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From the start of regular U.S. passenger service in 1914, people have hung onto a wide variety of aviation and airline collectibles, including timetables, china, vintage airline posters, uniforms and promotional airplane models. Values depend on condition, rarity, and the appeal of a particular airline's brand.
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Interviews & Articles
If 'Pan Am' Takes a Nosedive, It Won't Be For a Lack of Authentic, Vintage Props
When the 2011 fall television season made its noisy debut in September, two shows stood out for their potential to generate the sa… [more]
An Interview With Aviation and Airline Memorabilia Collector Chris Sloan
I’ve got one of the largest private collections of airline memorabilia in the world. Many people who’ve seen it say that there’s e… [more]
An Interview With Airline Ephemera Collector Daniel Kusrow
Daniel Kusrow was born in Bangkok, Thailand, but now resides and works in New York City. Daniel collects airline baggage labels, p… [more]
Stuck on Comic Character Pinbacks
I started off collecting comics, and still do, but I’d been given a few early Disney pinbacks as a child and always thought they w… [more]
An Interview With Antique Advertising and Porcelain Sign Collector Alex Renshaw
How did I get started collecting advertising antiques? My dad was a lecturer and tutor in graphics and art from the 1960s onwards,… [more]
An Interview With Porcelain Advertising Sign Collector Michael Bruner
I liked to collect things even as a child. Things that didn’t cost anything, like different colors of stones. There was somethin… [more]
Best of the Web (“Hall of Fame”)
National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum holds some 50,000 artifacts, a significant subset of which can be viewed on this … [read review or visit site]
Aviation Models
Peter Jackson and friends have put together this great gallery of travel agent airline display models. The photo ga… [read review or visit site]
Airchive.com
Chris Sloan's collection of airline photos and paper. Includes four main sections: timetables and maps, planespotti… [read review or visit site]
Uniformfreak.com
Cliff Muskiet's incredible collection of 600 vintage stewardess uniforms from over 250 airlines since the 1950's, i… [read review or visit site]
Lufthansa Model Collection
A private collection of desktop Lufthansa airplane models. Available in English and German, this compact but rich s… [read review or visit site]
AirTimes
This incredible collection of airline timetables by Perry Sloan includes hundreds of vintage and modern airline tim… [read review or visit site]
Airline Spoons
Dieter's Flickr photoset of over 1,000 airline spoons is stunning. Browsable alphabetically, the spoons go back as … [read review or visit site]
Airline Bag Lounge
It would be hard to pick just one of these carry-ons for your next flight: Troy Litten's Airline Bag Lounge is a vi… [read review or visit site]
Travel Brochure Graphics
The staggering number of images on this site are, unbelievably, only a subset of David Levine's collection of 1920s… [read review or visit site]
Advertising Antiques
This classy looking British site features hundreds of high resolution photos of antique porcelain pre-war (enamel) … [read review or visit site]
Ad Access
Duke University's library has pulled together an impressive collection of over 7,000 ads printed in U.S. and Canadi… [read review or visit site]
Plan 59
From the Nostlagia Factory in Virginia comes this celebration of 'mid-century automotive advertising illustrations'… [read review or visit site]
American Package Museum
Ian House's gallery of early 20th Century American package designs. Browse the exhibits in slide show mode or view … [read review or visit site]
Found in Moms Basement
Paula Zargaj-Reynolds’ blog, an extensive collection of 20th century vintage advertising, is a visual feast. Scro… [read review or visit site]
Truth in Advertising
This gallery of cigarette magazine advertising from the 1940s and 50s contains no surgeon general's warning, just p… [read review or visit site]
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Aircrew Pilot Alpha 900 Eagle Flying Helmet Fitted Cep
Boeing 767-200 Model Aircraft Cutaway 1/40 Scale - Pacmin Pacific Miniatures
Helicopter Flight Helmet Aviation
Vintage Raise Up Big 1/50 Klm Douglas Dc-8 Metal Desk Top Display Model Airplane
Mirage F.1 / Sepecat Jaguar Aircraft Stick Grip Control Column, Yoke 
1940s Cuba Cubana Airlines Pilot Hat Insignia
Vintage Airplane Propeller, Not A Replica And Never Used On An Aircraft. 
