Missed Out On A Space Shuttle? Buy This Concorde For $150k Instead

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Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

Don’t fret if NASA passed up your place as one of the Shuttles’ permanent homes as there are plenty of avation icons to go around. Like this Concorde. It’s only $150k. But there’s a catch. Yeah, there’s always a damn catch, but in this case I think it’s better this way.

You see this isn’t a real Concorde. Nope, it’s a 1/2 scale model of the real thing and used to sit atop a British Airways advert in Times Square. This is good. You don’t want a real Concorde. What the hell are you going to do with it? It’s not like you can fly it anywhere. No, what you want is a Concorde to show off to your drinking buddies and this one plays that part nicely. Just think, you get most of the fame of owning a Concorde without the expense of constant upkeep and maintenance. I say go for it. The model will be auctioned off during the Bonhams Space History Sale on May 5th. [Dvice]