. F.-V.F.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 983 |
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Germany 1929 Graf Zeppelin news item, 1929 radiogram to the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in Little America, with a synopsis of the then-current news, the first item being the delay in starting of the Graf Zeppelin America Flight. F.-V.F. Nice historic content.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 984 |
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Germany 1929 Graf Zeppelin postal return receipts, two postal return receipts for the 1929 Round the World Flight, one signed by Dr. Hugo Eckener, the other by his agent, both for covers sent to Dr. Eckener for carriage on the flight. F.-V.F.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 985 |
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Germany 1930 Graf Zeppelin flight menu, elaborate card menu (approximately 12.5 x 17cm) for the 1930 South America Flight, with printed listings in French (the truffle omelet seems quite tempting). A minor ink annotation on the back cover. Otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 986 |
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Germany 1930 Graf Zeppelin flight menu, printed 4-page card wine list (15 x 23.5cm) for the 1930 South America Flight; light crease at bottom. Otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 987 |
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Germany 1932 8th S. American Flight passenger list, an elegant 16 page (+ card cover) printed and illustrated brochure (12.5 x 20cm), in German, with map and details of the ship and the flight; owner's handstamp on the front cover. Otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 988 |
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Germany 1933 Graf Zeppelin flight menu, printed/mimeographed card menu (15 x 23.5cm) for the Italy Flight, dated 29 May 1933, in German; folded in the center. F.-V.F.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 989 |
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Germany 1936 Graf Zeppelin flight menu, large fancy mimeographed card menu, in German, for the 1936 Pernambuco, Brazil to Frankfurt flight. Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 990 |
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Germany 1936 Leipzig Fair advertising, a leaflet and four different publicity stamps for the fair, all featuring Dr. Eckener. F.-V.F.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 991 |
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Germany Hindenburg ad, lovely multicolor stand-up ad for the Hindenburg: "In 2 Days Across The Atlantic", 8½"x12", intended for travel agency counter tops; some very minor edge flaws. Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 992 |
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Germany Hindenburg flight menu, fancy 4-page printed and illustrated card menu (15 x 22.5cm) for the 1st North America Flight, in German, signed on the front by 11of the dignitaries on the flight. F.-V.F.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 993 |
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Germany Hindenburg flight menu, printed card menu (15 x 23cm) for lunch and dinner, dated 16 March 1936, in German, with a nice Zeppelin photo on the front, light overall toning. Otherwise F.-V.F.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 994 |
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Germany Hindenburg drink list, card (10.5x15cm) with printed list of beer and mixed drinks on back; front has autograph of Hugo Eckener. Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 995 |
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Germany Hindenburg wine list, illustrated front cover only of a wine list (back has been pasted down), signed by Dr. Eckener. F.-V.F.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 996 |
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Germany Hindenburg information folder/napkin holder, large linenized paper envelope with inscription Luftschiff "Hindenburg". Couple very minor soil spots. Otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 997 |
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Germany Hindenburg smoker's receptacle, envelope/bag with printed advisory (German on front, English on reverse) against smoking on board the airship ("smoking is permitted only in the smoking room"). Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 998 |
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Japan 1929 Graf Zeppelin flight menu, elegant printed 4-page card menu (15 x 22.5cm) for a Third Day Luncheon on board the Airship Graf Zeppelin, Tokyo-Los Angeles, with a lovely tipped-in multicolor illustration (Japanese woodblock style) of a Zeppelin over Mt. Fuji and the Imperial Hotel; neat red on-board cancel dated 23 Aug. 1929; some light overall toning (mostly inside). Otherwise F.-V.F.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 999 |
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Switzerland 1937 letter of transmittal of cover salvaged from Hindenburg disaster (Sieger 454), on official Swiss Post Office letterhead, 26 May 1937, attesting that the enclosed letter, addressed to Mr. Julius Lang of Basel, was salvaged from the May 6th Hindenburg disaster; also a letter from the Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei (Zeppelin Transport Co.) dated 22 Jan 1938, confirming that the letter was indeed salvaged from the disaster and was not among the return-trip mail never put aboard the ship; both letters in German with accompanying translations. The next best thing to owning a Hindenburg crash cover. F.-V.F.
Estimate 500 - 750
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