To some aviation enthusiasts, that (unused) paper bag in the seat-back is a prized possession.
“One can tell a lot about an airline’s image from their Air Sickness Bags,” Silberberg, 61, writes on one of the twodedicated to his hobby. “Some barf bags are no more than a baggie with a twist tie, while other sickbags could win international design competitions. Are they art? I think so.”
He’s not the only one. Contrary to his thought four decades ago, other collectors around the world share his offbeat enthusiasm, posting their own prized possessions online, trading for new finds and even connecting in person at airline memorabilia events during pre-pandemic times.But the global community of “baggists,” as some call themselves, is small and not growing — in part due to an aging cohort and because fans say bags just aren’t that great anymore.
Kelly said he believes there were somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 baggists at one point. He’s not sure how many are active now. Paul Mundy, a Germany-based communications specialist who works in international relations, has nearly 2,500 bags in a collection that started by necessity. But he only grabs a new bag on the rare occasions that he flies and hasn’t updated his site,“The problem is that bag collecting is a sedentary activity,” said Mundy, 64.
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