A few examples of appraisal values for
EDDIE RICKENBACKER

• Eddie Rickenbacker Signed and
  Eddie Rickenbacker Signed and Inscribed Autobiography Autobiography of Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (October 8 1890 - July 23 1973). Rickenbacker?was an American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient. He was also a race car driver and automotive designer a government consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air transportation particularly as the longtime head of Eastern Air Lines. Condition: Very good with fine bold autograph with letter.
• EDDIE RICKENBACKER, AMERICA'S TOP
  EDDIE RICKENBACKER, AMERICA'S TOP WORLD WAR I FLYING ACE, INSCRIBED BOOK Rickenbacker, Capt. Edward V. Fighting the Flying Circus (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company,1919), 12mo (7-1/2 in.), 371 pages, dark blue linen with pictorial paste downs on front and back; inscribed on the back of the half-title page, "To My Little Sweetheart / 'Nancy Jane Baldwin' / Capt Eddie Rickenbacker / 1928."
• EDDIE RICKENBACKER AUTOGRAPHB&W
  EDDIE RICKENBACKER AUTOGRAPHB&W photo of Rickenback and biplane 5.5'' x 10.5''; framed 14'' x 16'' autograph in window. Private collection Allen Park MI.
• RICKENBACKER, FIGHTING THE FLYING
  RICKENBACKER, FIGHTING THE FLYING CIRCUS, SIGNED [Association Copy] Captain Eddie V. Rickenbacker. Doubleday & Co., 1965, hardcover in jacket, this copy signed on the front endpaper by 5 flying aces including Rickenbacker (dated 1966) and Arthur Raymond Brooks, with pencil notes opposite, and checkmarks, underlines and notations in pencil throughout, possibly by Brooks, 8.5"h x 6"w
• * RICKENBACKER EDWARD Rickenbacker:
  * RICKENBACKER EDWARD Rickenbacker: An Autobiography. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall 1968. 8vo publisher's blue cloth pictorial dust jacket. Inscribed and dated ''1968'' in black ink to f.f.e.p. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs throughout. Fading to boards; some chipping to jacket; otherwise fine.
• Impressive large scale remote
  Impressive large scale remote control WWI style bi-plane; fabric over metal and wooden frame construction, fashioned after Nieuports flown by Eddie Rickenbacker's "Hat in the Ring" 94th Aero Squadron. Powered by gas engine fitted with Clark mahogany propeller. 63"L. x 77" wingspan. Good condition, minor wear.
• EARL WILLIAM LINDERMAN, WWII
  EARL WILLIAM LINDERMAN, WWII FIGHTER PILOTEarl William Linderman, (b. 1931) WWII Fighter Pilot, monoprint signed lower right: Linderman monoprint Dimensions: 15 7/8 x 23 3/4 in. (40.3 x 60.3 cm.), Sheet: 22 1/4 x 30 3/4 in. (56.5 x 78.1 cm.) Provenance: Private Collection, New Mexico
• * (AMERICANA MILITARY) A group of
  * (AMERICANA MILITARY) A group of five works. Fighting the Flying Circus. By Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker. New York: Frederick A. Stokes (1919). D-Day with the Screaming Eagles. By George E. Koskimaki. New York: Vantage Press (1970). Viet Journal. By James Jones. New York: Delacourte (1974). History of United States Naval Operations: Korea. By James A. Field. Washington: s.n. 1962. Yank: The Army Weekly Aug. 17 1945 Vol. 4 No. 9.
• Harding George Mathews [American
  Harding George Mathews [American 1882-1959] important tempura of World War I soldiers titled "Across the Rhine Dec. 14 1918" and signed l.r. "Geo. Harding A.E.F." (American Expeditionary Forces) and verso a Brandywine River Museum exhibition label June 19-Oct. 17 1971. 7.75"x8.5"
• RICHARD FAYERWEATHER BABCOCK
  RICHARD FAYERWEATHER BABCOCK (AMERICAN, 1887-1954) 41 ½" x 28 ¼" "Join the Navy The Service for Fighting Men", 1917. Color lithographic vintage poster, linen backed, signed in the plate, in a wood frame with matting and plexiglass, overall 52" x 37 ½". Imagery depicting a sailor riding bareback on a torpedo, which may have inspired the final scene of Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. Bibliography: Hardie and Sabin World War I Posters, 80; Walton Rawls Wake Up, America!, 71.
