Feb 07, 2008 - Sale 2135

Sale 2135 - Lot 49

Price Realized: $ 2,280
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,500
(AVIATION)
Wilbur Wright ("Pret a porter au signal"). Silver print, 6 1/2x4 3/4 inches (16.5x12.1 cm.), with the title, in ink, on recto and a hand stamp on verso. 1908

Additional Details

From a private French collection; to the present owner.
When Wright brought the Wright flyer to Le Mans, France in 1908, he showed skeptical French aviators that he could fly in circles, which they had been unable to accomplish. This photograph shows Wilbur in his plane prior to taking off.