$625.00
This is a small serving tray which was used on the zeppelin Hindenburg or the Graf Zeppelin airship. The bowl is curved and measures 7 3/4″ in diameter. It has a high aluminum finish. It sports the Zeppelin Company’s hallmark in the center on the reverse. Items of this nature are always prized by collectors of zeppelin antiques.
This is a small serving tray which was used on the zeppelin Hindenburg or the Graf Zeppelin airship. The bowl is curved and measures 7 3/4″ in diameter. It has a high aluminum finish. It sports the Zeppelin Company’s hallmark in the center on the reverse. Items of this nature are always prized by collectors of zeppelin antiques.
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This is a small serving tray which was used on the zeppelin Hindenburg or the Graf Zeppelin airship. The bowl is curved and measures 7 3/4″ in diameter. It has a high aluminum finish. It sports the Zeppelin Company’s hallmark in the center on the reverse. Items of this nature are always prized by collectors of zeppelin antiques.
$225.00 $191.25
During the 20th Century when motion pictures were released, interesting items were often shipped to theaters to help promote the movies. The most basic was a “Theater Card.” It had information on the actors, the studio, etc. Today we are offering a very interesting item from the motion picture “Zeppelin.” The movie was released in 1971 by Warner Brothers. The stars were Michael York and Elke Sommer. The item is an inflatable zeppelin that measures 37 1/2″ in length and 21 1/2″ in height. It is silver in color.” Zeppelin is coming from Warner Bros” is printed on both sides. The zeppelin is reasonably detailed. String attachments are at the top where it could have been hung for display. It has a valve where one can blow it up. This is a great zeppelin item from a movie that was released thirty-eight years ago.
During the 20th Century when motion pictures were released, interesting items were often shipped to theaters to help promote the movies. The most basic was a “Theater Card.” It had information on the actors, the studio, etc. Today we are offering a very interesting item from the motion picture “Zeppelin.” The movie was released in 1971 by Warner Brothers. The stars were Michael York and Elke Sommer. The item is an inflatable zeppelin that measures 37 1/2″ in length and 21 1/2″ in height. It is silver in color.” Zeppelin is coming from Warner Bros” is printed on both sides. The zeppelin is reasonably detailed. String attachments are at the top where it could have been hung for display. It has a valve where one can blow it up. This is a great zeppelin item from a movie that was released thirty-eight years ago.
$1,295.00
This is one of the most interestingzeppelin items we have ever offered. It is a world globe (produced in Stuttgart, Germany) depicting the Graf Zeppelin’s (LZ-127) various worldwide routes. The LZ 127 was patterned after the LZ 126. The LZ 126 served as part of Germany’s war reparations following WW I’s end. The Zeppelin Company’s leader, Dr. Hugo Eckener, personally flew the LZ 126from its Friedrichshafen home base in southern Germany to the Lakehurst, New Jersey, U. S. Naval Air Station in October 1924. It was then turned over to the U.S. Navy and renamed the U.S.S. Los Angeles, which became the longest-serving rigid airship ever operated by the US Navy. [Lakehurst was also the site of the Hindenburg’s (LZ 129) 1937 explosion. I still remember my late mother-in-law telling me how as a New York City school girl, she and her class watched the Hindenburg fly overhead on its way to that fateful rendezvous].
Eckener was a man who understood the value of publicity and took full advantage of it. Upon his return to Germany, he lobbied the German government for support and financial assistance to build a zeppelin for commercial purposes. While Eckener received some governmental support, most of the more than two million Reichsmarks necessary to begin the zeppelin’s production was donated by the German public. The German people had enthusiastically supported Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (1838-1917) when he built the first airships. Even when a zeppelin had crashed and been totally destroyed, the German people had donated money to restart the program. They were just as eager in 1926 to show their patriotism and pride in German aviation by financially supporting Eckener’s commercial zeppelin.
The LZ 127 was based on the same plans as the LZ 126. Work began in 1926 and the zeppelin was launched in 1928. It was christened the Graf Zeppelin by his daughter, Helene (Hella) Gräfin Brandenstein-Zeppelin. [PLEASE NOTE: Some of the dishware we offer from the Graf Zeppelin was part of the special place settings for her and her husband]. TheGraf Zeppelin made its first voyage to the USA shortly after being christened. The airship made some 590 voyages that covered more than one million miles of essentially trouble-free service. While the Graf Zeppelin did offer passenger service, its primary source of income was from transporting mail and critical cargo. The mailing of letters and postcards provided a large source of revenue. Zeppelins actually carried small post offices onboard to frank mail that was traveling from Germany to other destinations on the zeppelin routes. This was hugely popular among collectors of all kinds, including stamp collectors, aviation collectors, etc. Mailing a letter aboard a zeppelin was hugely expensive. The U.S. Postal Service issued several different postage stamps for use only on zeppelin flights.
