Caproni Collection Auction

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For anyone with deeper pockets, a collection of drawings, sketches and ephemera by Giovanni Caproni is up for auction at Abdingdon on 12 November.

Early Flight - The Caproni Collection & The Collectors Sale

Auction Details

www.mallams.co.uk

 

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The contents is now available online. I've downloaded every single image directly related to Caproni, and it amounts to 436 files for 370 Mb.

 

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I've created an Excel file about every Caproni-related lot in the auction. It will help all those who are interested to locate and identify files more easily (and perhaps also bid more easily?) Just one word of advise: make sure to verify the contents of a lot from the photos, since some lots are mislabeled (for instance, the second "Ca.150" lot only contains the Ca.135):

	LOT	PHOTOS	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	ADDITIONAL DETAILS	ESTIMATE
1	178979	100191714	1910 Caproni Ca1, 1914 Ca20, and 1915 Ca25	1910 Caproni Ca1 small old plan and sketches, 1914 Ca20 -various pieces of artwork in Indian ink on tracing paper and 1915 Ca25 - a collection	.	£400 - £600
2	178987	100191723	1935 Ca100 four booklets	Istruzioni and Supplementi; together with two technical booklets on the Ca100 Idrovolante floatplane	.	£300 - £500
3	178988	100191724	1931 Ca105, 1933 Ca113, and 1934 Ca114	1931 Ca105 booklet with technical data and plans; a 1933 Ca113 works folder with 11 blue/dyeline prints etc.; a 1934 Ca 114 works folder-data file ... read more	.	£400 - £600
4	178989	100191725	Technical manuals for 1936 Ca133	Technical manual for Ca133 ’Bombardmento; and another for Ca133’Trasporto’ (which features a concertina pull-out section over 30 feet long). Both (Qty: 5) ... read more	.	£400 - £600
5	178990	100191726	1939 Ca134 and 1939 Ca141	1939 Ca134 small dyeline plan and technical description booklet; a 1939 Ca141 small dyeline plan, and a 1937 large official technical report with ... read more	.	£300 - £500
6	178991	100191727	Ca148 and Ca148P	A collection of draughtsman’s pencil drawings of components, of this aircraft and sub-type ‘P’ - parachutist's version - each drawing labelled and ... read more	the largest 105x168cm’ the smallest 24x33cm	£200 - £400
7	178993	100191729	1936 Ca150	Three technical manuals with data and plans of a project aircraft in ‘triposto’ and ‘quadriposto’ versions and a second copy of ‘quadriposto’ with ... read more	.	£200 - £400
8	178995	100191731	Descriptive booklets and sale leaflets for Caproni	1936 Caproni A.P.I. descriptive booklet and another for 1939 Ca Ghibli; and 1930s sales leaflets - Ca97 Co ‘for colonial service‘. (in English); Ca97 ... read more	.	£250 - £400
9	178996	100191732	1938 Ca211 small folded dyeline prints	The prints of components and airframe parts contained in a strap-fastened works folder.	.	£400 - £600
10	179000	100191736	Ca312/312IS/312bis/312	1940 seven Caproni booklets for Ca312/312IS/312bis/312 seaplane (in English)	.	£200 - £500
11	179005	100191741	1940 Ca cv5, 1940 Ca CV7, and 1940 Ca F7	1940 Ca CV5 ‘Modello Aerodinamico’ three drawings for wind tunnel models- a large folded drawing (scale 1:7) and 1940 Ca CV7 ditto but scale 1:1and (Qty: 3) ... read more	.	£200 - £400
12	179011	100191747	Circa 1935 Ca100 series	A well-constructed mahogany scale model (probably from the company model workshop) of a Caproni high-wing single-engined aircraft, the 9-cylinder ... read more	59cm wingspan	£400 - £600
13	179045	100191756	Circa 1914, A signed etching	An original etching of a Caproni machine in the clouds. Signed by Caproni, and with impressed family motto and logo. Framed and glazed.	.	£150 - £200
14	179047	100191759	1925 Ca72 and 1925 Ca80	1925 Ca72 original small ink drawing, 45cm x 88cm on tracing paper; and 1925 Ca80 two original ink drawings, 47cm x 102cm and 48cm x 103cm - one (Qty: 3) ... read more	.	£600 - £800
15	179048	100191760	1926 Ca73	Large original ink drawing, signed (indistinctly) and dated 10.3.1926, much interior detail includes toilet facilities	65cm x 151cm	£500 - £800
