Lot 20
Earhart, Amelia (1897-1937) American aviator; first woman to fly the Atlantic solo (1932); lost while attempting a round-the-world flight in 1937. In 1935, a young boy named Harry Smith sent a drawing of Amilia Earhart's Lockheed Vega 5B to her in California. This was the same plane that she used to become the second person (Lindbergh being the first) to fly solo across the Atlantic, a feat she accomplished in 1932. The 5x7½" pencil drawing was sent back to the young boy, signed by Amelia Earhart in the upper right hand corner, with a letter on Paramount Productions, Hollywood, letterhead, dated January 23, 1935 from Miss Earhart's secretary, Marie Sorville, saying, "Dear Harry: Because Miss Earhart is so busy preparing to fly to New York, she has asked me to reply to your nice note of January 18th. She is very sorry that she hasn't a photograph available to send you, but she has autographed your sketch, which is enclosed…." Accompanied by the original envelope bearing the return address of Earhart's husband, George Putnam. On January 11, 1935, twelve days before this letter was written, Miss Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California. Later that year, she made the first Mexico-New York flight. This is the most unusual signed-Earhart item that we have encountered.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
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