Pioneer pilot Peggy gives a saleroom lift

Less well-known than other daring young women in their flying machines, Peggy Salaman, or rather a bronze bust of her, emerged from a Mayfair basement to take off in a Suffolk saleroom.

The 2ft (62cm) tall bronze signed by Frank Owen Dobson (1886-1963) was offered at Rowley’s (22.5% …

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