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For anyone with deeper pockets, a collection of drawings, sketches and ephemera by Giovanni Caproni is up for auction at Abdingdon on 12 November.
LOT | PHOTOS | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | ADDITIONAL DETAILS | ESTIMATE | |
1 | 178979 | 100191714 | 1910 Caproni Ca1, 1914 Ca20, and 1915 Ca25 | 1910 Caproni Ca1 small old plan and sketches, 1914 Ca20 -various pieces of artwork in Indian ink on tracing paper and 1915 Ca25 - a collection | . | £400 - £600 |
2 | 178987 | 100191723 | 1935 Ca100 four booklets | Istruzioni and Supplementi; together with two technical booklets on the Ca100 Idrovolante floatplane | . | £300 - £500 |
3 | 178988 | 100191724 | 1931 Ca105, 1933 Ca113, and 1934 Ca114 | 1931 Ca105 booklet with technical data and plans; a 1933 Ca113 works folder with 11 blue/dyeline prints etc.; a 1934 Ca 114 works folder-data file ... read more | . | £400 - £600 |
4 | 178989 | 100191725 | Technical manuals for 1936 Ca133 | Technical manual for Ca133 ’Bombardmento; and another for Ca133’Trasporto’ (which features a concertina pull-out section over 30 feet long). Both (Qty: 5) ... read more | . | £400 - £600 |
5 | 178990 | 100191726 | 1939 Ca134 and 1939 Ca141 | 1939 Ca134 small dyeline plan and technical description booklet; a 1939 Ca141 small dyeline plan, and a 1937 large official technical report with ... read more | . | £300 - £500 |
6 | 178991 | 100191727 | Ca148 and Ca148P | A collection of draughtsman’s pencil drawings of components, of this aircraft and sub-type ‘P’ - parachutist's version - each drawing labelled and ... read more | the largest 105x168cm’ the smallest 24x33cm | £200 - £400 |
7 | 178993 | 100191729 | 1936 Ca150 | Three technical manuals with data and plans of a project aircraft in ‘triposto’ and ‘quadriposto’ versions and a second copy of ‘quadriposto’ with ... read more | . | £200 - £400 |
8 | 178995 | 100191731 | Descriptive booklets and sale leaflets for Caproni | 1936 Caproni A.P.I. descriptive booklet and another for 1939 Ca Ghibli; and 1930s sales leaflets - Ca97 Co ‘for colonial service‘. (in English); Ca97 ... read more | . | £250 - £400 |
9 | 178996 | 100191732 | 1938 Ca211 small folded dyeline prints | The prints of components and airframe parts contained in a strap-fastened works folder. | . | £400 - £600 |
10 | 179000 | 100191736 | Ca312/312IS/312bis/312 | 1940 seven Caproni booklets for Ca312/312IS/312bis/312 seaplane (in English) | . | £200 - £500 |
11 | 179005 | 100191741 | 1940 Ca cv5, 1940 Ca CV7, and 1940 Ca F7 | 1940 Ca CV5 ‘Modello Aerodinamico’ three drawings for wind tunnel models- a large folded drawing (scale 1:7) and 1940 Ca CV7 ditto but scale 1:1and (Qty: 3) ... read more | . | £200 - £400 |
12 | 179011 | 100191747 | Circa 1935 Ca100 series | A well-constructed mahogany scale model (probably from the company model workshop) of a Caproni high-wing single-engined aircraft, the 9-cylinder ... read more | 59cm wingspan | £400 - £600 |
13 | 179045 | 100191756 | Circa 1914, A signed etching | An original etching of a Caproni machine in the clouds. Signed by Caproni, and with impressed family motto and logo. Framed and glazed. | . | £150 - £200 |
14 | 179047 | 100191759 | 1925 Ca72 and 1925 Ca80 | 1925 Ca72 original small ink drawing, 45cm x 88cm on tracing paper; and 1925 Ca80 two original ink drawings, 47cm x 102cm and 48cm x 103cm - one (Qty: 3) ... read more | . | £600 - £800 |
15 | 179048 | 100191760 | 1926 Ca73 | Large original ink drawing, signed (indistinctly) and dated 10.3.1926, much interior detail includes toilet facilities | 65cm x 151cm | £500 - £800 |
16 | 179049 | 100191761 | 1927 Ca60 TRANSAERO (often referred to as the ‘Noviplano‘ or ‘Capronissimo‘) | A prototype nine-winged, eight-engined flying boat. Intended as a 100-seat transatlantic passenger aircraft, it made a brief flight and then crashed ... read more | . | £500 - £800 |
17 | 179030 | 100191762 | 1928 Ca79 | Original ink drawing, (indistinctly) signed and dated 1.10.1928 | 49cm x 93cm | £200 - £300 |
18 | 179036 | 100191763 | 1933 Ca102 | Three views in two small pencil drawings | . | £200 - £300 |
