Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 45

Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction

Aviators

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 811		Blériot, Louis & Eddie Rickenbacker. Card Signed, "Cordialement / L Blériot"), 2½" x 3¾", n.p., n.d. With two TLsS, one "E.V. Rickenbacker," on Fokker Aircraft Corporation letterhead, 1p, 11" x 8½", New York, 1930 June 13, thanking a man for a poem; the second TLS (Eddie Rickenbacker") on personal letterhead, 1p, 10½" x 7¼", New York, 1969 Apr. 25, sending an autograph. All fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 812		Byrd, Richard E (1888-1957) Rear admiral, aviator and polar explorer. Cover Signed "RE Byrd/ Little America / 2/2/35," with cachet of Byrd commemorating his Antarctic Expedition II, 1933-1935 and stamped "Byrd Antarctic Expedtion II / Little America, Antarctica, Second Cancellation Mail. Light toning, else fine. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $86
Lot 813		Cochran, Jacqueline (1906-1980) Pioneer pilot; founder and director of the Women's Airforce Service Pilots--the WASP; holder of more distance and speed records than any male or female pilot. PS in black ink, 10" x 8", n.p., n.d. Pictured in the cockpit of her plane.Very good. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $96
Lot 814		DeSeversky, Alexander and Igor Sikorsky. Russian-American air pioneers. DeSeversky (1894-1974) 10" x 8" IPS dated 4/21/69; with Sikorsky PS dated Nov. 30, 1971. The latter has some waviness at the top edge; both boldly signed. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 815		Earhart, Amelia (1897-1937?) American aviation pioneer and author; she set many records, including first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. She disappeared over the Pacific Ocean near Howland Island during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937. Sepia-toned IPS in black ink, 6¾" x 5", n.p., 1934. Earhart poses with her plane, dressed in her aviation suit. The inscription reads, "With best wishes." Minor pasting residue on verso, else fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. Robert Batchelder, 1977. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,680
Lot 816		[Early Aviation]. TLS by B[enjamin] D. Foulois on War Department letterhed, as Chief of the Air Corps, Washington, 7" x 8", Washington, 1933 June 28, about a possible visit to Wright Field; Foulois helped Orville Wright test the 1909 Flyer, which was then bought by the War Department. Tape remnants in margins; bold signature. With Cover Signed and carried by Roscoe Turner in the 1934 Mac Robertson International air race, London-Melbourne. He took third place. Time: 3 days, 21 hours, 5 minutes, 2 seconds. Also, Covers from Pan Am Airways� first direct air mail flight from Bangkok to Rangoon and Rangoon to Basra and three early photo postcards of a biplane, labelled "Hamilton at El Paso, Tex." Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 817		Ingalls, Laura (1901-1967) Pioneer aviatrix of the 1930s; holder of numerous records. Signed Air Mail envelope carried by Ingalls "on her Transcontinental West-East Flight From Grand Central Air Terminal Glendale, California to Newark Airport, Newark, N.J. " Envelope addressed to Geo. H. Porter, postmarked Meneola, N.Y. Oct 22 1930 with 5¢ postage stamp. Light toning. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 818		Langley, Samuel P (1887-1906) Astronomer, physicist, aviation pioneer, and 3rd secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. TLS ("S.P. Langley") as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, on official letterhead, 2pp (separate), 10" x 8", Washington, 1893 Mar. 6. To Congressman Charles S. Randall regretting that he can't send the Honorable Howes Norris any of several out-of-print publications by the U.S. Fish Commission. Light toning, else fine. With an FDC honoring Langley. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 819		Sikorsky, Igor (1889-1972) Russian-born air pioneer, designer of four-engined aircraft, helicopters, and flying boats. Three items: an 8" x 10" photo of Czar Nicholas II inspecting the "Grand" with Sikorsky, signed "I. Sikorsky Jan. 26, 1972"); a picture postcard of Sikorsky�s Flying Dreadnaught for the U.S. Navy, signed ("I. Sikorsky Oct. 23 1941"); and a 1988 FDC featuring Sikorsky. All fine. $200-300. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 820		Wright, Orville (1871-1948) Aviation pioneer. With his brother Wilbur, he invented and built the first successful powered, piloted and controlled airplane which they flew on December 17, 1903 near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Postcard PS in black ink, n.p., n.d. A small oval portrait of Orville Wright is to the left of a photo of The Wright Flyer, with imprint of E.J. Gadshall, 1910. Printed at lower left is "The Machine Descending." One light crease touching "O" and "r" in the signature and minor corner wear. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 821		Wright, Orville. Bold, clean signature on a 2" x 3½" piece of paper. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $345
Lot 822		Wright, Wilbur (1867-1912) Aviation pioneer. With his brother Orville, he invented and built the first successful powered, piloted and controlled airplane which they flew on December 17, 1903 near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Postcard PS in black ink, n.p., n.d. A small oval portrait of Wilbur Wright is to the right of a photo of The Wright Flyer. An unknown hand wrote across the top, "This card was flown at the Boston-Harvard Aero Meet, Sept. 1910 by." Boldly signed. Wilbur's signature is rare; he died of typhoid fever in 1912, while Orville lived until 1948. Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold