Wally Byam

Custom interior and unique wheels designed especially for the (RED) Auction 2013. Edition 01/01.

Overall in excellent. This Airstream trailer has never been used. The exterior with a possible minor indentation below the passenger window.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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Donated by Airstream, Inc.

Is there any other object that conjures the American dream of freedom and the open road better than the Airstream trailer? Perhaps that is why directors have featured this icon in scores of Hollywood productions, from "Raising Arizona" to "Mars Attacks!" and it is included in the permanent collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art. It also brilliantly reflects Jony and Marc’s shared love of Americana and of popular culture. When Wally Beam founded his company in 1931, his goal was to build a travel trailer that would move "like a stream of air." He partnered with Hawley Bowlus, a builder of Charles Lindbergh’s "Spirit of St. Louis," to develop a comfortable, stylish accommodation that would go wherever the road beckoned. The Airstream’s revolutionary low, rounded shape, coupled with its shell made of light-weight aluminium - a material that has yielded many of the century’s great design objects - make it stable and light, so that it could be towed by any car. This Sport model, classified as a “Bambi,” sleeps 2 to 3 people, and has a custom interior and vintage-style wheels selected especially for the (RED) Auction.