• RICHARD ROYCE (AMERICAN, 20TH
  RICHARD ROYCE (AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY) 14" x 11¾" image "Der Flieger Meister", 1964. Intaglio etching on paper, signed, dated, titled, and numbered in pencil in lower margin, matted and framed, 25" x 21" overall.
• FRANKLIN BOGGS BACK FROM WEWAK
  FRANKLIN BOGGS BACK FROM WEWAK LITHOGRAPH PRINT United States,b.1914Depicting a World War II scene with soldiers carrying a fallen soldier on a stretcher with an airplane behind them.
• Orville Wright signed
  Orville Wright signed certificate, American Legion "Distinguished Service" award given February 22, 1931, to Angelo Manzo, California Post No. 395, boldly signed "Orville Wright" beneath a metal replica of The Spirit of St. Louis, "stamped from metal containing original oil lines" of that plane, also signed "R. E. Byrd" (polar explorer Richard E. Byrd), "Eddie Rickenbacker", and by 17 other aviation pioneers and officials (some stamped), 7 x 8-3/8 in. (sight); original wood frame. Plane with minor corrosion, fading to most signatures, minor stains, soiling and creases; wear and minor paint residue to frame. Brunk Auctions, June 17, 2006, Lot 430; Collection of H. Donald Nelson, Williamsburg, Virginia.
• EDMUND FRANKLIN WARDAmerican
  EDMUND FRANKLIN WARDAmerican 1892-1991WWI Illustration. Unsigned.Oil on board 20 x 24''. Unframed.''
• COLLECTION OF FLYING ACES
  COLLECTION OF FLYING ACES MEMORABILIA: All mounted in riker mounts to include 1) Howard French World War I ace signed photo place card and related items. 2) Major General Fredrick ''Boots'' Blesse Korean War ace and author of ''No Guts No Glory'' Silver Star bullion patch button pin. 3) Major General Lawrence Ames photographs signed letter leather name tag and stars and related items. 4) Lt. General Frank Armstrong distinguished Flying Cross and billfold. 5) Colonel Jim Lee wings Air medal Colonel eagles ribbon bar name patch and US pin. 6) Major General Haywood Hansel bullion wings. 7) Major General Joseph Foss signed card and signed $10 bank note. 8) Alexander Seversky signed photo signed paper and related items.
• ED SPECK (UNITED STATES, 20TH
  ED SPECK (UNITED STATES, 20TH CENTURY) OIL ON CANVED SPECK (United States, 20th century) oil on canvas, "Champions of the Unlimiteds, Reno and Cleveland," racing airplanes. Signed lower right. In a metal frame; 44.5" x 62.5" overall. Includes a short bio of the artist.
• RICHARD DEY DE
  RICHARD DEY DE RIBCOWSKY(Bulgarian/America, 1880-1936) Naval Battle Scene, 1910, signed lower right, ?D. Dey Ribcowsky?, oil on canvas, 25 x 30-1/4 in.; reproduction gilt wood frame, 29-1/2 x 34-1/2 in.ÿ, Provenance: Private Collection, Warm Springs, Virginia Condition: wax and linen lined, yellowed varnish, small areas of retouch scattered mostly in sky; frame with minimal wear
• Edmund Brucker (American,
  Edmund Brucker (American, 1912-1999) Portrait of an Air Force Captain, Roscoe Turner Oil on canvas Signed lower left. 28" x 32".
