A quantity of Donald Campbell Water Speed Record photographs, ephemera and collectables
A quantity of Donald Campbell Water Speed Record photographs, ephemera and collectables,
comprising a signed K7 postcard "To Ken with Best wishes from Donald Campbell' in blue ink (smudged), two images signed Best Wishes Geoff Hallawell, other assorted images all unmounted, majority in acid-free sleeves, contained in an archive box; together with a Vane off the K7 wreckage (corroded), with two flakes of Bluebird paint and a series of modern images of the salvaged wreckage before restoration began; a signed letter on personal headed paper dated 9 February 1960 addressed to Leslie Hackett of Accles & Pollock Limited; a 1957 Donald Campbell Christmas card; other photographs including five framed and glazed, other ephemera including booklets and advertisements; a 1956 Mobil press release; a front page of The Evening News announcing Campbell's death, framed and glazed; four Bluebird models (1 x K4, 3 x K7) and a model of Cobb's Crusader and a booklet relating to the same.
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A quantity of Donald Campbell Water Speed Record photographs, ephemera and collectables,
comprising a signed K7 postcard "To Ken with Best wishes from Donald Campbell' in blue ink (smudged), two images signed Best Wishes Geoff Hallawell, other assorted images all unmounted, majority in acid-free sleeves, contained in an archive box; together with a Vane off the K7 wreckage (corroded), with two flakes of Bluebird paint and a series of modern images of the salvaged wreckage before restoration began; a signed letter on personal headed paper dated 9 February 1960 addressed to Leslie Hackett of Accles & Pollock Limited; a 1957 Donald Campbell Christmas card; other photographs including five framed and glazed, other ephemera including booklets and advertisements; a 1956 Mobil press release; a front page of The Evening News announcing Campbell's death, framed and glazed; four Bluebird models (1 x K4, 3 x K7) and a model of Cobb's Crusader and a booklet relating to the same.
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