Written by Taylor Windmere Monday, 12 September 2011 23:23

Amelia Earhart Goggles & Photos Sold For $31,000 at Clars Auction Gallery

OAKLAND, CA - Goggles worn by Amelia Earhart and photographs of the famed aviator pulled in more than $31,000 at an auction in Oakland, Calif. A spokesman for Clars Auction Gallery says the winning bid for the set of 1920's Luxor aviator goggles with a cracked left lens was $17,775. The goggles previously were owned by Barbara Englehardt, a Contra Costa County resident who got them from a friend about 20 years ago. In addition to the goggles, 24 photographs were auctioned off Sunday morning for a total of $13,509. The photographs included shots of Earhart making preparations for her round-the-world flight, as well as her plane taking off on March 17, 1937. 

Amelia Mary Earhart (/ˈɛərhɑrt/ air-hart; July 24, 1897–disappeared 1937) was a noted American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. Earhart joined the faculty of the world-famous Purdue University aviation department in 1935 as a visiting faculty member to counsel women on careers and help inspire others with her love for aviation. She was also a member of the National Woman's Party, and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment.

During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day.

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