Piece of Canvas From Aircraft Shot Down By Red Baron For Auction

I did…..what have I missed?

No idea. Don’t remember posting this…
(Note to self: don’t try to post when apparently asleep.)

1916? I seem to remember there was another little scuffle going on at the time!

Not unlike the famous quote about the occupants of the Dublin post office in the Easter Rebellion. “30 men marched in and 10,000 patriots marched out” 😀

Well as ol’ Michael Collins said: “The valiant effort and the martyrdoms that followed 1916 finally awoke the sleeping spirit of Ireland”

… but it is said (elsewhere and on other forums) that there is enough fabric taken from his last Fokker to cover a Zeppelin. Now that would be unique.

Not unlike the famous quote about the occupants of the Dublin post office in the Easter Rebellion. “30 men marched in and 10,000 patriots marched out” 😀

Read the whole thread.

I did…..what have I missed?

Ok..into the corner and just have a think about what you’ve done 🙂 🙂 🙂

not quite as long as the B++++ +p+tf+++ thread

Anyhow how many buses can a piece of string pull into an Olympic size swimming pool which had been filling Wembley stadium?

How long is the piece of string?

£3500.00 GBP. sorry as the auction was in England and our money is pounds along with an estimate of 2 to 2.5 k it would not be pence.

Anyhow how many buses can a piece of string pull into an Olympic size swimming pool which had been filling Wembley stadium?

Read the whole thread.

…’canvas’ from an aircraft shot-down by the ‘Red Baron’!

Well according to the auction house, it was “very unique”, so unless your museum has a piece which is more unique than this bit, I’d say less than 3.5.

After spending a day being shelled to prevent it being captured 425/17 was recovered overnight and ‘dismantled’ for souvenirs by Australian soldiers until just parts of the frame remained; the uniqueness of this ‘canvas’ scrap essentially boils down to how much has survived the subsequent 98 years, is known/preserved and not competing against this piece at auction.

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The wreckage as recovered

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The wreckage being examined, and/or souvenirs being acquired

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The remains after being stripped for souvenirs

Lots of parts of the wreck and Richthofens flying gear are held by the Australian War Memorial, but it is said (elsewhere and on other forums) that there is enough fabric taken from his last Fokker to cover a Zeppelin. Now that would be unique.

3.5 What? pence, Pounds, Dollars, Elephants?

Don’t be ridiculous…..it will be some internationally recognised standard unit…

…such as, the ‘football-pitch’, the ‘olympic-swimming-pool’ or the ‘double-decker-bus’!

I think you were closest with ‘elephants’…

Well according to the auction house, it was “very unique”, so unless your museum has a piece which is more unique than this bit, I’d say less than 3.5.

Elephants.

But then again, if the museum has a piece of canvas then it’s most likely from a tent. Again I’d still say it depends on its degree of uniqueness. And maybe if it is actually a piece of canvas.

3.5 What? pence, Pounds, Dollars, Elephants?
Just interested as I know a Museum curator with another piece of this canvas and I’d rather like to shock them with its value. 😉

sold for 3.5 plus comms