Instone Air Lines Memorabilia

[Timothy]

Shortly before his death, my father acquired a collection of memorabilia about the original Instone Air Lines (ie shortly after the First War, I think.)

This has been sitting at an auction house for sale for several years; they haven't been particularly pushing it, and have received no offers.

All I really know is that it is 8 box files and a folder, and when I leafed through it some years ago I remember things like route cards, menus, timetables, but that was a long time ago and I wasn't really paying much attention.

This collection has now become a bit of an encumbrance - it just sits there on the books with no-one paying it much attention.

Would anyone be interested in looking at it and making an offer, or maybe pointing me to someone who might be interested?

[renfrew]

Instone merged to form Imperial Airways which merged to form BOAC which eventually became today's British Airways.
The British Airways Heritage collection at Waterside might be interested as a donation.

[Timothy]

I think that my father paid a not insubstantial price for the collection and that my mother would either like some financial return or to know that it is positively useful to a museum, not just sitting in a dusty archive.

[renfrew]

Alternatively you could sell it piecemeal on E-bay.
Items such as timetables and menus will fetch a good price.

[Planemike]

Instone merged to form Imperial Airways which merged to form BOAC which eventually became today's British Airways.
The British Airways Heritage collection at Waterside might be interested as a donation.

or maybe willing to advise on other ways of disposing of what sounds like a fascinating collection.......

Alternatively you could sell it piecemeal on E-bay.
Items such as timetables and menus will fetch a good price.

Always seems a pity to break up a collection, although have to say you may acheive a higher financial return this way.

Planemike