US Air Service & Air Corps Wings from the Putnam Green Collection

Ah yes, old Putnam Green, I remember him well. He had collected long before I came into the Field. And, after a rocky beginning, we became close colleagues, especially in the area of WWI Aviation. I provided him with many great additions to his collection over the years, and, long ago, he also consigned some of his deaccessions with me. I even bid for him at the now-mythical Duncan Campbell Collection auction at Bonham's San Francisco back in 2009. Well, as often happens in life, things have come full circle, and now many of Putnam's Estate Items are being offered by Rock Island Auctions. In 2022 I was able to secure some of the wings from his collection, many of which had come from the Duncan Campbell Collection. I felt because of the special provenance of these wings, that I would list them in their regular categories, and also in a separate category of their own, to secure the provenance. I have also created a separate Duncan Campbell Collection category, to memorialize the wings that had once belonged to the "Father of Wing Collecting".