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Decorative Arts & Collectables (#469) Closed

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Lot 1320THE 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....

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Lot closed - Price Realized:$400
Estimate: $500 - $1,000

Decorative Arts & Collectables (#469) Closed

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  • 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 earlie