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About Aviation and Airline Collectibles

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.


Interviews & Articles

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… [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 ba… [more]



Best of the Web (“Hall of Fame”)

National Air and Space Museum

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]


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Fisher Celebrity Biplane Kit, Homebuilt Airplane $3,000 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 5 watchers
Glenfiddich 1976 Concorde Private Vintage Whisky Sealed$976.04 Ends Tuesday 5 bids 33 watchers
Aviator Bert Hinkler Presentation Pocket Watch$750.00 Ends Thursday 14 bids 10 watchers
Thermo Engine$550.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 2 watchers
Jaeger Lecoultre A-10 (chronoflite) Elapsed Time Clock$510.00 Ends Tuesday 10 bids 34 watchers
Original American Airlines Los Angeles Travel Poster $480.00 Ends Friday 7 bids 18 watchers
Designer Airplane Airline Aircraft Seats Business Class$455.00 Ends Tuesday 9 bids 1 watcher
X-15a-2 1/15th Scale Nasa Model Wsr Config (white)$415.00 Ends Saturday 7 bids 35 watchers
Dc-9 Southern Airways Douglas Factory Model Dfm Rare$405.00 Ends Wednesday 2 bids 30 watchers
Eastern Airlines Stewardess Uniform With Wing$285.00 Ends in 10 hours 17 bids 17 watchers
B-8-a Military Jet Control Stick Grip--original$275.00 Ends Thursday 14 bids 22 watchers
Northwest Airlines Lockheed Electra Model By "raise Up"$219.50 Ends Tuesday 4 bids 13 watchers
Vintage Travel Poster David Klein Twa Air Airline Paris$209.50 Ends Tuesday 5 bids 34 watchers
Original Air France North Africa Airline Travel Poster$203.50 Ends Wednesday 2 bids 17 watchers
Original Scandinavian (sas) Convair Model$200.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 10 watchers
Pan Am Blue Stewardess Coat / Designed By Edith Head $199.00 Ends in 9 hours 1 bid 12 watchers
Pan Am Airlines Cup & Saucer Blue Buffalo China$177.50 Ends in 14 hours 7 bids 16 watchers
Pan Am Stewardess Uniform With Leather Belt Included$158.50 Ends in 8 hours 5 bids 15 watchers
1/400 Taa Qantas 727-200 Blue 1970s Livery Vh-tbk $152.11 Ends in 14 hours 4 bids 18 watchers
Vintage Desk Promo Model Icbm Nuke Missile Warheads$149.50 Ends in 16 hours 1 bid 15 watchers
1941 Le Coultre Raf Miltary 8days Aircraft Manual Clock$147.14 Ends in 4 hours 16 bids 39 watchers
Gemini Jets American Airlines B 737-800 1:200$137.50 Ends in 14 hours 17 bids 33 watchers
Original United Airlines Travel Poster New York Galli$127.50 Ends Sunday 2 bids 31 watchers
X-43a Nasa Contractor Model 1/12th Very Rare No Reserve$127.50 Ends Wednesday 4 bids 22 watchers
Large Scale Pan Am Boeing 737 Model (old)$127.50 Ends Tuesday 2 bids 19 watchers
1:144 Diverse Images Avro Vulcan B1a Model Aircraft$123.13 Ends in 11 hours 18 bids 29 watchers
Vintage Twa Flying Plane Ashtray Mid Century Modern 11"$118.01 Ends Thursday 12 bids 30 watchers
Pacmin Varig Brasil Boeing Md 11 1:100 Scale$113.50 Ends in 9 hours 5 bids 9 watchers
Antique Untouched Airplane *sensenich Wood Propeller*$110.37 Ends Thursday 8 bids 92 watchers
Orig Ww2 Navy B5 Flying Helmet & An6530 Goggles & More!$104.50 Ends Friday 2 bids 3 watchers
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Flight Manual 1944$100.00 Ends Saturday 1 bid 6 watchers
Republic Airlines Models$100.00 Ends Friday 9 bids 7 watchers
Pacmin 1/100th Scale Boeing 767-300 Jet Pacmin #009168$100.00 Ends Tuesday 8 bids 21 watchers
Vintage Fahlin Wooden Airplane Propeller $99.99 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 17 watchers
Desk Display Factory Lockheed Usaf Model C-27j Spartan$99.99 Ends Saturday 1 bid 21 watchers
Gentex Helicopter Helmet$99.99 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 8 watchers
Vintage Travel Poster Advertising Austria Skiing Ski$93.97 Ends Tuesday 12 bids 23 watchers
Tailwheel Yoke For Wirraway Boomerang Aircraft$91.63 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 13 watchers
Boeing Yc-14 Transport,by Pacific Miniatures$85.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 12 watchers
Vintage Navy Flight Compass Wwii ? Pioneer Instrument $83.51 Ends Tuesday 4 bids 13 watchers
1928 Xf Goetz Birthday Celebration Medal$80.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 7 watchers
Usaf F-16 Metal Model-very Big,maybe For Airforce Show $79.99 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 3 watchers
Us Airways 757 1/100 Scale$79.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 3 watchers
Jet X / Gemini Jets Aeromexico Dc10-30 $78.00 Ends Tuesday 5 bids 9 watchers
Pitts Special Book And Manuals$77.00 Ends in 11 hours 7 bids 20 watchers
Northwest Airlines 25 Year Pin$69.99 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 2 watchers
Us Airways 1/100 Scale A320 Airbus$69.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 3 watchers
Braniff Collection Pacmin Signed Cearley Book + Ad Rare$68.00 Ends Sunday 7 bids 13 watchers
Wwi Taylor Tycos Aircraft Signal Corps Altimeter Usaf$68.00 Ends Sunday 9 bids 25 watchers
Massive Job Lot Of Wooster World Airline Model Planes$60.06 Ends Wednesday 6 bids 10 watchers
Western 707 Inflight 200 1/200 Model$60.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 6 watchers
Vintage 70" Wood Airplane Propeller$59.95 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 6 watchers
American Airlines S Hat 50s Vintage$58.00 Ends Thursday 3 bids 12 watchers
Wwii Mustang Stick Gun & Bomb Control $56.00 Ends in 15 hours 3 bids 6 watchers
Travel Poster Advertising Boac British Airways Bermuda$52.00 Ends in 6 hours 7 bids 23 watchers
Control Wheel Aircraft$51.82 Ends Wednesday 2 bids 17 watchers