In 1929, a year after the Graf Zeppelin was first launched, it was sent on an around-the-world tour. The tour was funded by American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, who had accompanied Teddy Roosevelt during the 1898 Spanish-American War’s invasion of Cuba. Hearst paid $200,000 for the commercial rights and assigned four people to travel aboard the Graf Zeppelin on its global voyage. The trip actually began in Germany with the Graf Zeppelin’s flight west to Lakehurst, NJ, which was the tour’sofficial starting point. Weltrundfahrt 1929 then commenced with a return to Friedrichshafen for refueling before continuing nonstop across Europe, Russia and Siberia to Tokyo. After five days in Tokyo, the Graf Zeppelin flew on across the Pacific Ocean to Los Angeles, CA (the first ever NONSTOP flight over that ocean), before completing its last leg across the USA to Lakehurst.
At first glance, our item appears to be a standard 1920’s German world globe. It was produced in full color and measures 41″ in circumference. Long distance mileage (in kilometers) is depicted between selected world cities (as was common on regular globes). Special blue paint, however, indicates the Graf Zeppelin Weltrundfahrt’s assorted international routes.
The globe stands 26″ tall. Printed on its side is the information below.
“Wirtschaftspolitischer
Kosmos –
Erd-Globus
* No 1 *
Kosmos Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde STUTTGART”
[Economic Cosmos Earth Globe Number 1 Cosmos Friends of Nature Society Stuttgart]
The base of the globe is made of fine-quality wood. Inserted in its base is a small compass that measures 1″ in diameter.
Generally, I am not one to speculate about an item’s origins or history if I do not have hard facts to back me up. This time, however, I will speculate. I have two theories. The first is that it was owned by a real zeppelin fan, particularly of theGraf Zeppelin and its travels. My second theory is that it was owned by somebody at the Zeppelin factory, perhaps an executive or other important person. The globe’s superior quality and the time that somebody took to patiently trace theGraf Zeppelin’s various routes on its surface is just amazing.
This is one of the most interestingzeppelin items we have ever offered. It is a world globe (produced in Stuttgart, Germany) depicting the Graf Zeppelin’s (LZ-127) various worldwide routes. The LZ 127 was patterned after the LZ 126. The LZ 126 served as part of Germany’s war reparations following WW I’s end. The Zeppelin Company’s leader, Dr. Hugo Eckener, personally flew the LZ 126from its Friedrichshafen home base in southern Germany to the Lakehurst, New Jersey, U. S. Naval Air Station in October 1924. It was then turned over to the U.S. Navy and renamed the U.S.S. Los Angeles, which became the longest-serving rigid airship ever operated by the US Navy. [Lakehurst was also the site of the Hindenburg’s (LZ 129) 1937 explosion. I still remember my late mother-in-law telling me how as a New York City school girl, she and her class watched the Hindenburg fly overhead on its way to that fateful rendezvous].
Eckener was a man who understood the value of publicity and took full advantage of it. Upon his return to Germany, he lobbied the German government for support and financial assistance to build a zeppelin for commercial purposes. While Eckener received some governmental support, most of the more than two million Reichsmarks necessary to begin the zeppelin’s production was donated by the German public. The German people had enthusiastically supported Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (1838-1917) when he built the first airships. Even when a zeppelin had crashed and been totally destroyed, the German people had donated money to restart the program. They were just as eager in 1926 to show their patriotism and pride in German aviation by financially supporting Eckener’s commercial zeppelin.
The LZ 127 was based on the same plans as the LZ 126. Work began in 1926 and the zeppelin was launched in 1928. It was christened the Graf Zeppelin by his daughter, Helene (Hella) Gräfin Brandenstein-Zeppelin. [PLEASE NOTE: Some of the dishware we offer from the Graf Zeppelin was part of the special place settings for her and her husband]. TheGraf Zeppelin made its first voyage to the USA shortly after being christened. The airship made some 590 voyages that covered more than one million miles of essentially trouble-free service. While the Graf Zeppelin did offer passenger service, its primary source of income was from transporting mail and critical cargo. The mailing of letters and postcards provided a large source of revenue. Zeppelins actually carried small post offices onboard to frank mail that was traveling from Germany to other destinations on the zeppelin routes. This was hugely popular among collectors of all kinds, including stamp collectors, aviation collectors, etc. Mailing a letter aboard a zeppelin was hugely expensive. The U.S. Postal Service issued several different postage stamps for use only on zeppelin flights.