16	179049	100191761	1927 Ca60 TRANSAERO (often referred to as the ‘Noviplano‘ or ‘Capronissimo‘)	A prototype nine-winged, eight-engined flying boat. Intended as a 100-seat transatlantic passenger aircraft, it made a brief flight and then crashed ... read more	.	£500 - £800
17	179030	100191762	1928 Ca79	Original ink drawing, (indistinctly) signed and dated 1.10.1928	49cm x 93cm	£200 - £300
18	179036	100191763	1933 Ca102	Three views in two small pencil drawings	.	£200 - £300
19	179037	100191764	1933 Ca102 small three-view drawing in ink and a Ca-? unknown bombing aircraft	Original ink drawing, distressed and with losses.	.	£200 - £300
20	179043	100191767	1934 Ca133	Pencil drawing - front view only and a 1934 pencil 3-view drawing with amendments relating to weights etc	.	£400 - £600
21	179039	100191771	Caproni Propeller drawings	1937-1940 original folder with a large collection of drawings of propeller profiles and hubs produced for Caproni’s own aircraft, and those of other (Qty: Approximately 50 drawings) ... read more	.	£600 - £800
22	179035	100191772	1936 Ca150	Four descriptive booklets and 28 drawings of components (Qty: 28)	.	£300 - £500
23	179033	100191774	1937 Ca170	3 large-scale drawings in pencil on tracing paper of this Isotta Fraschini radial engined biplane fighter. (3 drawings on 2 boards)	99cm x 70cm	£1,000 - £1,500
24	179040	100191775	1937 Ca171, 'Vista di Fianco’, ‘Vista in Pianta', and ‘Vista di Fronte’	1937 Ca171, a fine group of three pencil drawings of this Alfa 115.I powered biplane – ‘Vista di Fianco’; ‘Vista in Pianta'; and ‘Vista di Fronte’, ... read more	Each drawing approximately 70cm x 100cm	£1,000 - £1,500
25	179041	100191776	1938 Ca211	A folder containing 12 large dyeline prints of plans and diagrams of systems and components of this twin-engined bomber	.	£300 - £500
26	179050	100191777	1940 Ca156	Ink on tracing sheets - 3-view drawings of a projected twin-engined bomber	.	£100 - £150
27	179052	100191779	1939 Ca CV3	‘Sezione Longitudinale’ (side view), 74cm x 105cm ink drawing; two dyeline prints of parts, each 53cm x 73cm; and a 'centraggio’ (ink), 74cm x 106cm; ... read more	.	£300 - £400
28	179053	100191781	1940 CV4	‘Sezione Longitudinale’ structural side view 74cm x 104cm; a ’Sezione Orizontale’ plan view 94cm x 118cm (this with a small loss); and a ‘centraggio’, ... read more	.	£600 - £800
29	179063	100191782	1940 Ca CV6	‘Sezione Longitudinale’ structural side view with separate detail of engine installation, pencil on tracing paper	66cm x 118cm	£600 - £800
30	179054	100191783	1940 Ca CV7	‘Monoposto - Sezione Longitudinale’ structural side view, 68cm x 84cm; a ‘Sezione Orizontale’ plan view, 118cm x 66cm; a ‘centraggio’, 86cm x 115cm - ... read more	.	£700 - £900
31	179065	100191785	1940 Ca CV7	A folder containing two small pencil drawings of parts; and four 3-view drawings of both mono and biposto versions (2 ink, 2 pencil). (Qty: 6)	.	£300 - £400
32	179067	100191787	1940 Ca F5, and 'Tre-Vista'	A draughtsman’s exceptional detailed ‘Sezione Longitudinale’ side view in ink, 72cm x 100cm, of a Fiat A74 powered fighter aircraft; a similar ... read more	.	£1,200 - £1,500
33	17968	100191788	1940 Ca F5bis (with Alpha engine) and ‘tre vista’	1940 Ca F5bis (with Alpha engine) ‘Sezione Longitudinale’ structural side view in ink; another side view in pencil, 76cm x 110cm (small loss); a ... read more	73cm x103cm, 73x103cm and both 72x103cm	£800 - £1,200
34	179055	100191789	1942 Ca F5 (with Isotta Fraschini engine)	’Sezione Longitudinale’ structural side view, 63cm x 88cm; a ‘Sezione Orizontale’ plan view, 93cm x 121cm (both in ink); a large scale pencil drawing ... read more	.	£1,500 - £2,000
35	179069	100191790	1941 Ca F6M (Alpha engine), 1940 F6Z (IF engine), and 1942 a F6M ’tre-vista’	1941 Ca F6M (Alpha engine) ‘Sezione Longitudinale’ side view, 65cm x 118cm; a Sezione Orizontale’ plan view, 118cm x 94cm (both pencil); a ... read more	.	£1,800 - £2,500
36	179056	100191791	1943 Ca F6S	‘Sezione Longitudinale’ structural side view, 85cm x 116cm; a ‘Sezione Orizontale’ plan drawing,124cm x 96cm; a 3-view of the F6S torpedo carrying ... read more	.	£1,000 - £1,500
