Avro Arrow collection auctioned off on Dec. 9th


	Avro Arrow collection auctioned off on Dec. 9th

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12-9-2007 1:29 PM

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Interesting story behind the "Avro Arrow" plane

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8ebf34e5-e4eb-4f4a-a7c7-eabd5ae0b2a3/7374B62A-EE2D-44CE-B378-F5969E96533B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://toronto.empireauctions.com/newsItem.php?id=46" href="http://toronto.empireauctions.com/newsItem.php?id=46" style="font-size: 11px;">toronto.empireauctions.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://toronto.empireauctions.com/newsItem.php?id=46"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/toronto.empireauctions.com/img/3C5908EF-B0CF-4C57-9CE6-495E2D3C7923" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://toronto.empireauctions.com/newsItem.php?id=46">EMPIRE AUCTIONS presents an extensive collection of more than 100
<BR />pieces of A.V. Roe company documents, secret documents, letter drafts,
<BR />employee notices, memorabilia, photos relating to the Avro Arrow
<BR />project and its cancellation, and other related aviation historical
<BR />material,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://toronto.empireauctions.com/newsItem.php?id=46">This historical collection documents one of the greatest achievments
<BR />and subsequent tragedies in Canadian political, industrial, aviation
<BR />and social history. The material also offers testimony to the group of
<BR />brilliant, dedicated and proud Canadians that were the force behind the
<BR /><DIV>Avro Arrow.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://toronto.empireauctions.com/newsItem.php?id=46">This entire assemblage is from the possessions of a former employee at
<BR />A.V.Roe, who began his tenure at the Malton plant May 25, 1953, who was
<BR />one of the fortunate few that stayed on after “Black Friday”.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://toronto.empireauctions.com/newsItem.php?id=46"><DIV>Estimate: $40,000 - $50,000.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://toronto.empireauctions.com/newsItem.php?id=46"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/toronto.empireauctions.com/img/278703E5-F419-41DF-BAC1-DD495C1E1672" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://toronto.empireauctions.com/newsItem.php?id=46"><DIV>This collection is amazing! </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://toronto.empireauctions.com/newsItem.php?id=46">Hopefully this collection will be displayed in a <EM>Canadian</EM> Museum,
<BR /><DIV>where future generations can appreciate it.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://toronto.empireauctions.com/newsItem.php?id=46"><DIV>To be sold as one lot.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7374B62A-EE2D-44CE-B378-F5969E96533B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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