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Jean Batten [Ephemera]
Estimate:
$150 - $250
Sold
$325
Timed Auction
191 The Collection of John Elliot Lawford | Part 2: Online Auction (lot 95-432)
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Description
Jean Batten
[Ephemera]
Letter and two photographs in mount, the letter typed and signed in ink with ink notation by Jean Batten, dated 10-6-35. Regarding a kitten which had been living at Mascot Airport [original name for Sydney Airport] given to ‘Ivy’ for care. The letter mounted between the two photographs, one of Jean Batton the other ‘Ivy’ both with the kitten. centre. With associated newspaper clippings.
2. Small scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the 1937 Airlines of Australia Stinson crash and the rescue.
3. Alone in the Sky. NZ: Technical Books 1979, signed and inscribed by Jean Batten. DJ.
Provenance: Estate of John Lawford.
[Ephemera]
Letter and two photographs in mount, the letter typed and signed in ink with ink notation by Jean Batten, dated 10-6-35. Regarding a kitten which had been living at Mascot Airport [original name for Sydney Airport] given to ‘Ivy’ for care. The letter mounted between the two photographs, one of Jean Batton the other ‘Ivy’ both with the kitten. centre. With associated newspaper clippings.
2. Small scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the 1937 Airlines of Australia Stinson crash and the rescue.
3. Alone in the Sky. NZ: Technical Books 1979, signed and inscribed by Jean Batten. DJ.
Provenance: Estate of John Lawford.