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For sale: Pieces of the Concorde


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LONDON, England (Reuters) -- It is the gift for the person who has everything -- a piece of Concorde, the supersonic passenger jet finally put out to grass last month after 30 years.

Everything from a leather wine carrier to the droop-snoot nose cone of the flying work of art will be up for grabs at a sale in London by Bonhams Auctioneers on December 1, with prices ranging from 30 pounds ($50) to 35,000 pounds.

For the souvenir hunter with limited space there are china place settings, cutlery, the in-cabin indicator that showed when the jet hit twice the speed of sound, the pilot's seat and even some passenger seats as well as a cabin trolley.

For the flight enthusiast there are heat and pressure gauges, control panels, indicator lights, turbine blades unique to Concorde and even a tail wheel.

But for the collector with ample space there is part of the Delta wing complete with anti-ice heating panels, a snip at 1,200 pounds.

Profits from the sale by British Airways will be donated to a range of charities including Get Kids Going! -- a charity that provides sports wheelchairs to disabled British youth athletes.



Copyright 2003 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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