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Inspection Friday, May 25th - 9AM to 11AM
The GR Webster toy airplane collection salutes a storied era in aeronautical history
A man of many talents, Geoffrey Randolph Webster - "GR" to his friends - is a retired businessman, author and portrait painter who divides his time between Florida and the idyllic French Riviera. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago with a master's degree in business and retired as president and CEO of Givaudan Fragrances Inc., after a 30-year career in international business and marketing.
But those distinctions are by no means all of the laurels to which Webster can lay claim. He was also a highly decorated Vietnam War pilot who received 30 Air Medals, double Distinguished Flying Crosses and the Air Medal for Valor; as well as the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and two Awards of the Cross of Gallantry as commander of the "Mustang" Gunship Platoon of the 68th Assault Helicopter Company's "Top Tigers".
The American military hero's fascination for airplanes - which began during childhood as the son of a naval pilot - eventually led to his amassing one of the world's largest and finest collections of aviation toys and models. Stephenson's Auctioneers in Southampton (suburban Philadelphia), Pa., will present aspects of the GR Webster collection in their May 25, 2012 Toys & Dolls auction.
G.R. Webster's collection includes Dinky Toys Spitfire Mark II Diamond Jubilee of the Royal Air Force, Kilgore Travel Air Mystery Plane, Hubley Twin Engined TAT NC-431, Hubley P-38 Fighter in original box, Meccano Seaplane, Tootsietoy 1950's mint box store display of twelve die cast Dime Store aircrafts, two Tootsietoy rare Army Transports, Tootsietoy 1956 Sikorski H-34 helicopter and 1956 Hiller 23 helicopter. His collection also includes Cragstan, Goodie Toy, Renwal, Midgetoy, and other various aircrafts.
Also a complete set of 55 Mars Attacks cards by Bubbles-Topps including the checklist and an additional #5- Washington in Flames card, Lionel No. 2355 postwar Western Pacific diesel locomotives, Marx Stream Line Electrical Train, Lionel ZW Transformers, Lionel TCA Bicentennial Special set, American Flyer Electric train set, Schuco automobiles, scale model automobiles, Britains and diecast soldiers, and G.I. Joes, and more.
Dolls include 1930s Ideal Shirley Temple with original trunk and additional clothing, two additional 1930s Ideal Shirley Temple dolls, Vogue Ginny dolls, C.M. Bergmann, Simon & Halbig bisque head dolls, Armand Marseille bisque head dolls, Heubach piano babies, Mary Hoyer, vintage Annalee dolls, Ginny's Trip Mates mint in box, China head dolls, Kaiser baby doll, Max Oscar Arnold bisque head dolls, Rose O'Neill composition Kewpie, Alexanderkins, Kiddles, Annette Himstedt and Wendy Richardson-Harris and Carolyn Neep limited edition artist dolls, cloth dolls, composition dolls, and more.
15% Buyer's Premium in gallery, 18% online at Liveauctioneers
AH-000130
