Apr 11, 2002 - Sale 1930

Sale 1930 - Lot 44

Unsold
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
EARHART'S MOTHER WRITING ABOUT THE DISAPPEARANCE(EARHART, AMELIA.) EARHART, AMY. Two Autograph Letters Signed, by Earhart's mother, each to Neta Snook, the aviatior who taught Amelia how to fly, both written after the disappearance about search parties and asserting that Amelia had been found by Japanese fishermen, but that the Japanese government was holding her prisoner and had possibly killed her. The first 4 pages, folded 8vo sheet; the second 4 pages, two single tall 8vo sheets, personal stationery. With a copy of Snook's book I Taught Amelia to Fly, in which she mentions the letters on page 159. Berkeley, 8 January 1940 and 6 May 1944

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