Zeppelin Collateral Material continued...
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| 581 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Book of Picture Postcards. Ten 6" x 4" real photo cards in foldout format with original cover "LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin in Operation", signed by Captains Max Pruss,
Anton Witteman and Hans von Schiller and dated, apparently by Pruss, "21st June 1932"; some foxing on the cover, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, Max Pruss was the commanding officer of the Hindenburg during its disastrous landing at
Lakehurst on May 6, 1937.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2)
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Est. $250-350
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 582 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Clara Adams Handwritten Picture Postcard. From Clara Adams in Frankfurt, Apr 16, 1936, to Ernest Briggs, her public relations manager, in New York; Adams notes that "Our great ship [the
Hindenburg] will take off at Friedrichshafen May 6th." and notes receiving "three cards" from Orvil A. Anderson, noted balloonist and controversial Commandant of the USAF Air War College during the Korean War. The card
features a real photo of the Hindenburg in flight; also an illustrated tri-fold Flyer, published by Briggs, promoting Adams' speaking tour following her return to America on the Hindenburg, Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2)
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Est. $250-350
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 583 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Clara Adams Magazine Article. A 14-page illustrated magazine article entitled "Über einige Luftschiffproblem" (About an Airship Problem) by Karl Arnstein of Akron, O.,
signed on the cover Property of Clara Adams, reprinted from Zeitschrift für Flugtechnik und Motorschiffahrt (Journal of Aeronautics & Engine Powered Air Navigation), Vol. 1, 14 Jan 1933., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $100 - 150
Famed "First Flighter", Clara Adams, was the only woman passenger on the first flight of the Graf Zeppelin from New York to Friedrichshafen and on the Dornier DO-X from Buenos Aires to New York. She was
also on the first transatlantic flight of the Hindenburg to the U.S. and on the inaugural flights of many Pan American Clippers. In 1939 she set a world record for around-the-world flight solely on scheduled passenger airlines . (Image) (Image2)
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Est. $100-150
SOLD for $60.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 584 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Clara Adams Pass. Special pass (equivalent to "Key to the City") given to Clara Adams by the Mayor of Friedrichshafen, 30 Oct 1930, 7" x 4½",
handwritten and signed by the mayor in green ink with two different handstamps of the Mayor's Office, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300.
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 585 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Dr. Hugo Eckener Signed Photo. 6¼" x 8½", signed beneath printed name on 9¼" x 12½" matte; corners of matte slightly bent,
otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image)
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 586 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Enameled Emblems. Includes paper weight, three pins and two Zippo lighters, all with the blue Zeppelin over the globe design, one lighter has never been used, scarce and valuable items, Very
Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 587 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Frame Part. Piece of the LZ-127 Zeppelin frame, approximately 10½" by 11½", professionally mounted on a wooden base with metal plaque "Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127",
base has some wear, museum quality, most of the aluminum frame was reused in Germany's war effort, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $750 - 1,000.
