Nations Attic Diving Into History auction 2023 features an amazing array of authentic diving helmets from the 1800s into the 21st Century. Antique copper and brass helmets made by AJ Morse, Schrader, John Date, DESCO, Miller Dunn, Morse Diving Equipment, TOA, KIM, and more are included. A very nice selection of early fiberglass diving helmets from the 1960s into the 1980s is also up for bids. Helmets made by General Aquadyne, Miller, Piel, Comex, Kirby Morgan, Swindell, and Joe Savoie are all selling.
Other areas of historic diving equipment include early SCUBA equipment, nautical antiques, rare books, antique diving equipment such as parts, tools, lights, boots, dive suits, radios, ephemera, collectible memorabilia, and diving knives. The auction is rounded out with a collection of US Navy Mark 12 equipment from the 1970s and 1980s.
There are over 240 lots of authentic diving history all selling at no reserve.
Auction can be previewed online. In-person preview at the Nation's Attic facility in Wichita, KS can be made by appointment.