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Antique Furniture and Fine Arts

Fri, Dec 16, 2016 06:30PM EST - Sat, Dec 17, 2016 06:30PM EST
Lot 308

FRANK HAWKS SIGNED 3 X 5 CARD AND PHOTO

Estimate: $75 - $125

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $5
$30 $10
$100 $25
$400 $50
$900 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$150,000 $10,000
FRANK HAWKS (EARLY AVIATOR), SIGNED 3 X 5 CARD AND PHOTO, 1936, H 9", W 7":Frank Hawks (early Aviator), signed 3" x 5" card and dated June 22, 1936 plus a black and white photograph of Hawks standing in front of the Texaco Petroleum Co. plane. It is a Lockheed Air Express. Frank Hawks flew this craft round trip from New York to Los Angeles in 36 hours and 48 minutes and 48 seconds on 27-29 June 1929. Signed in black fountain pen. Certificate of authenticity on verso along with an additional news print of Hawks sitting in the cockpit of an airplane with the caption: "The Air Pilot Who Spanned the Continent in Half a Day". Framed and matted under glass.

Condition

good condition