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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Matthew Dresch

Thomas Cook memorabilia from last ever flights is on eBay - including sick bags

Memorabilia from Thomas Cook's last ever flights has been put up for sale online after the travel company's collapse.

The bizarre range of items have been drawing high prices online as collectors bid against each other to secure pieces of airline history.

There are adverts on eBay for blankets and even Jamaican ginger puddings from some of Thomas Cook's final flights.

Used cabin crew tights are also being sold on the auction site, with one seller writing 'won't be needing these' in the advert description.

The flogging frenzy comes after Thomas Cook went bust on Monday morning, putting 9,000 jobs at risk in the UK and leaving 150,000 Brits stranded abroad.

The world's oldest travel firm entered compulsory liquidation after last-minute rescue talks failed.

In one tongue-in-cheek eBay advert for a Thomas Cook sick bag, the seller wrote: "This is a fine example of an unused Thomas Cook sick bag which after today is likely to become unique. Unless like me of course, one can hold your wine and drown your sorrows without the need of the sick bag.

"Size 24 x 12 cm flat estimated capacity 1 pint of consumed Thomas Cook frothy beer.

"All my Items are second hand or antiques and therefore 'used' but in this unique case 'unused'."

Another post advertising a Thomas Cook Jamaican ginger pudding states that the dessert was retrieved from one of the airline's last flights.

Another piece of memorabilia available online was a plane blanket from one of the firm's 'last ever flight' to Orlando, Florida.

The description states: "Thomas Cook blanket last ever flight.

"New never opened. Last ever flight on 22/09/19 to Orlando."

The item has already attracted 18 bids - and is currently going for £31 with six days to go.

Other collectibles being offered online include Thomas Cook graduation wings, baggage crew tags and even uniforms.

Thomas Cook's collapse has seen the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) launch the biggest peacetime repatriation scheme, as hundreds of thousands of Brits are being brought home.

The Mirror has previously reported on cabin crew members selling their clothes online, where there is a high demand for the items.

Stewardesses have sold their used tights for upwards of £15 a pair, with some earning a regular source of extra income from the practice.

Some have even posed for pictures on planes showing themselves wearing the hosiery.

 
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