1929 Thompson Trophy Desktop Plaque

Description:

1929 Thompson Trophy Desktop Plaque, Thompson Products Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, brass, single-propeller plane affixed to a concave base with a relief of North America, inscribed "Worlds Record 1929 Travel Air Mystery S," approx. ht. 2, dia. base 4 1/2 in.

Provenance: The collection of Frederic and Jean Sharf.

Note: The Thompson Trophy race was one of the national air races of the heyday of early airplane racing in the 1930s.
Provenance: The collection of Frederic and Jean Sharf.
Estimate $200-300

Propeller blades bent.


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