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Luggage tag 1155317
Size: 16,5 x 6,5 cm
Materials: Vegan Apple PU leather
• Place for personal data
APPLE "SKIN"
For its production, the residue left over from the pressing of apple juice is used. The peels, stems and fibres are ground into a fine powder, which is mixed with organic pigment, polyester, polyurethane, cotton and viscose. The end result is a 40 per cent apple fabric, 100 per cent vegan and a nice-to-touch alternative to animal-derived natural leather. We sewed this luscious apple luggage tag from it.
It is estimated that between 25 and 30 million pieces of luggage are lost at airports every year (roughly 8 per 1,000). Unfortunately, only a few to several per cent of luggage returns to its owners each year.
The record belongs to American woman April Gavin, whose suitcase went missing during a short business trip to Chicago. Four years after the incident, April received a call from United Airlines, with the news that her luggage had been found and was on its way back from... Honduras.
RETURNS AFTER MANY YEARS
This is just one of the uplifting stories of items found years later. An angler, fishing at his favourite lake Attersee in Austria, fished out a fishing net. Entangled in the net was his own wallet, which had fallen into the lake 20 years earlier. An American professor happened to buy a used book on Amazon - the same one she herself lost five years ago. A garden-growing enthusiast found her wedding ring after 16 years - ingrown in a carrot.
IN THE NAME OF TIM!
Sometimes, however, an unfortunate misplacement can spark something completely unexpected. London-based Guardian journalist Timothy Burrows lost his wallet at the Reading Festival in 2003.
The wallet was found by a group of young men who, before bringing it to the lost and found office, 'borrowed' £10. (A play on words - Burrows sounds the same as 'borrows', which can be translated as 'Tim borrows').
They used this excess budget to buy cheap, strong White Lightning (apple!) cider. Since then, in honour of this event and the unwitting sponsor, the buddies have met every year to compete in drinking strong cider in time. They named the competition the Timothy Burrows Drinking Challenge (Timothy Burrows Drinking Challenge), a name that has also become a catchphrase within the group - e.g. "I'm going to the pub, meet Tim Burrows".
After 14 years, one of the men decided to find the owner of the wallet. So he wrote to all the Tim Burrows he could find on social media. Successfully - he managed to get in touch with the right Tim, apologise for the 'loan' and tell the whole story, which Tim, as a journalist, of course published. The post went viral, competitions named after Tim Burrows spread here and there, and Timothy himself met up with his long-standing 'fan-club' to enter a competition named after him with them. His new colleagues also gave him back the £10 he borrowed 14 years ago....
(Tim Burrows at Reading festival, Image: The Guardian).
Set 2152094
Materials: Spectro recycled leather
• Includes passport case
• Contains luggage tag
• Paper box included
Set 2150094
Materials: Spectro recycled leather
• Holder for AirTAg
• Contains a keyring
• Contains luggage tag
• Paper box included
Set 2151094
Materials: Spectro recycled leather
• Holder for AirTAg
• Contains a keyring
• Contains luggage tag
• Paper box included
WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND?
An Alabama-based American company, Unclaimed Baggage, has been buying up unclaimed suitcases from airlines for more than half a century. Some of the contents are donated to charities and the rest end up on shop shelves. They started with a small shop, which quickly grew to the size of a market. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the offerings also appeared online.
The most interesting finds, however, go into a small museum that you can visit while you shop, and there is plenty to see. Luggage has included such things as medieval armour, a space camera (sent back to NASA after a brief display), an Indian peace pipe, a shrunken human head from Peru and much more. It's worth a look at unclaimedbaggage.com!.