Historic Aviation & Aircraft Relic Art Displays

Ron Cole combines authenticated parts of these historic aircraft with his original art in these handmade wall-hanging & desktop limited edition displays - only available in this online store!

Editions sell out every week. New editions introduced every week.

SPECIAL ONE-OF-A-KIND RELIC DISPLAYS

Ron Cole collects historic aircraft parts from all over the world. Only a small proportion of the material is offered to collectors in the form of limited-edition relic displays. Most are simply impractical, and many others are too important historically to be cut into pieces or altered to be made into displays. There are very interesting pieces, however, that can be incorporated into special one-of-a-kind relic displays. These displays are unique, typically larger than the limited editions, are custom framed, and are built around aircraft instruments, panels with unique markings, data plates, and so forth.

Ron Cole builds these pieces himself in between the daily shipping of regular orders whenever he gets the time, and they are almost always put on display at his home or in the Cole's Aircraft gallery. After a period of time, they are made available for sale and new pieces replace them. 

DISCOUNT CODES MAY NEVER BE APPLIED TOWARDS THESE ONE-OF-A-KIND PIECES

Ron's 'Hidden' Reserve Relic Displays

Ron has been making historic aircraft relic displays and aviation art since 2006. There have been hundreds of editions of displays that have come and gone, most to increase in value, some to become highly sought after today. 

This is a collection of older pieces from sold out editions that are now resurfacing for sale here for a variety of reasons: they've been on display in any one of a number of locations, on loan, or we've picked them up on the secondary market for our customers. 

NO DISCOUNT CODES ON ANY OF THESE PIECES, PLEASE. IN SOME CASES, WE'RE OFFERING THEM TO YOU FOR WHAT WE PAID FOR THEM OURSELVES.  

From the Cole Center Collection

The Admiral's Dagger

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Ron Cole - Artist and Designer:

Ron Cole built his career in Los Angeles, California as an industrial designer and product development engineer, with companies such as Disney, Pixar, Mattel, Boeing, JPL, and many others. He also worked as a model maker on such films as Terminator III, The Aviator, Cat in the Hat, and Madagascar. While in LA, Ron also worked as an artist and renderer for architects and developers. The unique demands of that competitive industry led him to create a new and proprietary means of creating his imagery - one that combined the best of acrylic-on-canvas media and the versatility of digital painting. 

Ron founded Cole's Aircraft in 2006. A fan of historic aviation since childhood, he combined that passion with his professional experience to market aircraft-themed products; traditional limited edition prints and his unique line of 'relic displays'. The latter combined actual pieces of famous aircraft with his artwork. "People want more than just a pretty picture on the wall," he says. "I offer them that. I provide people with real history that they can reach out and touch".

Cole's Aircraft (and REC@War) incorporated in 2019. Based in Zanesville, Ohio, Ron Cole also runs Gallery Luminaria and is very active in his local art community. 

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