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Friday, 28 September 2007, 10:09 GMT 11:09 UK

In pictures: Concorde auction

Display showing cockpit instruments from a Concorde jet, to be sold at auction

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Components from the defunct supersonic airliner Concorde are being sold at an auction in the southern France.

Items to be sold at Concorde auction in Toulouse

Items to be sold at Concorde auction in Toulouse

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Fans of the legendary aircraft will be able to bid for about 1,000 items, including cockpit gauges, oxygen masks, a windshield, landing gear - and even a toilet seat.

A man takes a picture with his mobile phone of a photographic print of a Concorde jet

A man takes a picture with his mobile phone of a photographic print of a Concorde jet

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Prices range from 20 to 3,000 euros (£14 to £2,100). The sale in the city of Toulouse is due to last four days.

People look at Concorde parts to be auctioned off in Toulouse.

People look at Concorde parts to be auctioned off in Toulouse.

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The auction is being organised by Aerotheque, a non-profit association that inherited the Concorde stock from aircraft manufacturer Airbus.

Concorde taking off from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in 2000

Concorde taking off from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in 2000

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The plane - a French-British joint venture - began operating in 1976, but was retired in 2003 amid ballooning costs and flagging ticket sales.

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