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Lot #342
Aces on Aces

Exemplary collection of over 300 Fighter Ace signatures, including Gabreski, Yeager, and Foss

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Exemplary collection of over 300 Fighter Ace signatures, including Gabreski, Yeager, and Foss

Collection of 303 Ace playing cards, 2.5 x 3.5, each signed in ink or felt tip by an individual Fighter Ace pilot. Signers include Gabby Gabreski, Chuck Yeager, Robert Johnson, Gerald Johnson, Hubert Zemke, Bud Mahuran, Fred Christensen, Donald Blakeslee, Charles McDonald, Jay Robbins, Ken Walsh, Alex Vraciu, Donald Swett, John Bolt, Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham, William ‘Willy’ Driscoll, Richard ‘Steve’ Ritchie, Marion Carl, Hamilton McWhorter III, James Luma, Guy Bordelon, Robin Olds, Robert Lee Scott, Frederick ‘Boots’ Blesse, Clarence ‘Bud’ Anderson, Charles Older, Melvyn Paisley, Edwin Olander, Bob Neale, and Joe Foss. In fine condition, with some light brushing to some of the signatures and collector’s ink notations in another hand on reverse. This assemblage represents a quarter of all post World War I American fighter aces! Cards are marked accordingly to signify Double Aces, Aces-in-a-Day, Aces with victories in two different wars, Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, Squadron or Group Commanders, Eagle Squadron or Royal Air Force veterans, Flying Tigers, Night Fighter Aces, Aces of the Magnificent Seven, and Vietnam War Aces. A more comprehensive list is available for download at rrauction.com.

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  • Dates: #381 - Ended January 18, 2012