19 | 179037 | 100191764 | 1933 Ca102 small three-view drawing in ink and a Ca-? unknown bombing aircraft | Original ink drawing, distressed and with losses. | . | £200 - £300 |
20 | 179043 | 100191767 | 1934 Ca133 | Pencil drawing - front view only and a 1934 pencil 3-view drawing with amendments relating to weights etc | . | £400 - £600 |
21 | 179039 | 100191771 | Caproni Propeller drawings | 1937-1940 original folder with a large collection of drawings of propeller profiles and hubs produced for Caproni’s own aircraft, and those of other (Qty: Approximately 50 drawings) ... read more | . | £600 - £800 |
22 | 179035 | 100191772 | 1936 Ca150 | Four descriptive booklets and 28 drawings of components (Qty: 28) | . | £300 - £500 |
23 | 179033 | 100191774 | 1937 Ca170 | 3 large-scale drawings in pencil on tracing paper of this Isotta Fraschini radial engined biplane fighter. (3 drawings on 2 boards) | 99cm x 70cm | £1,000 - £1,500 |
24 | 179040 | 100191775 | 1937 Ca171, 'Vista di Fianco’, ‘Vista in Pianta', and ‘Vista di Fronte’ | 1937 Ca171, a fine group of three pencil drawings of this Alfa 115.I powered biplane – ‘Vista di Fianco’; ‘Vista in Pianta'; and ‘Vista di Fronte’, ... read more | Each drawing approximately 70cm x 100cm | £1,000 - £1,500 |
25 | 179041 | 100191776 | 1938 Ca211 | A folder containing 12 large dyeline prints of plans and diagrams of systems and components of this twin-engined bomber | . | £300 - £500 |
26 | 179050 | 100191777 | 1940 Ca156 | Ink on tracing sheets - 3-view drawings of a projected twin-engined bomber | . | £100 - £150 |
27 | 179052 | 100191779 | 1939 Ca CV3 | ‘Sezione Longitudinale’ (side view), 74cm x 105cm ink drawing; two dyeline prints of parts, each 53cm x 73cm; and a 'centraggio’ (ink), 74cm x 106cm; ... read more | . | £300 - £400 |
28 | 179053 | 100191781 | 1940 CV4 | ‘Sezione Longitudinale’ structural side view 74cm x 104cm; a ’Sezione Orizontale’ plan view 94cm x 118cm (this with a small loss); and a ‘centraggio’, ... read more | . | £600 - £800 |
29 | 179063 | 100191782 | 1940 Ca CV6 | ‘Sezione Longitudinale’ structural side view with separate detail of engine installation, pencil on tracing paper | 66cm x 118cm | £600 - £800 |
30 | 179054 | 100191783 | 1940 Ca CV7 | ‘Monoposto - Sezione Longitudinale’ structural side view, 68cm x 84cm; a ‘Sezione Orizontale’ plan view, 118cm x 66cm; a ‘centraggio’, 86cm x 115cm - ... read more | . | £700 - £900 |
31 | 179065 | 100191785 | 1940 Ca CV7 | A folder containing two small pencil drawings of parts; and four 3-view drawings of both mono and biposto versions (2 ink, 2 pencil). (Qty: 6) | . | £300 - £400 |
32 | 179067 | 100191787 | 1940 Ca F5, and 'Tre-Vista' | A draughtsman’s exceptional detailed ‘Sezione Longitudinale’ side view in ink, 72cm x 100cm, of a Fiat A74 powered fighter aircraft; a similar ... read more | . | £1,200 - £1,500 |
33 | 17968 | 100191788 | 1940 Ca F5bis (with Alpha engine) and ‘tre vista’ | 1940 Ca F5bis (with Alpha engine) ‘Sezione Longitudinale’ structural side view in ink; another side view in pencil, 76cm x 110cm (small loss); a ... read more | 73cm x103cm, 73x103cm and both 72x103cm | £800 - £1,200 |
34 | 179055 | 100191789 | 1942 Ca F5 (with Isotta Fraschini engine) | ’Sezione Longitudinale’ structural side view, 63cm x 88cm; a ‘Sezione Orizontale’ plan view, 93cm x 121cm (both in ink); a large scale pencil drawing ... read more | . | £1,500 - £2,000 |
35 | 179069 | 100191790 | 1941 Ca F6M (Alpha engine), 1940 F6Z (IF engine), and 1942 a F6M ’tre-vista’ | 1941 Ca F6M (Alpha engine) ‘Sezione Longitudinale’ side view, 65cm x 118cm; a Sezione Orizontale’ plan view, 118cm x 94cm (both pencil); a ... read more | . | £1,800 - £2,500 |
36 | 179056 | 100191791 | 1943 Ca F6S | ‘Sezione Longitudinale’ structural side view, 85cm x 116cm; a ‘Sezione Orizontale’ plan drawing,124cm x 96cm; a 3-view of the F6S torpedo carrying ... read more | . | £1,000 - £1,500 |
37 | 179071 | 100191793 | 1941 Ca F6Z, and 1943 Ca F6Z | 1941 Ca F6Z, ‘Sezione Longitudinale’ structural side view with small losses, 64cm x 117cm; a Vista Orizontale’ cutaway plan view, 94cm x 126cm; a ... read more | . | £1,000 - £1,500 |
38 | 179072 | 100191794 | 1943 Ca F6 | ‘Silurante’ torpedo carrier ‘Tre Viste’ 3-view, 85cm x 115cm; and a ‘centraggio’, 84cm x 118cm for F6Z Silurante; and another for the F6, 70cm x ... read more | . | £600 - £800 |