• Four famed aviators: "Wiley Post"
  Four famed aviators: "Wiley Post" (Wiley Hardeman Post, 1900-1935, first to fly solo around the world) signed in black ink on a White House card also signed by his navigator, Harold Gatty, 2-3/4 x 4-1/4 in., minor toning , with PSA/DNA letter of authenticity; 11-line typed letter signed "Eddie" (Edward V. Rickenbacker, 1890-1973, ace World War I fighter pilot), December 19, 1968, fold touching "E" , with related letter from his secretary to the same correspondent; two typed letters, each signed "J.H. Doolittle", September 13, 1966, edges toned, minor soiling , and March 29, 1957, both 10-1/2 x 7-1/4 in., and an official "U.S. Army Air Forces" (stamped on verso) photograph of World War II transport plane, inscribed "Good Luck to Bailey/General James H. Doolittle" (1896-1993, first pilot to fly across the United States in one day) in black ink, 7-1/2 x 10 in., corner folds, creases, light toning, 1/2 in. edge tear, minor surface losses , with a 1997 Heritage Collectors Society certificate of authenticity; "Doug Corrigan" (1907-1995) signed in blue ink on card, "'Wrong Way' Flier" printed below, 3 x 5 in. (Seven items.) Heritage-Slater Americana, February 2006, Lot 26575 (Wiley Post); Collection of H. Donald Nelson, Williamsburg, Virginia.
• ALEXANDER JEFFERSON TUSKEGEE P.O.W.
  ALEXANDER JEFFERSON TUSKEGEE P.O.W. AVIATION PINS: To include gold tones 1 1/8'' insignia propeller wings and Tuskegee airmen pinback. Lt. Col. Jefferson was shot down over Southern France in 1944 and remained in a prisoner of war camp until 1945.
• EDWARD BOREIN, THE RAIDING
  EDWARD BOREIN, THE RAIDING PARTYEdward Borein(American, 1872-1945)The Raiding Party (The Cheyenne Raid) 1915etching on cream wove papersecond and last state; titled The Raiding Party , signed, and dated in pencil to lower margins; b
• Seven signed aviation history
  Seven signed aviation history items: typed letter, July 10, 1931, "Rearwin Airplanes, Inc., Fairfax Airport, Kansas City" printed letterhead with image of plane "Ken Royce", to McKinley Leapley, Cambridge City, Indiana, regarding a dealer franchise, "…In the Rearwin Junior, we have one of the most outstanding airplanes manufactured today to sell for less than $2,000…", signed "Hart H. Bowman", 11 x 8-1/4 in., with insert depicting the "Junior"; "Ira Eaker/Capt. U.C", signed postal cover, stamped "Dedication Eaker Airport/Durant, Oklahoma/November 11, 1930", also signed "WC Canikie/Mayor", 3-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.; two-page typed letter, Sacramento, California, March 22, 1913 to Earl Remington, New York City, regarding the "acquisition of an aeroplane for the use of the state militia" per Assembly Bill No. 1646, "Mr. Hinkle…seems to look at the matter as a sort of a joke…", signed (twice) "Lyman Farwell" as California State Assemblyman, with printed copy of the proposed act; two-page typed letter, April 15, 1913 to Henry Woodhouse, Aero Club of America, New York City, "…the California Legislature will do nothing, in my opinion, regarding an aeroplane service at this session…Carl Brown, an old socialist…is the inventor of an "octoplane", as he calls it…", signed "E.A. Forbes" as Adjutant General of California; photograph of U.S. Navy NC-4 World War I biplane, signed "Walter Hinton" (former co-pilot of the plane) and "Eugene S (Smokey) Rhoads" (former chief machinist's mate), the NC-4 left Rockaway Beach, New York City, May 8, 1919, and made the first crossing of the Atlantic by air, arriving in Portugal, May 27, 7 x 5 in.; "Sincerely, Harry Richman" (1895-1972, aviator who made first round trip, non-stop North Atlantic crossing with pilot Henry T. Merrill), signed photo of him, 6 x 3-1/2 in.; Concorde flight certificate signed "Colin M. Marshall" and "Brian Walpole", London to New York, October 2, 1987, with several related items, all in archival sleeves housed in black leather "Presidential" series album, with gilt border and title, by Exposures, 14-1/2 x 13 in. Normal folds, light toning throughout. Collection of H. Donald Nelson, Williamsburg, Virginia.
