Charles Donald Collection

tcrean7828 · 5 May 2007, 10:09 AM

Hi all,

Does anyone know who bought, the Werner Voss documents and photographs from the Charles Donald Collection?

Tks

tcrean7828

tom

p.s just helpin' one of the aerodrome members out.

5 May 2007, 01:31 PM

Of special interest is a photograph taken at Schwerin, Lt.Krefft in the cockpit of a Tripe, Lt. Werner Voss and his girlfriend standing on the left side. Have more info for the owner of the image.

ZAK

tcrean7828 · 5 May 2007, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZAK

Of special interest is a photograph taken at Schwerin, Lt.Krefft in the cockpit of a Tripe, Lt. Werner Voss and his girlfriend standing on the left side. Have more info for the owner of the image.

ZAK

Outstanding Zak,

how about a digitized version to my pm or share it with the drome.

cul

tcrean7828

tom

tcrean7828 · 6 May 2007, 03:54 PM

Hi,

Just a question? How many photograph were taken at Schwerin of Voss' 103/17?

cul

tcrean7828

tom

tcrean7828 · 7 May 2007, 12:08 PM

Anybody know where the Charles Donald Collection is?????

I thought I had heard that it went to a Texas Museum somewhere?

tks in advance

cul

tcrean7828

tom

tcrean7828 · 7 May 2007, 02:20 PM

ZAK,

Here is the some of the info I was able to find out concerning the CD collection.

Here is some more info concerning the Charles Donald collection- Caveat emptor! (buyer be ware)

Info found in previous Aerodrome Notes:

The recent auctions on eBay(approx. 15 Oct 2003) show that the Charles Donald collection memorabilia has been dispersed. This indicates that the family did not desire to donate the collection for scholarly research to a university or museum but of course did the beneficial and lucrative thing.

After his death his collection was purchased from his wife, by whom - unknown.

A catalogue of an auction held by Sotheby’s in London on 23 –28 November 1996 - Alex Revell - Might have held some of his collection for sale.

Charles Donald as historian??? and his pictures have show up in a number of the former C & C quarterly magazine, I have looked at. - no comment.

Hope this helps

cul

tcrean7828

tom

tcrean7828 · 8 May 2007, 11:20 AM

The Charles Donald collection seems to be in private hands - as of yet unknown, will keep looking though?

cul

tcrean7828

tom

tcrean7828 · 8 May 2007, 11:49 AM

The Charles Donald collection seems to be in private hands - as of yet whose hands is unknown, will keep looking though?

cul

tcrean7828

tom

alex_revell · 9 May 2007, 02:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tcrean7828

ZAK,

Here is the some of the info I was able to find out concerning the CD collection.

Here is some more info concerning the Charles Donald collection- Caveat emptor! (buyer be ware)

Info found in previous Aerodrome Notes:

The recent auctions on eBay(approx. 15 Oct 2003) show that the Charles Donald collection memorabilia has been dispersed. This indicates that the family did not desire to donate the collection for scholarly research to a university or museum but of course did the beneficial and lucrative thing.

After his death his collection was purchased from his wife, by whom - unknown.

A catalogue of an auction held by Sotheby’s in London on 23 –28 November 1996 - Alex Revell - Might have held some of his collection for sale.

Charles Donald as historian??? and his pictures have show up in a number of the former C & C quarterly magazine, I have looked at. - no comment.

Hope this helps

cul

tcrean7828

tom

Tom,
Not sure of your meaning here, re my name, but I certainly have no connection with the Donald collection. From what I've been told, by researchers older and wiser than I, much of the collection was best approached with a very large grain of salt.

tcrean7828 · 9 May 2007, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by alex_revell

Tom,
Not sure of your meaning here, re my name, but I certainly have no connection with the Donald collection. From what I've been told, by researchers older and wiser than I, much of the collection was best approached with a very large grain of salt.

Alex,

I apologize for the offence that you might have taken - I was merely noting that you had at one time advised the authorities of Sotheby's in London on 23 –28 November 1996 that the items in question from the CD collection (that they had on auction for sale from their catalog) might be fakes and for them to check their veracity before the sale.

I understand that they bypassed your grave warning and the sale went ahead.

This is in no way casting aspersion on you, for you did try to warn the sellers, that their sale was most probably a fake.

Your name popped up while doing research on the Aerodrome and what you tried to do.

As always I bow to your knowledge and deeply apologize for any inference to you or if I inferred that you had anything to do with the CD collection per say, other than for you to try and stop an injustice.

I thank you for your time and effort in this matter.

Respectfully yours

Thomas Crean - tcrean7828

p.s. in regards to the Charles Donald Collection - Caveat emptor! (buyer be ware)

Hopefully, this will end the spectulation of the CD collection.