Lot 461
Latécoère 521 "Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris" Model, c. late 1930s
Estimate:
£800 - £1,200
Sold for:
£725
Timed Auction
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Description
Without Reserve
A very stylish, polished aluminum and copper desk model in the form of a Latécoère 521, the French six-engined flying boat and one of the first large transatlantic passenger aircrafts, first flown in 1935. Detailed with pierced windows, and engines mounted as tandem push-pull pairs with Plexiglas "rotating" propellers. The plane rests on a cantilevered tubular stand, the base made from a modified piston. French, circa late 1930s.
Size: 19 x 10 x 13 in. (48 x 26 x 33 cm).