39 | 179073 | 100191795 | 1941 Ca F7 M (IF engine) | ‘Sezione Longitudinale’ structural side view (in ink). (Qty: 1) | 25cm x 116cm | £400 - £600 |
40 | 179057 | 100191797 | 1947 Ca191 twin engined post war transport aircraft (Isotta Frashini Delta III) | Three separate pencil drawings ‘Vista in Pianta’, ‘Vista di Fronte’ and ‘Vista Longitudinale’ (3 drawings on 1 board) (Qty: 3) | 90cm x 128cm and 58cm x 129cm | £300 - £500 |
41 | 179074 | 100191798 | 1942 Caproni MCT (Monoposto Caccia Trigona) | ‘Sezione longitudinale’ pencil drawing of projected fighter designed by Ettore Trigona | 64cm x 118cm | £500 - £800 |
42 | 179061 | 100191799 | 1943 Caproni Arciere I | ‘Sezione Orizontale’ ink drawing scale 1:10, 106cm x 144cm, with inset detail for installation of an alternative engine (a pilot who appears to be (Qty: 2) ... read more | . | £800 - £1,200 |
43 | 179060 | 100191800 | 1943 Caproni Arciere II, ‘Tre Viste’ and various other technical drawings | 1943 Caproni Arciere II: Two ’Sezione Orizontale’ drawings, one at 1:10 scale, 119cm x 144cm; and another 1:5 scale, 153cm x 92cm; two ‘Sezione ... read more | . | £500 - £800 |
44 | 179059 | 100191801 | A collection of technical drawings of Caproni Aircraft | 1944 Ca183bis high altitude interceptor ‘Sezione Longitudinale Apparecchio’, 90cm x 142cm (scale 1:10), a very fine pencil drawing on tracing paper ... read more | . | £500 - £800 |
45 | 179058 | 100191802 | Caproni 1945 Post-war production | A file of official photos, flyers etc of new uses for the Caproni factories - manufacture of parts for trucks, trams, buses, trolley buses, motor ... read more | . | £60 - £80 |
46 | 179019 | 100191805 | Caproni correspondance with Nosari, Cavagnari, and Cambilargiu | Adone Nosari - letters, telegrams etc between Gianni Caproni, Contessa Caproni and Nosari (the aviation journalist) with cuttings, (1932-1949) - 20pp; ... read more | . | £200 - £300 |
47 | 179021 | 100191806 | Caproni: Miscellaneous documents and photographs | 1918-1941 Caproni - miscellaneous private and business correspondence and other related material (20pp), together with 1942-3 letters and documents ... read more | . | £200 - £300 |
48 | 179022 | 100191807 | Caproni Correspondence | 1949-1953 a file of correspondence between Caproni and The Mutual Security Agency relating to a hoped-for revival, post-war, of Caproni aircraft ... read more | . | £100 - £150 |
49 | 179018 | 100191808 | Caproni and Air Ministry London interest | 1940 Air Ministry London. An important collection of material relating to the proposed purchase for the RAF of 300 Caproni Ca313 and 100 Ca311 ... read more | . | £200 - £300 |
50 | 179023 | 100191809 | 1916-1938 Commercial correspondence | Between the Caproni Company and manufacturers and suppliers in the UK and the USA; A large quantity of letters and associated material to and from ... read more | . | £800 - £1,200 |
51 | 183222 | 100197064 | Caproni Bristol a/c Co. | Correspondence in lever arch file with 3 further accompanying bundles of papers (Qty: 4) | . | £100 - £300 |
52 | 184648 | 100198356 | A rare volume containing original copy material dated 1937-1940 of this ducted-fan experimental aircraft | Comprising Prove details with 25 pages of text together with 73 drawings, many with photographs of this aircraft and its components under stress and ... read more | . | £300 - £500 |
53 | 184650 | 100198358 | Aeromobile "Campini":- A miscellaneous collection | Comprising of 10 original pencil on tracing paper drawings of Campini 2 airframe and other components, 4 dated September 1944 and countersigned by ... read more | . | £200 - £400 |
55 | 184668 | 100198373 | Officine Caproni, Milano | A collection of company photographs, illustrating the company aircraft factory including hangars, aircraft assembly and display buildings, interiors ... read more | Most 17cm x 22cm | £50 - £80 |
57 | 184670 | 100198378 | Officine Caproni, Milano, (Taliedo) | A collection of company photographs, illustrating post-Second World War motor vehicle restoration and commercial vehicle production, including the ... read more | Most 17cm x 22cm | £40 - £60 |