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Lot 3569    SESSION 14 (4.30PM WEDNESDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER)    Autographs

Estimate $950
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $960

ORVILLE WRIGHT SIGNATURE, on bank cheque no.778 dated January 19, 1934 at Dayton, Ohio, filled out in another hand and signed by Orville Wright to the Winters National Bank & Trust Co, Dayton, Ohio to pay his secretary Mabel Beck the sum of $59.52, with a photo of the first flight and also a plaque titled 'Orville/Wright/1871 - 1948', each item cloth matted, all framed under glass (approx 33.5x45.5cm). Cheque with usual bank cancellation marks and perforations, not affecting signature, fine.

With certificate of authenticity of RR Auction and research material on the Wright brothers and their aviation careers.

Orville Wright (1871-1948) was an American born at Dayton, Ohio. He and his brother Wilbur are generally credited with inventing and building the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier than air human flight made on 17 December 1903.

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