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Auction of 617 Squadron 'Dambusters' autographs etc

For those who might be interested:-
Reported on the BBC News website today is a story regarding an auction today that includes some original German reconnaissance photographs of the dams targeted by Operation Chastise, taken before and after the raid. Here’s a link to the story – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-39705634.

The pictures are part of an auction starting at 1300hrs today at International Autograph Auctions Ltd, Nottingham – here’s a link to their web page for the auction that advertises an ‘Autograph auction featuring autographs of the Dambusters from the collection of a Warwickshire gentleman’ –

https://www.autographauctions.co.uk/Autograph-Auction-featuring-Autographs-of-the-Dambusters-from-the-Collection-of-a-Warwickshire-Gentleman/2017-04-29?gridtype=listview#?high_estimate=6000&low_estimate=80&sort_by=lot_number&catId=&ipp=&cat_id=

The catalogue for this auction is very interesting as it includes detailed descriptions of each Lot and many photographs of the items. It is downloadable here – https://www.autographauctions.co.uk/cat-pdf/0071.pdf

617 Squadron and The Dambusters Lots are 186-231, there are other Aviation Lots 161-172, World War II Lots 173-185, Military and Naval Leaders Lots 156-160.

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By: SimonSpitfire - 29th April 2017 at 15:51

With 30% commission they are going to be costly lots!

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