As Dec. 17 showed, Wright aeroplanes had room for improvement. That was the feature article in this June, 1911 issue of FLIGHT. We have complete runs of most aero magazines up through WWI, in all languages, with many duplicates for sale or trade.

Part of our collection of commemorative coins and medallions honoring the Wright Brothers.

One of the most important and valuable documents in aviation history. The Wright Brothers both signed and sealed this original contract to form The Wright Company in the United States. Their investors were some of the most powerful and wealthy men on Wall Street. This is the ORIGINAL signature page of the seven page contract. Our ten crates of the Original Wright Company archives (along with the early Curtiss Co. and Martin Co. records) are now in public hands and on display at The Seattle Museum Of Flight. They contain hundreds of new revelation about the birth of the aviation industry.

A very affordable and enjoyable field of Wright Brothers collecting. There are hundreds of First day covers commemorating Wilbur and Orville. Now easy to find on the Internet, they can be easily stored in post-card albums and usually cost only a few dollars each. Many have beautiful and interesting graphics.

Original Wright themed post cards can range from a few dollars to several hundred dollars each. This is a very competitive collecting field. Postcards using actual photos are generally the most valuable. But many beautiful early cards with colorful lithographs are very affordable.

Souvenirs of The Wright Exhibition Team, which only lasted two years, are ewxtremely rare. This Original decal is from 1911. Amazingly, the Wrights were selling their aeroplanes for $5000 and able to tell prospective customers that their Exhibition Flyers could earn from $3,000 to $5000 for a single Exhibition.

This is a rare Photograph that the Wright Company used in their commercial advertisements in various 1915 aviation magazines. This photo has all the information about this Model HS aeroplane on the back, including the $6,000 price and shipping costs.

Wright Brothers signed checks are generally among the signed items with least risk of forgeries and fakes. Most sought after are checks written during their private years of aeroplane development. This 1905 check written and signed by Orville Wright on their Wright Cycle Company account in Dayton was for an enormous amount in those days. (probably close to four months average wages) We are still trying to research what this payment was for. All of the Wright’s aeroplane research and development and construction costs came out of their own finances.

Photos documenting the early use of Wright aeroplanes and various aviators who flew them, are highly sought after. French aviatior M. Baratous has signed this photo of one o his 1909 flights in an early model Wright.

Photos that show small details of construction are very sought after by historians and collectors because no original drawings exist for these aeroplanes. Another photos signed by M. Baratous shows the location of wires and scale of controls and numerous other small details

This is a rare Original Wright Company Flying School Booklet. These were very well done with numerous clear photos of Wright aeroplanesand full detail of the “ease” of learning to fly them. The Wright Company headquarters was in New York City; the factory, in Dayton, Ohio.

The inside front page of the Wright Flying Scholl brochure, lists the Wright Flying Field Inc and offices at 60 Broadway. The Company office was in the heart of Manhattan’s financial district, central to the offices of the various powerful tycoons who made up the Board of Directors.

The more specific brochures are even more sought after than those with general information. This original four page illustrated brochure for the famous Wright 6 cylinder, 60 ho aero engine contained pages full of drawings, photos and stats with a record of accomplishments.

An extremely rare original Wright Company brochure for the only Flying Boat they ever produced. Orville Wright had hired Grover Loening to help him after Wilbur’s death and this was one of Loening’s main contributions to the Company. Nick Engler of Dayton is contemplating the restoration of the only known Model G.

The Wrights had granted a license to build aeroplanes in Germany. This very early German book detailed the design of the Wright Model A. The illustrations were in layers of color drawings that could be lifted to expose other details drawings of the various sections and components.

The Wrights had granted a license to build aeroplanes in Germany. This very early German book detailed the design of the Wright Model A. The illustrations were in layers of color drawings that could be lifted to expose other details drawings of the various sections and components.

An extremely rare original letter sent out to announce the annual meeting of the Wright Company after Wilbur’s death in 1912. As the letterhead shows,Orville had replaced Wilbur as President, and (little known, today) Andrew Freedman had taken over Orville’s former position as Vice-President. The sender of this letter, Alpheus Barnes remained as Secretary Treasurer for the full life of the company. Many historians report that Orville had a strong dislike of Barnes and could hardly wait to get rid of him once he bought back full control of the Company from the other investors. But records show that Barnes was the very last person to leave the Company, other than Orville

This rare 1909 publication of “Die Bruder Wright” by famed German aviation historian, A. Hildebrandt , was one of the earliest and most complete histories of the Wright Brothers early years. Well illustrated with 44 rare photos and drawings, the 64 page publication is among the most important contemporary Wright publications ever published.

This is a rare original early photograph (with age toning and decades of edge wear) of Teddy Roosevelt, who became the first U.S. President to fly, when he was taken up by famed Wright Company pilot Arch Hoxsey, at the St. Louis Air Meet on Oct 11, 1911. This photo and another similar one in our collection are different from any of the published photos I’ve seen.