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Premier Auction - Session I - March 24, 2023

Fri, Mar 24, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 582

Collection of Seven Aviation Etchings by John MacGilchrist

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(Scottish/American, 1893–1977)

circa 1920s, editions of 100, each signed in pencil lower right "John MacGilchrist", Yankee Doodle, 1927 Schneider Cup Winner, Slepping Down the Airway, Over the River, Banking on the Climb (Boeing Carrier Fighter, Eyes of the Fleet (Vought Corsair),Over the Ice Barrier (Wilkin's Lockheed Vega), drypoint etchings, largest plate approximately 8-1/4 x 12-1/4 in.; matching gilt wood frames, largest approximately 12-1/2 x 14-5/8 in.

Condition

each with toning, not examined out of original framing, not apparently laid down; frames with abrasions

Estate of Charles Townsend Ludington, Sr., Ardmore, Pennsylvania; Estate of Charles Townsend Ludington, Jr., Chapel Hill, North Carolina