Auction Date:2012 Jun 20 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Significant New York City hotel owner who offered the Orteig Prize of $25,000 in 1919 for the first non-stop transatlantic flight, in either direction, between New York and Paris. Extremely rare vintage program from a testimonial dinner given to Orteig “by his friends in appreciation of the great services he has rendered aviation in the United States and France, and as an acknowledgment of his good works as a citizen of New York,” held at the Waldorf-Astoria on November 2, 1927, 6.25 x 9.5, 66 pages. Signed and inscribed inside “To my friend Dr. E. Hausman, with best wishes, Raymond Orteig” opposite a full-page photo of Orteig and Charles Lindbergh stiffly posing together. In fine condition, with mild page toning, and light wear to hinge along signed page. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the grandson of the signature’s original recipient.
Without Orteig—or his largess—it’s conceivable that Lindbergh would have spent his entire life flying around the countryside delivering airmail. Alas, fate…and Orteig…intervened and the rest, as they say, is history. For his part, Orteig’s recognition was assuredly well-deserved, for “the great services he…rendered aviation” changed the face of aviation. Although the year of Lindbergh’s famous flight and this subsequent dinner would eventually record a number of aviation firsts and records, none would garner bigger headlines than Lindbergh’s flight and his quest for the Orteig Prize.
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