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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Decorative Arts & Collectables
• Sale Date:
  14 Aug 2021 ~ 10am (AEST) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 732
  15 Aug 2021 ~ 10am (AEST) - Session 2: Lots 733 - 1470
• Lot #:
  1320
• Lot Description:
  THE LOSS OF CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH & TOMMY PETHYBRIDGE: A scrapbook containing many newspaper cuttings
  regarding their flight from England to Australia, during which they hoped to break the speed record established by Scott & Campbell-Black a year earlier. The loss of contact with their aeroplane, the Lady Southern Cross, as they flew through a storm between Allahbad and Singapore, is graphically described in these pages, as is the search, the speculation about where they might be and whether they had survived. The scrapbook also includes original telegrams: “FAR EAST COMMAND INFORMED AIR MINISTRY TWO FLYING BOATS ORDERED [TO] LEAVE SINGAPORE 2310 GMT SEARCH COASTS ISLANDS ON ROUTE PENANG VICTORIA POINT”, and “SEARCH FOR FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN AIRMAN.....BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN FORCED DOWN IN BAY OF BENGAL......JAMES MELROSE ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN AIRMAN....ABANDONDED HIS EFFORT....AND ALSO ASSISTED IN TODAYS SEARCH....”. The scrapbook also contains other Smithy newspaper reports from earlier flights and experiences including the 1934 Trans-Pacific flight, the May 1935 Trans-Tasman flight, the original text of a speech given by John Stannage, etc.
• Notes:
  Would be hard to replicate.
• Estimate:
  A$500 - 1,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Memorabilia

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