FS: WWII Warbird Art, Personal Collection
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Re: Limited Collectors Edition Offset Lithographs For Sale
We are moving into full-time RVing and national travel at the end of the month.
We have decided to find good homes for our collection, rather than store them,
as we have no children to pass them on to. We can arrange payment through
PayPal. We will consider all reasonable offers and discounts for large
purchases. Many of these prints are signed by a number of aces and are framed
for archival display. As you know, quality framing can cost as much or more
than the prints themselves. We are the original purchasers of all these
prints.
Dave Baleria
dbal...@aol.com
William S. Phillips
Confrontation At Beachy Head - #840 of 1000, 32" w. x 37 1/2" h. framed,
published in 1986, shrieking over the cliffs of Beachy Head, a spitfire of No.
92 Squadron and a German BF-109 of 9/JG54 engage in a head on confrontation.
$150 orig., now $185 if you can find one, framed with blue over white matting,
blue frame, non-glare glass, by Deck the Walls, $170 in 1990, now rare and hard
to find - $350 firm. Reported collectors value is $750+.
The Art of William S. Phillips: The Glory of Flight, book, by Phillips, 1994,
The Greenwich Workshop, Inc., $60 list, now signed by several WWII aces - sale
$45, or free with above.
Jack Fellows
Too Close for Comfort - #160 of 850, 31" h. x 36" w. framed, P-38 pilot Ace
Col. Rex T. Barber, then a Lt., and Corsair F-4U pilot Capt. Eben Dale, then
a Lt., pull up from their straffing attack on a Japanese patrol vessel
returning from a mission to the Shortland Barber's P-38 hits the ship's mast
on pullout, shearing three feet off his left wingtip! Signed by Barber and
Dale, plus WWII pilots Jim Swett on VMF 221, Ken Walsh and Roger Conant on
Oct., 1997, with Certificate of Authenticity, published in 1996. Oct., 2000
unframed cost $145, framed in bronze and beige double-mat, non-glare glass,
with bronze metal frame - $250.
Roy Grinnel
Zero Fighter Sweep - #360 of 1250, 38" w. x 31" h. framed, signed by Kenneth
A. Walsh, WWII Ace, 21 victories, Medal of Honor recipient, depicting the air
raid on Guadalcanal on May 13, 1943, in which 2nd Lt. Walsh scored 3 victories
in this battle. The air raid alarm on Guadalcanal sounded at 1135 on 13 May
1943. The island radar had picked up a large formation of " bogies "
approaching Guadalcanal from the northwest. Minutes later the air was split
with the sound of twelve 2,000 h.p. Pratt & Whitney R-2800-8 engines roaring to
life as a flight of F4U-1 Corsairs from Marine Fighter Squadron 124 (VMF-124)
were scrambled to intercept a Zero fighter sweep. Twenty-six-year-old First
Lieutenant Kenneth A. Walsh was the first to be airborne. Ground control
vectored Walsh and his four-plane division north to the Florida Islands. As he
approached the intercept point, he spotted the "bogies" - a formation of P-38s.
At that moment, Walsh heard ground control vector Major William E. Gise (C.O.
VMF-124) and his flight northwest to the Russell Islands at "Angels 20."
Turning back due west, Walsh radioed Gise that he was abeam Savo and would
proceed to join him. Triple-matted with blue metal frame - $350, sale $315.
S. G. Vosburg
Balboa Rendexvous, 1994 - #576 of 1250, 40" w. x 30.5" h. framed, published
1994, depicting their noise taking the unsuspecting boys on bicyclists on the
beach by surprise, two gleaming blue Corsairs roar along the Pacific coastline
near Los Angeles. A familiar sight during the war years, military aircraft from
the many nearby factories and airfields were often out flying on test or
training hops. Like most boys of the era, these lads will spend hours talking
about these new flying marvels, their pilots and combat exploits. Weekends will
often find them at the perimeter fence of the nearest airfield for a closer
look at the "latest" Navy or Air Corps fighter. Print size: 37"w X 27"h,
Limited edition of 1,250 signed and numbered by the artist, signed by artist,
WWII Aces Jim Swett on VMF 221, Ken Walsh, R. Bruce Porter and Roger Conant,
framed with double matted gray and blue, with a blue metal frame and non-glare
glass - sale $320.