• Robert Windsor Wilson (South
  Robert Windsor Wilson (South Carolina, born 1921) Three World War I Pilots in Flight, signed lower right "R. Wilson", oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in.; black-painted frame,
• HOPPER, Frank, (American, b. 1924):
  HOPPER, Frank, (American, b. 1924): World War II Doolittle Raiders Painting Depicting B-52 Bombers and The Hornet: The Doolittle Raiders were a group led by Jimmy Doolittle that executed America's daring first strike against Japan in World War II. Oil/Canvas, 38'' x 30'', signed lower right twice, also signed by all the remaining survivors that were involved in the attack in the lower margin, framed, 42'' x 34''. Included with the painting is a book entitled ''The Doolittle Raid'' and a pamphlet.
• [World War II Nuclear Bomb] Photo
  [World War II Nuclear Bomb] Photo of the flight crew of the ''Enola Gay '' posed by the front landing gear signed by six members including: George R. Caron Theodore J. ''Dutch'' Van Kirk Tom Ferebee Paul W. Tibbetts Jacob Beser and Richard Nelson on dated 1990; 8 X 10 in. Estimate $ 500-800 Descended in the family of Jacob Beser.
• Paul Adam Wehr (American,
  Paul Adam Wehr (American, 1914-1973) Commercial illustration for U.S. Air Force tempera on artist board signed lower left Two '50's era swept wing jet fighters (the doomed Lockheed F-104 Starfighter) bank into an overcast sky. Image 14 1/4" x 24"
• AIDEN LASSELL RIPLEYAmerican
  AIDEN LASSELL RIPLEYAmerican 1896-1969Flight Woodcock''. Signed in pencil in lower right margin ''A. Lassell Ripley''. Titled in pencil lower left. Guild of Boston Artists' label verso.Etching and drypoint on paper 9'' x 12'' sight. Framed.''
• WWII PHOTO SIGNED BY 3
  WWII PHOTO SIGNED BY 3 DOOLITTLE'S RAIDERS, COAUnframed autographed copy of a WWII U.S. Navy photo showing a B25 Mitchell aircraft taking off from the deck of the U.S.S. Hornet on April 18, 1942 to participate in the "Doolittle Raid" on Tokyo, signed by three persons: "R.E. Cole, #1 copilot" (Richard Eugene Cole, 1915-2019, last surviving member of the Doolittle Raiders, he served as co-pilot of Lt. Col. Doolittle's plane); David J. Thatcher (1916-2016, Engineer and Gunner on plane #7); Edward Saylor (1920-2015, flight engineer on plane #15), housed in sealed plastic frame with Beckett authentication # 10166131, overall: 8.75"h, 11.75"w, 1lbs
• An American Flight sergeant's
  An American Flight sergeant's jacket a British solar topee two Red Army caps and a Black Watch swagger stick.
• World War I veteran roster
  World War I veteran roster Company I, 111th U.S. Infantry, in original frame with eagle and liberty. Estimate $75-100
• Painted metal model of a
  Painted metal model of a triplane, "Red Baron." first half 20th century PROVENANCE: From the Stanley and Rose Rich Collection, Fairfield, CT.
• Rickenbacker electric guitar, 620
  Rickenbacker electric guitar, 620 twelve string, serial No. D58268, dark blue body, in hard case. Excellent condition, very minor surface abrasions.
• M. A. Ricker polished metal
  M. A. Ricker polished metal sculpture; WWI American doughboy, poised on stump with canteen, on wooden base with metal plaque (signed and numbered on plaque). Overall 10 1/2"H. Good condition.
• US WORLD WAR TWO JACKET AND PINS
  US WORLD WAR TWO JACKET AND PINS army/air force type with sterling gunners wings and crew wings bronze conduct medal three dog tags and hat.
• TANK WITH CIRCLING AIRPLANE Japan
  TANK WITH CIRCLING AIRPLANE Japan lithographed tin depicts soldier with binoculars peering from tank hatch while airplane circles above well detailed friction powered. 5 1/8'' l. (Exc. Cond.)
• [Autographs World War II]
  [Autographs World War II] ''Atomic Warfare is Born'' color photoprint of the ''Enola Gay '' signed by five of the crew in the lower margin in clear blue pen: ''Thomas Ferebee Bombardier / Jacob Beser RCM Observer / George R. Caron Tail Gunner / Paul W. Tibbets Pilot / Theodore J. 'Dutch' Van Kirk Navigator;'' 7 7/8 X 10 in. Estimate $ 500-800 Descended in the family of Jacob Beser.