Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Franklin P. Collier Letters and Drawings, Boston, Massachusetts, 1928, 1935-36, two letters to "Dan" discussing aviation and twenty-four pencil drawings of aircraft and aviation-related subjects.
Note: Collier was a satirical cartoonist for the Boston Traveller newspaper in the 1930s and creator of the then well-known "Otto Grow" series.
Provenance: The collection of Frederic and Jean Sharf.
Estimate $75-125
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Keywords
Frederic Sharf, Franklin P. Collier, Jean SharfJonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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