Warbird Information Exchange

I'm new here with the purpose of finding homes for a collection of WW2 & 1940's military books, photos, scrap books, manuals, posters - all from my mother's collection. Much of the items are aviation related. The collection varies from original, repro, to modern. My mother was less of a collector and more of a decorator, so anything that "looked good" or fit her idea she had an interest in.

Most of the books are modern and available at Amazon or Borders. No jawdroppers here.

The misc literature is anything from pamphlets, personal instructional manuals, calendars. It's very random and much of it is original.

The photographs are all original. Bombers, crews, random pilots, entire grad classes of units.

Posters are a mix. Some look too good to be original. Others are framed and the real thing. All are patriotic but not all aviation.


I'm at a loss as far as value and/or exact identity of items. This is one of the reasons why I still own my mother's collection. My attempts to sell are halted by my lack of knowledge or information obtained. We pack it all up, and ignore the stuff for another couple years. I really need to move these items. I can't possibly scan or take pics of everything. At this point, I have no clue of value so I'm not making prices. I'm going to be negotiable. I'd like to see her items in good hands rather than hoard it based on prices.
Ask me questions, I will do my best to answer here. If you send me a PM, I will reply with PM.

Anything related to Lockheed PV-1 Ventura or PV-2 Harpoon in your collection? Thanks.


PJ
PV-2 Harpoon "Hot Stuff"
www.amhf.org

catzodellamarina wrote:My attempts to sell are halted by my lack of knowledge or information obtained. We pack it all up, and ignore the stuff for another couple years. I really need to move these items. I can't possibly scan or take pics of everything. At this point, I have no clue of value so I'm not making prices. I'm going to be negotiable. I'd like to see her items in good hands rather than hoard it based on prices.

I can certainly understand your dilemma, but without pictures or descriptions of at least some of the items, we'll waste just as much of your time asking questions as if we could see some of it...

Do you have any items related to liaison aircraft?

Ryan

Neither topics sound familiar.

"Janes's Book of Aircraft", and general Battle of Britian & fighter plane books is the majority. I will take pics of the older material and post.

This may sound silly but does anyone collect VHS or Cassette tapes? I have WW2 related items on these media. I'm ready to pitch them but thought I'd check first.

if you can pm a list of what you have questions on, & what you consider key or center to the collection i can help you. i've been a dealer / collector for 25 years. i'm currently brokering a 50 year collection for a client. i've done this many times. send your details & we'll go from their.

Catz: Don't toss the tapes. It's possible that the material is already on DVD, but if it isn't, it could be converted. Is commercially produced material or is it random film dubed to tape or??

All the tapes are commercially produced. Some are BBC documentaries, one series is hosted by Cliff Robertson, I even found a Hollywood war/aviation film that looks silly, starring Bette Midler. I've decided to purchase a VHS-DVD recorder and copy them all (except Bette) for my enjoyment. I also have a box of my daughter old Disney VHS I need to do anyways.

So we can close the case on "What to do with my VHS".

Bette Midler was in Swing Shift, no? Or was it For The Boys?

For the Boys - YEP! That's the one. It didn't look like it would interest me.

For the Boys isn't too bad actually.

FYI I just got my box of the model kits he advertised. Good job... Got them when he said I would and they were packed fine.

Ryan