5th May, 2022 10:00
The Collectors Sale
Two Large Vintage Aircraft Photographs
a large vintage gelatin silver print of a Soviet Tupolev Tu-144, apparently taken from another aircraft, probably early 1970s, Soviet wetstamp below '62' in blue crayon verso, print 31.5cm 40cm; with a large,vintage, green-toned carbon print of a seaplane c.1935, print 33cm x 47cm
Note: The Tu-144 was the world's first commercial supersonic transport aircraft with its prototype's maiden flight from Zhukovsky Airport on 31 December 1968, two months before the British-French Concorde.The Tu-144 first went supersonic on 5 June 1969, four months before Concorde, and on 26 May 1970 became the world's first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
Sold for £38
Result plus buyers premium
a large vintage gelatin silver print of a Soviet Tupolev Tu-144, apparently taken from another aircraft, probably early 1970s, Soviet wetstamp below '62' in blue crayon verso, print 31.5cm 40cm; with a large,vintage, green-toned carbon print of a seaplane c.1935, print 33cm x 47cm
Note: The Tu-144 was the world's first commercial supersonic transport aircraft with its prototype's maiden flight from Zhukovsky Airport on 31 December 1968, two months before the British-French Concorde.The Tu-144 first went supersonic on 5 June 1969, four months before Concorde, and on 26 May 1970 became the world's first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
Auction: The Collectors Sale, 5th May, 2022
