Price: $12,500 American aviation pioneer. Typewritten Letter Signed Orville Wright, one page, quarto, Dayton, Ohio, April 3, 1938. On his name-imprinted stationery, to Fred L. Black at the Edison Institute in Dearborn, Michigan. “I received this morning, Sunday, the following cable from Mr. Brewer: ‘I find your kindness irresistible. Sailing Europa, Thursday, arriving New York, … [ Read More ]
orville wright
Wright, Orville
Price: $15,000 American aviation pioneer. Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, quarto, Dayton, Ohio, December 21, 1937. On his name-imprinted stationery, to Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan. “Please accept my thanks for your telegram of greetings and congratulations on the thirty-fourth anniversary of our first flight.” The Wright brothers made history’s first powered, sustained, and controlled … [ Read More ]