Moment in History: It was 77 years ago today (July 2) that the Lockheed airplane flown by Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick Noonan was reported missing in the Pacific Ocean. The pair were in the process of flying around the world, when the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca reported sporadic radio contact with Earhart as she approached Howland Island, in the Pacific. The final messages received from Earhart were that they were lost and running low on fuel. No trace of the two was ever found, according to History. Although additional searches have been conducted over the years in an effort to find the aviators, their plane or evidence of what may have happened, nothing has been presented. However, there has been much speculation surrounding their disappearance. Several pieces of Earhart-related memorabilia has changed hands at auction in recent years, including a: • Pair of Luxor No. 6 aviation goggles, reportedly worn by Amelia Earhart’s first crash at Goodyear Field while she was learning to fly an Airster, in July of 1921. The goggles sold for $18,150 in Sept. 2011 through Clars Auction Gallery. Learn more: liveauctioneers/item/9747946 • First edition, author’s autograph edition (one of just 150 copies made available) of “20 hrs. 40 min.; Our Flight in the Friendship. The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story,” by Amelia Earhart, sold for $6,875 in October 2012, during an auction presented by Heritage Auctions. To learn more: liveauctioneers/item/13128895_amelia-earhart-20-hrs-40-min-our-flight-in-t • Gelatin silver photograph of Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed HE Electra flying over water, circa 1937, signed by Earhart and members of her crew, fetched $2,500 in April 2008 at an auction offered by PBA Galleries. Learn more: liveauctioneers/item/5129579
Posted on: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 23:14:53 +0000
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