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Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 588 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Goldbeater's Skin, 1928-37. Used by Germans for the internal gas bags of the Zeppelins.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image)
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Est. $100-150
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 589 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Hull Fabric. Approximately 13" x 9½", folded in quarters with violet "gz / Friedrichshafen / L.Z. 127" handstamp once in each quadrant on the uncoated side and
in two quadrants on the coated side, Very Fine, an exceptionally large piece of this highly sought-after "Chicago" Zeppelin collectible.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image)
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 590 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Labels. Spectacular multicolor labels featuring famous early airships, complete set of eight produced by the Gerner Brewery in Munich, 2" x 3", Sollors #174-181,
bright and fresh, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image)
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Est. $200-300
CLOSED
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| 591 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Labels. Collection of about 90 labels in a small stockbook, most depicting Airships (also a few other aircraft and forms of transportation); includes four sets of ten 1933 WIPA labels
from Austria, three of them overprinted for Mothers Day 1935, Stamp Day 1940 & The Austrian Philatelic Society; also seven different from Metzeler Balloon / Zeppelin Supplies; set of seven die-cut World War I German Airship labels inscribed "Gott
Strafe England" [God Punish England]; four Garbáty cigarette cards depicting Airships; three large poster stamps featuring the Viktoria Luise over Munich, 24 Oct 1912; etc., etc. A fascinating lot of these popular Zeppelin
collectibles.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image)
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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 592 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Labels. Blue & white etiquettes with o.g.: "VIA ZEPPELIN / FRIEDRICHSHAFEN", NH pane of 10; and 2-part etiquette with "Favor contester / Favor responder" at top and
"CONDOR-ZEPPELIN" below, blocks of 6 (NH) & 15, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2)
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Est. $250-350
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 593 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Labels. A.C. Roessler Labels; group if 11 items representing five different designs in various colors and formats including two mini-sheets of four and a tête-bêche pair of
transatlantic Zeppelin labels in blue on "gold" foil, Very Fine, a scarce group.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image)
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 594 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Labels. Pictorial labels produced by the Commercial Philatelic Bulletin of Rome on the occasion of the Graf Zeppelin's 1933 Rome Flight and featuring the Graf over various
Italian landmarks, five miniature sheets of 16 different designs printed se-tenant, each in a different color: black, red, blue, brown & green; also includes a rather worn example of an original wrapper for the sheet and an additional sheet of the
blue without selvage, Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2)
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 595 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Leaflets. Four different election leaflets, one for combined 26-29 Mar 1936 flights of the Hindenburg & Graf Zeppelin (Mi. 8 Ia) and three for the Graf Zeppelin II flights of 2-4 Dec
1938 (Mi. 8 IIba, bd & dd; last with moderate creasing, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 596 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Menu. 3-color menu cover, 6" x 9¼", showing the airship over the Friedrichshafen waterfront; small wrinkle at top, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 597 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Metal Tray. Embossed white metal tray with Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin in medallion and an early airship over head; a few light scratches, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200 -
300. (Image)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 598 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Miscellaneous. Balance lot comprising 1.) a Memorial Card listing the victims of the crash of the British airship R-101; 2.) a 8"x7" color print of R-101; 3.) a
4½"x10" multicolor featuring a "U.S. Dirigible Airship; 4.) a 12"x22" Broadside of "Airmail Information in Connection With the Voyage of the Airship 'Graf Zeppelin' From Germany Via Brazil to 'A Century
of Progress Exposition'"; 5.) a black & white advertisement featuring the U.S.S. Macon from Time magazine, Sept 18, 1933, for Republic Steel Corp's "Enduro" stainless steel, "Selected for the Giant Airship
'Macon'"; 6.) 10"x8" photo of the Graf Zeppelin at its mooring mast in Los Angeles; 7.) multicolor print of the Graf Zeppelin off the coast of San Francisco; 8.) a reproduction of the 6-page patent for "Navagable
Balloon" filed with the U.S. Patent Office, Mar 14, 1899, by "Ferdinand Graf Zeppelin", four pages being drawings, the other two specifications; 9.) a collection of 32 reproductions of vintage airship postcards; and 10.) about 25
Cigarette cards featuring black & white Zeppelin photos, two different sizes.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2)
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Est. $250-350
SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 599 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Miscellaneous. Seven items comprising 1.) Danzig ticket stub for one of the 31 Jul 1932 Flights; 2.) 8¼" x 11½" flyer announcing winners in Zeppelin
Flight lottery; 3.) admission ticket to tour the Zeppelin Hall in Friedrichshafen; 4.) Time Table for the 1934 South America flights; 5.) Dr. Eckener greeting card handed out in New York on the occasion of the 1928 transatlantic flight;
6.) 1933 postal card for the 1933 Chicago Flight with Rice cachet; and 7.) postal card-size card publicizing the Zeppelin-Condor South America flights, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2)
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Est. $300-400
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 600 |
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 Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Model. 1907 Lehmann EPL-I Dual Gondola Zeppelin, with 60% original paint; missing part of propeller, a few dings and bruises, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, rare.
Estimate $200 -
300. (Image)
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Est. $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
