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Ever find a treasured artifact at AeroAntique but were discouraged by its price? New for 2019 is our Make an Offer purchase option. On most item pages, just below  Add to Cart  you'll see  Make an Offer .  Just click it, enter your offer, name, and email address.  We'll get back to you within 48 hours.  All reasonable offers will be considered.   A word about AeroAntique pricing:  Our mission is to rescue, preserve, and recycle warbird artifacts to non-profit restoration projects and aviation museums to do our part to keep warbird history alive. When we rescue an item, we do so because of its potential...

An American aircraft boneyard at Biak, Dutch New Guinea in 1947. I see the above image, and wonder "If only we could have rescued these....."  But I digress... AeroAntique has been adding hard-to-find warbird artifacts to our collection from these categories during 2018.   WWII-era Japanese Army and Naval Aviation, such as this Japanese Zero Fighter Fuel Quantity Indicator WWII-era German Luftwaffe, such as this tachometer used in the Dornier Do 335 Pfeil ("Arrow") Fighter  Pre-WWII US Military Aviation, such as this Aircraft Pelorus navigational instrument  Unique WWII US Military Aviation, including bomb sights, navigation instruments, and gun sights. In the last six months we've...

If all we did was collect warbird artifacts for the man cave, that might be fine for most of us. Rescuing these relics for their historical connection to the achievements of aircraft designers, aviators, crewmen, and ground crew is noble and an important endeavor unto itself.  These technological remnants offer the opportunity to share stories of history with our children and our friends. For instance, in our collection is a contact-altimeter that was only ever used for automatic dive-bombing by the Luftwaffe's JU-87 Stuka and the JU-88, and its exciting to describe to others how these aircraft performed their missions in Eastern...

Here is the AeroAntique approach to valuing our warbird artifacts: Our mission "Preserving warbird history, one artifact at a time" drives our approach. We 'rescue' artifacts from many sources to preserve/rehabilitate their condition, and eventually put them into the hands of those who can place them into their historical context for the future, such as aviation museums, warbird restoration projects, or other collectors who appreciate what the artifacts represent to our history. Proceeds are reinvested into the endeavor.  Our prices reflect what we know about the market for the item in its condition at a point in time. We look at recent...

In order to offer you greater access to our inventory, AeroAntique has transferred hundreds of aircraft instruments to our friends at On-Call Aviation Services in Northridge California. On-Call Aviation Services offers a vast array of avionics, parts, and other instruments, and can provide in-depth technical assistance. The items offered by On-Call Aviation Services can best be seen on their eBay store "On-call-aviation-services", as well as at their website.  The team at On-Call Aviation Services will do their best to get the right item for your project. AeroAntique is now primarily focused on artifacts of significance in warbird history, primarily regarded as "collectibles".  And as...