Auction 80
Historical Militaria, Autographs, and Ephemera Auction, July 14 & 15, 2020
Jul 15, 2020
(your local time)
USA
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915
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1,400 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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LOT 1213:
ORVILLE WRIGHT
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Sold for: $380
Start price:
$
240
Estimated price:
$500 - $800
Auction house commission:
30%
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ORVILLE WRIGHT
(1871 - 1948) American inventor and a pioneer of flight, Wright, with his brother Wilbur, made the first successful flight of a motor-driven airplane. I.S.P., 9 x 6.5 in b/w, an image of the Wright Flyer in flight at Kitty Hawk, NC on Dec. 17, 1903 with Wright at the controls, inscribed to future Air Force Major Gen. CALEB VANCE JONES at lower-left. Inscription and signature are very spotty and faded in places so that only about 60% is visible. Estimated accordingly. CALEB VANCE HAYNES (1895-1966) was a U.S. Air Force major general and one of the most important and talented military aviators and commanders of World War II. Haynes organized the Assam-Burma-China Ferry Command and evacuated Burma with the Chinese and RAF. He then went to China to organize and command the Bomber Command of the China Air Task Force under Gen. Claire Chennault. He later returned to India to organize the India Air Task Force of the 10th Air Force.