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Recent News: Aviation Collectibles

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Rare flying boat from Western Reserve Historical Society collection goes to ...
Plain Dealer (blog), March 21st

The Curtiss MF flying boat, one of just four remaining in the world and part of the society's Crawford auto and aviation collection, is being shown off...Read more

Female aviation pioneer flies into stamp exhibition
Paul Fraser Collectibles, March 18th

But collectors of aviation memorabilia may be interested to see this rare philatelic specimen bearing the likeness of Harriet Quimby, the early American...Read more

Make a break for the Rideau River
Toronto Sun, March 13th

The Canada Aviation Museum is home to Canada's most extensive aviation collection and offers interactive activities, films, demonstrations and guided tours...Read more

Museums
Washington Post, March 11th

"IN THE REALM OF THE BUDDHA" The exhibit is two mini exhibits: "The Tibetan Shrine from the Alice S. Kandell Collection" and "Lama, Patron,...Read more

Western Reserve Historical Society sells its history to save institution
Plain Dealer (blog), March 7th

During the next 50 years, new buildings were added to the East Boulevard site to house a library and the auto and aviation collection of Fred Crawford and...Read more

Seasoned Collector: Did you miss Roadshow? Get down to San Diego
San Jose Mercury News, February 26th

The 12th semiannual San Francisco Airline Memorabilia Show and Sale occurs March 13. It's not unusual for a contingent of enthusiasts to fly in from out of...Read more

Open airspace at Motat
Auckland stuff.co.nz, February 25th

A multi-million dollar development will see all of Motat's aviation collection under one roof for the first time. Two. It will connect with the current hall...Read more

Burberry flies high at London Fashion Week
AFP, February 23rd

LONDON — The world of aviation provided the theme for the Burberry Prorsum 2010 autumn-winter collection at London Fashion Week on Tuesday, while audiences...Read more

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