A few examples of appraisal values for
AIR AND SPACE

• ROBERT MCCALL WINTER POND LANDSCAPE
  ROBERT MCCALL WINTER POND LANDSCAPE WC PAINTING Arizona, Ohio,1919-2010Depicts tree stumps surrounded by piles of snow overlooking a frozen lake where figures put together ice boats. McCall's most notable works are depictions of fantastical space scenes with his largest mural at the National Air and Space Museum. He also designed numerous stamps for the United States Postal Service and worked in New York illustrating advertisements and magazine articles.
• MARGARET HUDDY, AMERICAN 20TH CENTURY,
  MARGARET HUDDY, AMERICAN 20TH CENTURY, NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, FRAME: 67 X 52 IN. (170.18 X 132.08 CM.)Margaret Huddy, American 20th Century, National Air and Space Museum, Watercolor on Paper,, Dimensions: Frame: 67 x 52 in. (170.18 x 132.08 cm.)
• ERIC SLOANE, AMERICAN (1905-1985), STONE
  ERIC SLOANE, AMERICAN (1905-1985), STONE BARN IN AUTUMN, OIL ON MASONITE, 20 X 39 INCHESERIC SLOANE, American, (1905-1985) Stone Barn in Autumn, oil on masonite signed lower left "Eric Sloane NA" oil on masonite Dimensions: 20 x 39 inches Provenance: Property from a distinguished American collection. -- Eric Sloane was born Everard Jean Hinrichs in 1905 to an upper middle-class family. He took an early interest in art and learned to paint letters and signs from his neighbor the noted font inventor, Frederic Goudy. As a young artist he painted the markings on planes flying out of Roosevelt Field in Long Island. Famed American aviator, Wiley Post, taught Sloane how to fly in exchange for painting lessons. Amelia Earhart is said to have purchased his first cloud painting and his largest cloud painting is on the wall of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. (a commission he earned at age 75). Sloane left home at a young age and worked as a sign painter in various locations, most notably a stay in Taos, New Mexico. In 1925, he traveled throughout the Northeast where he became enamored with the covered bridges, barns, stone walls, and farmhouses dating to the colonial era. He felt the spirit of America in the early architecture and would paint, draw, and write about his perspectives for a career that spanned six decades. In the 1950s he started writing and sketching books on his version of Americana, focused primarily on New England and Pennsylvania farmhouses, barns and landscapes. In 1953 he purchased and restored a farm in Brookfield, Connecticut and moved to various towns in the region of Lake Candlewood including Merryall and Warren where kept a home until 1985. He painted early American scenes especially the barns and covered bridges of Western Connecticut. The present lot, Stone Barn in Autumn, depicts a stone barn set in rolling hills dappled with light. Attuned to architecture and weather, Sloane's paintings capture the spirit of a place by taking into consideration every visual element and clue in the architecture and landscape but also the effects of the air on the light and shadows. In addition to his success as an artist he is credited as an authority on rural American architecture and early American tools. His extensive tool collection outgrew his home in Warren and he donated them to the Sloane-Stanley Museum in Kent, Connecticut. --- Framed dimensions:28 x 46 3/4 x 1 3/4 inches Tags: oil painting, Americana, Pennsylvania, New England, Autumn Condition: very good condition with a few minor spots of inpaint upper edge due to frame rub, in a period Eric Sloane frame Condition
• JOHN WISE MID 19TH C. DAGHand colored
  JOHN WISE MID 19TH C. DAGHand colored daguerreotype depicts two seated men, the one on the right thought to be John Wise. Known as the Father of American Ballooning, Wise made his first ascension in 1835 and completed a total of 446 free balloon ascensions. He competed for Chief Aeronaut of the soon to be established Union Army Balloon Corps during the Civil War. The use of his balloon was unfortunately thwarted prior to the First Battle of Bull Run by an accident involving Major Albert Myer and men from the 26th Pennsylvania Volunteers while the balloon was being moved towards the battlefield and became entangled in trees. This hand tinted image is thought to depict Wise, seated with a companion. This image of the pioneer of early flight was part of a collection of early aeronautical historical memorabilia that also included images now held by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Housed in an incomplete leather case. Approx. 2-1/4' x 2-3/4" visible discoloration to the plate, glass needing cleaned. See images for more details on condition. This item can be shipped in-house.
• PAUL CALLE (1928-2010), "NEIL ARMSTRONG,"
  PAUL CALLE (1928-2010), "NEIL ARMSTRONG," 1976, OFFSET LITHOGRAPH ON PAPER, SHEET: 29.125" H X 19.125" WPaul Calle, (1928-2010) "Neil Armstrong," 1976, Offset lithograph on paper Edition: 416/1000 Signed in pencil by both the astronaut and the artist: Neil Armstrong / Paul Calle; and with the original printed justification/information sheet insert and embossed and printed paper folder; National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, pub. Offset lithograph on paper Dimensions: Sheet: 29.125" H x 19.125" W