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Day one of Fleischer's 2026 Spring premier auction includes early American artifacts, documents, signatures, ephemera, and weaponry. Rare material relating to African American history is featured, as well as fine examples of antique photography.
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Lot 325

[WORLD WAR II] Paul Tibbets & Other Pilots SIGNED Print of "Memphis Belle"

Estimate: $500 - $750
Starting Bid
$100

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$0 $10
$100 $25
$300 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$50,000 $5,000

Marcus W. Stewart Jr. 

'The Memphis Belle's Historic Homecoming'

Limited edition lithograph print

Signed and numbered 48/500 to lower right

Visible 22 in. x 17 in., matted and framed to 32 in. x 27 in. 

 

Limited signed print depicting the return of the 'Memphis Belle' following the completion of its historic combat tour in the European theater.  This print is numbered 48/500 and signed along the lower margin by Robert K. Morgan, pilot and aircraft commander of the 'Memphis Belle', whose crew became one of the first U.S. Army Air Forces bomber crews to complete 25 combat missions over Europe and safely return to the States. Also signed by Paul Tibbets, pilot of the 'Enola Gay,' known for dropping the first atomic bomb, 'Little Boy', on Hiroshima, Japan. 

 

Note: This lot cannot be packaged and shipped in-house. Successful bidders winning items marked as being packaged and shipped by a third-party service are responsible for paying the third party directly. We are happy to offer complimentary drop-off service to local third-party packing/shipping companies in Columbus, Ohio. 

 

[World War II, WWII, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Adolf Hitler, Allied, Axis, George S. Patton, Air Force] [Art, Folk Art, Military Art, Etching, Engraving, Lithographs, Prints, Ephemera]

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