Nicholas Trudgian
Fighting 17- The Jolly Rogers - #303 of 1000, 28" h. x 40" w. framed, published
in 1992, depicting F4U Corsairs of Navy Squadron VF-17, Capt. Tom Blackburn's
Jolly Rogers, returning from an air battle over Rabaul, Dec., 1943, signed by
the artist with the original signatures of Capt. Blackburn, Rear Adm. Roger
Hedrick, Lt. Dan Cunningham and Lt. Tom Killefer, framed with double mat blue
and brown, brown wood frame, matching the rising sun over the beach as the
Corsairs head home, original cost of print only was $125 - $250 sale.
Robert Curry
Lightning - 29" h. x 40" w. framed, depicting a P-38 Lightning coming out of a
thunderhead with lightning, signed by Col. Rex Barber, Ace, 5 victories, WWII,
Maj. George Chandler, Ace, 5 victories, WWII, and Lt. Col. Bill Harris, Ace,
16 victories, WWII, double-matted in dk. blue with white trim, blue metal
frame and non-glare glass, original cost of print only was $100 on sale - $200
sale.
Robert Curry wrote on 10-23-00: "Well Dave, I painted this because it seemed
a good opportunity to expand the name of a very interesting aircraft to include
the background in which it was flying. The name of the piece is simply
"Lightning." It is a poster, although a very high quality one, expensively
produced with two varnish coats. The plane and the lightning bolts are glossy
while everything else is matte. If framed sans glass the effect is quite nice,
and it won't finger mark the way un-varnished ones will. There is nothing
printed in the margins of the paper other than maybe a printed in Canada notice
or copyright info. It is an unlimited edition, and I printed 1000.
Barrie A. F. Clark
Spitfire - published 1978, 22" h. x 42" w. framed, depicting a spitfire
coming out of clouds almost at you, from the left, poster print, 21" h. x 42"
l., $35 orig. cost, framed in beige wood frame with non-glare glass by Deck
the Walls for $125.25 July, 1990 - $175.
Spitfire - published 1978, 22" h. x 42" w. unframed, depicting a spitfire
coming out of clouds almost at you, from the left, poster print, 21" h. x 42"
l., $35 orig. cost, mounted unframed on foam board, with yellow border and
title - $35, minor imperfections.
J. B. Deneen
Title unknown - #20 of 25, 22.5" w. x 26" h., depicting a P-38 shooting down a
Jap Zero over a South Pacific beach, framed, with wings in bottom center,
signed 9-10-94 by 3 Aces of the 339th Fighter Squadron, Col. Rex Barber, Lt.
Col. Bill Harris and Major George Chandler - sale $100.
T. Weddel
Curtis P-40 Warhawk: Rangoon to Kuming: A Nation Survives - A Legend is Born,
of The Valiant Clan Series - published in 1973, 22.5" w. x 19" h., unframed,
depicting a P-40 American Volunteer Group pilot flying No. 26 shooting down a
Jap plane over China, signed by A.V.G. Flight Leader Ken Jimstilt?, No. 88,
mounted unframed on foam board - sale $25.
Chance-Vought F4U Corsair: Marines Breaking into Kamikazes - published in 1985,
22.5" w. x 19" h., unframed, depicting an F4U, No. 83, taking out a Jap Zero,
signed by Marine Ace Col. R. Bruce Porter, WWII, 5 victories, of VMF/N 542 -
sale $35.
Jack R. Grescenzi
A Wee Bit Close - #25 of 550 Artist Proofs, 25" w. x 24.5" h. unframed,
depicting an Intruder close to an aerial explosion, #25 limited edition,
original signatures by artist and David McIntosh, Observer, 418 Intruder
Squadron R.C.A.F. - sale $25.