[WWI] WWI Farbric on Craig's List

[Mike Muth]

My memory coincides with Merrill’s. I bought mine at the A&S gist store. I remember thinking about it for quite awhile since $40.00 meant a lot to me back then….and the small square was a dark green color that wasn’t too impressive looking. Anyway, I bought the Albatros Dva fabric that was attached to a parchment-like sheet of paper about 18 inches by 24 inches. Framed and and it still hangs in the living room. I like it a lot more as time has passed.

Mike Muth

 

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I've got a bit of that fabric, bought 20-30 years ago from the Smithsonian, for the D.VII, IIRC, it was 30-40 dollars then.  It's framed, and hangs on my modelroom wall. FWIW

 

Merrill
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<<They claim the Smithsonion was selling 1" square bits for $100. >>

I don't remember the price, but the rest is true. When the Albatros D.V and 
Spad XIII were undergoing restoration, some bits of the original fabric was 
cut into 1"squares, mounted on plaques with a write-up and sold. The ads 
were in all the major av-mags of the time.
RK
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