Apr 11, 2002 - Sale 1930

Sale 1930 - Lot 40

Unsold
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
EARHART, AMELIA. Two Autograph Letters Signed, each to airplane engineer Lloyd Royer, the first an important letter discussing the sale of her plane to Royer (a prototype Kinner plane she had nicknamed Canary) and in which she relates witnessing the landing of the 1924 around-the-world flight by the Douglas World Cruisers, boasting that her planes could beat any of theirs but that she is waiting for dope (a lacquer which waterproofed and protected cloth airplane wings); the second written while waiting for a reporter from Hearst's New York Evening Journal to interview her, congratulating him on the founding of his airplane company with William Waterhouse and hoping he will keep her advised on their aeronautic progress. The first 2 pages, single 8vo sheet; the second 1 1/2 pages, single 4to sheet, New York Evening Journal stationery; both written in ink. With the original envelopes. Medford, MA, 16 September 1924; New York, 4 May 1925
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16 September 1924: ". . . Our letters crossed so the pink slips should be in your hands by now. I am anxious about the little yellow plane. Give me the dope and I will write K. immediately (not mentioning the dope). Saw the flyers come in (after waiting 3 days). They looked very familiar. I wished the truck were here, I think it could deliver coal to advantage. There are so many horses that could be displaced. A little speed is needed. A. M. Earhart."
4 May 1925: "I am terribly impressed with the announcement. Go do it. It makes me ill that I can't be there to boast somehow. I hope the work flows in. Kinner's progress sounds great also. I know he's white and nothing could make me doubt it. Is there any dope on the truck? Is that cash supposed to come in a chunk to you or to me or how? . . . The letter head on this paper is deceptive. I have not joined the staff of the Journal (tho I wish I had as I find the newspaper interesting.) I am just waiting for a lovely reporter to do his stuff and in the meantime using some of the Hearst's paper. By the way, I think you are the only one who could get along with Waterhouse, aren't you? Can't he be rather difficult to deal with personally? I think you can keep the old temper down better than most anyone I know. Please give me the details on all that happens out there aeronautically . . . Amelia M. Earhart."<