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Two Tapestries Depicting Charles Lindbergh (Item AVIATION 1-1; USARTICLES 1-4) |
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| DESCRIPTION: These are beautiful machine-made tapestries featuring “Lucky Lindy” and his famed aircraft, Spirit of St. Louis. We all know the story of this young American hero, or you can get it quickly by Googling his name. His fame will live in history, forever. Of course there are malignant detractors who still try to frame him in infamy because of his efforts to bring about peace in the pre-WWII years. Lindbergh was an author, aviator, inventor, explorer, and peace activist. The Lone Eagle, as he was called, rose from virtual obscurity to instantaneous world fame as a result of his exploits as the pilot of the first nonstop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris made in a single-seat, single-engine aircraft, Spirit of St. Louis. Later he became on outspoken advocate of keeping the U.S. out of the world conflict then raging and became a leader of the antiwar movement. Lindbergh considered Russia to be a semi-Asiatic country compared to Germany and he found communism to be an ideology that would, if gone unchecked, would destroy the west and replace everyone of European descent with a pressing sea of yellow, black, and brown. He openly stated that if he had to choose, he would rather see America allied with National Socialist Germany than Soviet Russia, but Roosevelt and Morgenthau had other more sinister plans that prevailed in the end. The Lone Eagle received the Order of the German Eagle from Reichsmarschal Hermann Göring and this was approved by the American Embassy. The Lindbergh’s were honored guests at Carinhalle, Göring’s palatial estate in the Prussian forest. The two men thought highly of each other. In Pat Buchanan’s book A Republic, Not an Empire: Reclaiming America’s Destiny, he portrays Lindbergh and other prewar isolationists as true American patriots who were smeared by interventionists during the months leading up to Pearl Harbor. Lindbergh always preached military strength and alertness. He believed that a strong defensive war machine would make America an impenetrable fortress and defend the western hemisphere from an attack by foreign powers and that should be the U.S. military’s sole purpose. But he was maliciously attacked by the yellow-rag American press much like former president Jimmy Carter is for his tireless and noble efforts in the cause of the peace. We know that Lindbergh’s efforts were quashed when Roosevelt and the anti-European machine virtually set up the “false-flag operation” known as Pearl Harbor. Charles later joined the U.S. Army Air Force and the U.S. Marine and Army pilots who served in WWII with him praised his courage and his patriotism. You can find much abject garbage abut this genuine American hero sliming about the internet, but (true) history accounts for a life of great worth and devotion to the cause of peace and national greatness for his beloved nation and race. We are proud to offer two tapestries that were recently bought from the estate of a late collector in California. The tapestries were made in France and after the famous flight the whole world was in a frenzy of adoration and joyful respect for the Lone Eagle and souvenirs of every material and shape emitted forth in hundreds and hundreds of objects from statues to paintings and prints, and the tapestries made in the U.S. and throughout the world. Tapestry art was very prevalent in those days—the 1920s although not so in the 2000s. Many the household had one of these Lucky Lindy tapestries slung over the back of the living-room sofa or the favorite lounge chair. They were also lovingly framed and proudly displayed everywhere. We were quite lucky to be able to purchase these and offer them on our pages. The larger one measures 55 x 20 inches and is most dramatic with two depictions of the “Spirit” along with the N.Y. skyline, ships in the N.Y. harbor, and the statue of liberty, of course. The young Aryan-American hero is shown wearing the French Legion of Honor proudly on his lapel, and behind him the nose of Spirit of St. Louis. To the right you see the airplane as it approaches Paris where the Eiffel Tower is seen, while below are the bridges of the River Seine. The smaller one is a center detail of the larger with only Lindbergh and his airplane depicted and this one measures 18 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches. The tapestries were kept by the collector in mint condition and their colors are vibrant, and no rips or tears are at all present. They are indeed beautiful and very obviously historically important. The larger one is, according to collectors, the far-more rare of the two. Possibly costing a “pretty penny” in its day, we offered the pieces at these prices.
PRICE: Large tapestry in mint condition: $1,200.00; small tapestry (mint); $685.00 |
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Print of Charles Lindbergh with Spirit of St. Louis (Item AVIATION 1-2) |
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| DESCRIPTION: Here's a really nice old print up Lucky Lindy decked out in his flying suit on the ground before commencing his famous flight. He waves to the cheering crowds; his airplane Spirit of St. Louis is seen behind him with his flight mechanics standing nearby. This is an original print in vivid color and an original frame. This is a very nice piece of Americana; the America of better, more sane days.
PRICE: $145.00 |
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Yearbook from Ellington Field Airbase; 1918 (Item AVIATION 1-3; USARTICLES 3-10) |
DESCRIPTION: Here is a rare, original edition of the yearbook of the famed Texas Airfield Ellington. It measures 8 1/2 x 11 inches and is in fairly good condition considering that it is nearly 100 years old. It has a leatherette cover that is in decent condition except that the spine has some issues, and the binding has loosened and the spine has some scuff marks and a page or two has come loose. It has the name of the former owner, D.J. Burtschell, printed on the spine and as an ex libra on the first page. At least the actual pages are in fine condition and unmarked by age. It obviously was in a place that it was given at least a modicum of care and safety. The book is terrific with pictures of the pilots, aircrew members, air engagements all from the recent war. It’s absolutely chock full of pictures of airfield personnel; mostly military. The book comprises 318 pages of text and many pictures of these early aircraft and the daring young men who flew them. I can’t think of another period book that is so complete and far reaching that so graciously illustrates this important field of aviation history. PRICE: $285.00 |
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