{"id":489897,"date":"2008-04-01T03:02:16","date_gmt":"2008-04-01T10:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=55439"},"modified":"2024-12-06T03:29:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T03:29:51","slug":"7351-hawthorns-exam-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/7351-hawthorns-exam-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a37,351 for Hawthorn\u2019s Exam Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_591173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-591173\" style=\"width: 795px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/n2-200804-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-591173 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/n2-200804-p1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Pete Austin\" width=\"795\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/n2-200804-p1.jpg 795w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/n2-200804-p1-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/n2-200804-p1-754x1024.jpg 754w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/n2-200804-p1-74x100.jpg 74w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/n2-200804-p1-770x1046.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/n2-200804-p1-293x398.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-591173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Pete Austin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">RAF National Service entrance examination papers, completed by Mike Hawthorn in the 1950s, were sold by COYS at the Autosport International Racing Car Show, Birmingham, for a staggering \u00a37,351. The papers are concrete proof that Hawthorn, who was hounded by Fleet Street during the early 1950s for failing to serve his country, did indeed volunteer for such service. Completed in his own hand, Hawthorn interestingly described his employment as, \u201cworking for Scuderia Ferrari in the Driving Department.\u201d The papers were offered for sale by the corporal who was the invigilator at the Officer and Air Crew Selection board.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another interesting item, Sir Stirling Moss\u2019s 1963\u20131968 Passport, sold for \u00a31,470.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAF National Service entrance examination papers, completed by Mike Hawthorn in the 1950s, were sold by COYS at the Autosport International Racing Car Show, Birmingham, for a staggering \u00a37,351. The papers are concrete proof that Hawthorn, who was hounded by Fleet Street during the early 1950s for failing to serve his country, did indeed volunteer for such service. Completed in his own hand, Hawthorn interestingly described his employment as, \u201cworking for Scuderia Ferrari in the Driving Department.\u201d The papers were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":591171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10112,56,11577],"tags":[7366,60,12367,13132],"class_list":["post-489897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auctions","category-ferrari","category-auction-action","tag-auctions","tag-ferrari","tag-mike-hawthorn","tag-coys-auctions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00a37,351 for Hawthorn\u2019s Exam Papers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u00a37,351 for Hawthorn\u2019s Exam Papers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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