Lot 234
[The Manufacturers & Executives, etc.], group of seven (11 items): 1.) William E. Boeing, 1953 LS to an autograph collector declining to sign a photo; 2.) Glenn Curtiss, cut signature (1909); 3.) Geoffrey de Havilland (3), a 1947 LS to an autograph collector, a signed Carte de Visite and an unsigned photo of the DH-4 bi-plane; 4.) Donald W. Douglas, signed Carte de Visite; 5.) William T. Piper, Early American airplane manufacturer known as "the Henry Ford of Aviation", 1956 signed check and 1958 typed document signed (the latter with severe water damage, not affecting signatures; 6.) John K. Northrup, 1976 LS to Mr. Dennis Cooper disclaiming credit for designing the DC-3; 7.) Juan T. Trippe, president of Pan-American Airways (2), signed Time magazine cover (March 28, 1949) and cut signature superimposed on an 8 x 10 photo of a Boeing 314 Yankee Clipper.
Estimate 500 - 750
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| Realized $525 |