37	179071	100191793	1941 Ca F6Z, and 1943 Ca F6Z	1941 Ca F6Z, ‘Sezione Longitudinale’ structural side view with small losses, 64cm x 117cm; a Vista Orizontale’ cutaway plan view, 94cm x 126cm; a ... read more	.	£1,000 - £1,500
38	179072	100191794	1943 Ca F6	‘Silurante’ torpedo carrier ‘Tre Viste’ 3-view, 85cm x 115cm; and a ‘centraggio’, 84cm x 118cm for F6Z Silurante; and another for the F6, 70cm x ... read more	.	£600 - £800
39	179073	100191795	1941 Ca F7 M (IF engine)	‘Sezione Longitudinale’ structural side view (in ink). (Qty: 1)	25cm x 116cm	£400 - £600
40	179057	100191797	1947 Ca191 twin engined post war transport aircraft (Isotta Frashini Delta III)	Three separate pencil drawings ‘Vista in Pianta’, ‘Vista di Fronte’ and ‘Vista Longitudinale’ (3 drawings on 1 board) (Qty: 3)	90cm x 128cm and 58cm x 129cm	£300 - £500
41	179074	100191798	1942 Caproni MCT (Monoposto Caccia Trigona)	‘Sezione longitudinale’ pencil drawing of projected fighter designed by Ettore Trigona	64cm x 118cm	£500 - £800
42	179061	100191799	1943 Caproni Arciere I	‘Sezione Orizontale’ ink drawing scale 1:10, 106cm x 144cm, with inset detail for installation of an alternative engine (a pilot who appears to be (Qty: 2) ... read more	.	£800 - £1,200
43	179060	100191800	1943 Caproni Arciere II, ‘Tre Viste’ and various other technical drawings	1943 Caproni Arciere II: Two ’Sezione Orizontale’ drawings, one at 1:10 scale, 119cm x 144cm; and another 1:5 scale, 153cm x 92cm; two ‘Sezione ... read more	.	£500 - £800
44	179059	100191801	A collection of technical drawings of Caproni Aircraft	1944 Ca183bis high altitude interceptor ‘Sezione Longitudinale Apparecchio’, 90cm x 142cm (scale 1:10), a very fine pencil drawing on tracing paper ... read more	.	£500 - £800
45	179058	100191802	Caproni 1945 Post-war production	A file of official photos, flyers etc of new uses for the Caproni factories - manufacture of parts for trucks, trams, buses, trolley buses, motor ... read more	.	£60 - £80
46	179019	100191805	Caproni correspondance with Nosari, Cavagnari, and Cambilargiu	Adone Nosari - letters, telegrams etc between Gianni Caproni, Contessa Caproni and Nosari (the aviation journalist) with cuttings, (1932-1949) - 20pp; ... read more	.	£200 - £300
47	179021	100191806	Caproni: Miscellaneous documents and photographs	1918-1941 Caproni - miscellaneous private and business correspondence and other related material (20pp), together with 1942-3 letters and documents ... read more	.	£200 - £300
48	179022	100191807	Caproni Correspondence	1949-1953 a file of correspondence between Caproni and The Mutual Security Agency relating to a hoped-for revival, post-war, of Caproni aircraft ... read more	.	£100 - £150
49	179018	100191808	Caproni and Air Ministry London interest	1940 Air Ministry London. An important collection of material relating to the proposed purchase for the RAF of 300 Caproni Ca313 and 100 Ca311 ... read more	.	£200 - £300
50	179023	100191809	1916-1938 Commercial correspondence	Between the Caproni Company and manufacturers and suppliers in the UK and the USA; A large quantity of letters and associated material to and from ... read more	.	£800 - £1,200
51	183222	100197064	Caproni Bristol a/c Co.	Correspondence in lever arch file with 3 further accompanying bundles of papers (Qty: 4)	.	£100 - £300
52	184648	100198356	A rare volume containing original copy material dated 1937-1940 of this ducted-fan experimental aircraft	Comprising Prove details with 25 pages of text together with 73 drawings, many with photographs of this aircraft and its components under stress and ... read more	.	£300 - £500
53	184650	100198358	Aeromobile "Campini":- A miscellaneous collection	Comprising of 10 original pencil on tracing paper drawings of Campini 2 airframe and other components, 4 dated September 1944 and countersigned by ... read more	.	£200 - £400
55	184668	100198373	Officine Caproni, Milano	A collection of company photographs, illustrating the company aircraft factory including hangars, aircraft assembly and display buildings, interiors ... read more	Most 17cm x 22cm	£50 - £80
57	184670	100198378	Officine Caproni, Milano, (Taliedo)	A collection of company photographs, illustrating post-Second World War motor vehicle restoration and commercial vehicle production, including the ... read more	Most 17cm x 22cm	£40 - £60