In 1929, a year after the Graf Zeppelin was first launched, it was sent on an around-the-world tour. The tour was funded by American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, who had accompanied Teddy Roosevelt during the 1898 Spanish-American War’s invasion of Cuba. Hearst paid $200,000 for the commercial rights and assigned four people to travel aboard the Graf Zeppelin on its global voyage. The trip actually began in Germany with the Graf Zeppelin’s flight west to Lakehurst, NJ, which was the tour’sofficial starting point. Weltrundfahrt 1929 then commenced with a return to Friedrichshafen for refueling before continuing nonstop across Europe, Russia and Siberia to Tokyo. After five days in Tokyo, the Graf Zeppelin flew on across the Pacific Ocean to Los Angeles, CA (the first ever NONSTOP flight over that ocean), before completing its last leg across the USA to Lakehurst.
At first glance, our item appears to be a standard 1920’s German world globe. It was produced in full color and measures 41″ in circumference. Long distance mileage (in kilometers) is depicted between selected world cities (as was common on regular globes). Special blue paint, however, indicates the Graf Zeppelin Weltrundfahrt’s assorted international routes.
The globe stands 26″ tall. Printed on its side is the information below.“Wirtschaftspolitischer
Kosmos –
Erd-Globus
* No 1 *
Kosmos Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde STUTTGART”[Economic Cosmos Earth Globe Number 1 Cosmos Friends of Nature Society Stuttgart]
The base of the globe is made of fine-quality wood. Inserted in its base is a small compass that measures 1″ in diameter.
Generally, I am not one to speculate about an item’s origins or history if I do not have hard facts to back me up. This time, however, I will speculate. I have two theories. The first is that it was owned by a real zeppelin fan, particularly of theGraf Zeppelin and its travels. My second theory is that it was owned by somebody at the Zeppelin factory, perhaps an executive or other important person. The globe’s superior quality and the time that somebody took to patiently trace theGraf Zeppelin’s various routes on its surface is just amazing.
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$1,195.00
Today we are offering you a very special drink group suitable for schnapps or wine. What really makes it special is that it commemorates zeppelins. First is a small barrel or cask. It measures 7″ in length and 15″ in circumference. At its bottom it measures 4″ in diameter. The barrel has four metal bands/straps that stretch around it. On its top is a knob with a cork where the beverage is poured into the barrel. The barrel’s front sports a tap for dispensing the beverage. At this point, I have been unable to dislodge the tap to make it functional. Because I do not want to break something, I have not forced it. At this point I would have to describe the barrel as unusable for its original purpose.
A small metal zeppelin sits on top of the barrel near one end. It measures 3/4″ x 4 ½,” and makes the barrel all the more interesting. The barrel rests on a wooden cradle, flanked by six small wooden cups for the beverage of choice. The cups are shot glass-sized and hold between 1-2 ounces.
It is a most impressive set. It would add an interesting focal point to a zeppelin display. I have not seen anything like it, and have been eyeing it for inclusion with my personal items. I have just the place on a nearby office bookcase where it will look dandy until somebody claims it.
Today we are offering you a very special drink group suitable for schnapps or wine. What really makes it special is that it commemorates zeppelins. First is a small barrel or cask. It measures 7″ in length and 15″ in circumference. At its bottom it measures 4″ in diameter. The barrel has four metal bands/straps that stretch around it. On its top is a knob with a cork where the beverage is poured into the barrel. The barrel’s front sports a tap for dispensing the beverage. At this point, I have been unable to dislodge the tap to make it functional. Because I do not want to break something, I have not forced it. At this point I would have to describe the barrel as unusable for its original purpose.
A small metal zeppelin sits on top of the barrel near one end. It measures 3/4″ x 4 ½,” and makes the barrel all the more interesting. The barrel rests on a wooden cradle, flanked by six small wooden cups for the beverage of choice. The cups are shot glass-sized and hold between 1-2 ounces.
It is a most impressive set. It would add an interesting focal point to a zeppelin display. I have not seen anything like it, and have been eyeing it for inclusion with my personal items. I have just the place on a nearby office bookcase where it will look dandy until somebody claims it.
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