Boeing 757-300 Exhibit Display Aircraft 1/40 Scale - Pacmin Pacific Miniatures
Original Rare Vintage Large Scale F-84 Desk Model From Republic Aviation
Wooden Airplane Propeller
300-400 Slides Of Military, Commercial, And Private Aircraft, About 1900-present
English Electric Lightning T.5 Aircraft Control Column Stick Grip Yoke
Large 1/32 Grumman A-6e Intruder In-house Factory Model 
Douglas Factory Proposal Model Dc-7 Skysentry With The Original Stand And Props 
Hawker Harrier Gr.1/gr.3 Aircraft Stick Grip Control Column Yoke
1940s Cuba Cubana Airlines Wings 10 Years Service 10k Gold Pin
1940s Cuba Cubana Airlines Wings 5 Years Service 10k Gold Pin
Rare Cessna Sales & Service Single Engine Dealer Sign Airport Aircraft Airplane
Avro Vulcan B.1 Aircraft Stick Grip Control Column Yoke
Vintage Delta Airlines Widget Jetway Bridge Sign Circa 1963-1993
David Clark Aviation Headset Model H10-13s Used Less Than 10hours "no Reserve"
Pacmin 1/100th 747-400 " British Airways"
Vintage Topping Us Army Grumman Ov-1 Mohawk Desk Display Factory Model Airplane
Usaf B-8-a Aircraft Stick Grip (control Column, Yoke, F-100, F-104, F-105)
Vintage F-18l Nothrop Desk Top Model Fighter Jet Plane Air Force Military Navy
Vtg 40's Topping Wwii F4u-4 Corsair Airplane Desk Display Promo Model Wood Base
Wwii German Fahrtmesser Fl.22245 - Me163, He219, Do 335, Me262
1930s Chrome Art Deco Plane Airplane Aeroplane
Very Rare Topping Airplane Model Grumman S2f-3
Very Rare Topping Airplane Model North Amecarican X-15
British Airways Silverplate Tea Coffee Set Tray Pots Creamer Sugar Hallmarked
Pan Am Stewardess/flight Attendant Full Uniforms 22 Pieces Company Issue 
Pan American Airways Chief Foreman/chief Mechanic Badge
1933 Italy's Italo Balbo And His Aviators In Front Of The White House
Mint Early Original American Airlines Vintage Wings 10k Gold Head Stewardess
Skymarks 1:200 Boeing 747-400 Singapore Airline Skr200 W/gear Hogan Herpa Gemini
Northwest Orient Airlines Tin Mechanical Toy Plane Vintage Japan 
Swissair Airlines Convair Metropolitan Aircraft Advertising Brochure
Rare Ray Ban B & L Ambermatic All Weather Sunglasses With Aopa Logo On Bridge
Twa, Trans World Airlines Pilot Hat, 1960's, Mint!
Rare Topping Airplane Model Northrop T-38 Talon
Genuine Scott Leather Airline Aviation Flight Case Kit For Pilots Or Sales Bag
Vintage Pan Am Wallet Purse - Rare 
Vintage/antique Wood Airplane Propeller-freedman Burnham Pc 203-wwii 1941
50s Topping Usaf Sam Missile Desk Model-boeing Bomarc Im-99-anti Airplane
Giant - Thai Airlines - Boeing 747 Travel Agency Model.
Vtg.1970s Boeing Vertol Uh-46a U.s.navy Helicopter Display Desk Model~nice!
Vtg 60's Topping Convair 990 Commercial Jet Airplane Desk Display Promo Model
Twa N7102c Vintage Metal Toy Airplane, Made In Western Germany
Turkish State Airlines (devlet Hava Yollari) Timetable 15 October 1955
Vintage Desktop Promo Demo Model Usaf Af T1
Very Rare Topping Airplane Model Grumman Ea-6b Prowler
Wwii Part - North American Aviation B-25 B25 Pilot's Overhead Escape Hatch
East West Airlines Bae-146, 1/200 Scale Diecast Model. Reef Adventure Livery!
Vintage American Airlines Dc-7 Electra Tin Litho Line Mar Passenger Airplane
America West Airlines Pilot Captain Star & Wreath Wings (new In Box)
Large Pan Am Dixie Clipper Display Model Complete With Stand - 25" Wing Span
1955 C 5 Super Constellation Airplane Model - Brass And Ebony Stand
Rare Topping Airplane Model Phantom F4
Pratt & Whitney Aviation Engine Badge Heavy Cloisonne Enamel Aircraft Co Robbins
Recent News: Aviation Memorabilia
Source: Google News
Pan Am alive and well in hearts of former employees
Sun-Sentinel, February 2nd
It sells the airline's memorabilia, such as T-shirts and travel cases. Business picked up when the TV show went on the air, said Topping, 72, of Miami. "The big seller was the Pan Am flight bag the flight attendants were using...Read more
2Do: Museums, parks, family events and more for Feb. 3-9, 2012
Plain Dealer (blog), February 2ndThe Crawford Auto Aviation collection galleries are temporarily closed for renovations. All other areas of the WRHS History center will remain open during construction. Museum: 10 am-5 pm Tuesday-Saturday and noon-5 pm Sunday...Read more
St. Augustine Group Has a Plan: Save the Apple Jack, and Build a 450th Caravel
Examiner.com, January 31stHoliday – who has silenced naysayers before – takes a step back so those gathered in the shop surrounded by aviation memorabilia, photos of his travels and the ancient tools of the leather-working craft that includes shoe lathes and tanned alligator...Read more
Hey Spirit: Stop Whining
NYCAviation, January 30th
The son of a pilot, he's been spotting and collecting airline memorabilia since a young age and has been writing about airlines in the US and Asia since 2006. Follow him on Twitter @e_russell. Spirit Airlines dancers...Read more
Mitt Romney ate here
The Hill, January 11thSaturated with aviation memorabilia, the Airport Diner avoids commemorating its political visits out of the concern of possibly alienating potential customers. The New Hampshire Fisher Cats organization is equally careful, having chosen to resuscitate...Read more
