Wilbur Wright Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
WILBUR WRIGHT
Born: April 16, 1867 in Millville, Indiana
Died: May 30, 1912 in Dayton, Ohio
Died: May 30, 1912 in Dayton, Ohio
During 1904 and 1905, the Wrights built and tested new planes and engines. An improved Flyer II was flown near Dayton, Ohio in 1904. They began designing Flyer III. At Simms Station, Ohio, on October 5, 1905, Wilbur flew for 24 miles in 38 minutes, landing only when their new Flyer III gas tank ran dry. The Flyer III was powered by a 15 horse powered engine. This was the Wright brothers' first flight of more than a half hour and renewed their confidence in man's ability to sustain flight. They had invented the first fully practical airplane that could turn, bank, circle and fly figure eights. On May 30, 1912, Wilbur Wright died of typhoid fever at the age of 45.
1953 The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (Other), 2003 Kitty Hawk: The Wright Brothers' Journey of Invention (Other), 1908 Wilbur Wright's Aeroplane (in person), 1999 The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (Other), 1960 The Twentieth Century (Other), 2005 Lebensläufe (Other)
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WILBUR WRIGHT and HOWARD W. GILL Wright signs a $200 check to Howard W. Gill, who endorses it. The colorful Gill, a member of the Wright ExhibitionTeam, would die in a mid-air collision at an air race less than one year later. Check filled out and signed: "Wright [B]rothers/W.W.", 6¼x2¾. read more...Sale Price $3,825.00
$4,500.00
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WILBUR WRIGHT $100 check signed by him "Wright Brothers/W.W." Check filled out and signed: "Wright Brothers/W.W.," 6¼x2¾. Dayton, 1909 November 4. Drawn on The Winters National Bank, payable to Reed & Barnett for $100.00. read more...Sale Price $3,825.00
$4,500.00
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WILBUR WRIGHT He signs a $159.72 check (as "Wright Brothers") to the law firm which incorporated the Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company and represented the Wrights in their lawsuit against competitor Glenn Curtiss. Check filled out and signed: "Wright Brothers", 6¼x2¼. Dayton, Ohio, 1910 December 7. read more...Sale Price $3,825.00
$4,500.00
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WILBUR WRIGHT. Partly Printed Check signed: "Wright Cycle Co./WW", 8½x3. Dayton, Ohio, 1905 January 3. Drawn on Winters National Bank, payable to William Tompert for $2.50. During 1904 and 1905, the Wrights built and tested new planes and engines. read more...Sale Price $3,825.00
$4,500.00
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WILBUR WRIGHT Signed while building the Wright Flyer III, the world's first practical airplane. Partly Printed Check signed: "Wright Cycle Co W/W.W.", 8½x3. Dayton, Ohio, 1905 January 5. Drawn on the Winters National Bank, payable to "Excelsior Laundry" for $1.98. read more...Sale Price $3,825.00
$4,500.00
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WILBUR WRIGHT and CHARLES E. TAYLOR $18 check written to Taylor, who endorses it. Taylor had built the 12-horsepower engine which powered the Wright brothers' first flight. Check signed: "Wright Cycle [Co.]/W.W.", 8¼x2¾. Boston, 1905 January 21. Payable to Charles E. Taylor for $18. read more...Sale Price $3,825.00
$4,500.00
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WILBUR WRIGHT Wright signs a $1.58 check to William E. Fouts who endorses it. Fouts, a Dayton druggist, vouched for the Wright brothers' flights when many doubted them. Check filled out and signed: "Wright Cycle Co./W.W.", 8¼x3¼. Dayton, Ohio, 1908 January 22. read more...Sale Price $3,825.00
$4,500.00
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WILBUR WRIGHT Wright signs a check for $72.20 to County Treasurer Chas. Anderton, Sr., who endorses it. Check filled out and signed "Wright Cycle Co/W.W.", 8x3. Dayton, Ohio, 1905 January 27. Drawn on the Winters National Bank, payable to Chas. Anderton, Sr., Treasurer. for $72.20. read more...Sale Price $3,825.00
$4,500.00
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WILBUR WRIGHT Wilbur Wright signs a check for $3.07 to pay William Tompert. Check signed: "Wright Cycle Co./W.W.," 1p, 8¼x2¼. Dayton, Ohio, 1904 December 27. Payable to Wm Tompert for $3.07. Drawn on the Winters National Bank. read more...Sale Price $3,825.00
$4,500.00
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WILBUR WRIGHT Wright signs a check to Frank B. Hale, who would represent the Dayton Aeroplane Club at his funeral 8 years later. Check filled out and signed "Wright Cycle Co./W.W.", 8¼x3. Dayton, Ohio, 1904 December 27. Drawn on the Winters National Bank, payable to Frank B. Hale for $18.58. read more...Sale Price $3,825.00
$4,500.00
