Hansen .938 on Ebay. de

[normaninvasion]

Anyone have any thoughts on the final price of the Hansen that just sold for 1232 Eu = $1623. I know this piece is scarce as hens teeth, but was pretty floored by the price. Jeff

[Don D.]

All the rarer ones have shot up in price lately.

[Wik]

I saw this a day or so after it initially went up but I knew it would shoot up so I never went back to it lol. I didn't think it would shoot up THAT much though...WOW

[kriztof]

Crisis, what crisis. Glad I started collecting imperial back in the day and not now



Chris

[LeeJ]

I was bidding on that one until CRAZY showed up I paid way less than half of that for mine!

[streptile]

Anyone save pics?

[Mike Kenny]

The pics are still there;

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=330700338161

It's one of the less common 938 examples.

Note that there were 5 bidders over 700 Euro and 3 over 1100 Euro so it wasn't just 2 desperate cashed up bidders willing to pay big Euro for it. Where are they when I want to sell though??!!

Regards
Mike

[gregM]

I though that a fair price would have been about half the actual
sale price.

[Biro]

... Where are they when I want to sell though??!!
Regards, Mike...

Hear that brother - I don't think I've ever made money selling even quality stuff I bought years ago!

[streptile]

I'll add the photo for future reference.

By the way I saw a case for this cross at the SOS. It was very ornate, with a complex Hansen logo in gold on a cream box. It came with a nice "26" marked Mayer TR-era 1914 EK1 pinback, which I didn't want (and which didn't really fit), for $350. I asked the seller to split the set, but he said no. What an idiot I am -- I passed out of sheer stubborness. I should have gotten it, sold the "26" for $200, and kept the case.

[kriztof]

You missed out there Trevor. I've only ever seen one of these cased and it was owned by a German EK collector.


Chris

[wayne gosley]

Yes Trevor,
What were u thinking
Agreed,You should have brought it, sold the ek and have what sounds like a very nice case and a rare case at that for a cheap price.
Sorry,I hope I haven't made u feel bad, not my intention.
All the best
Wayne

[streptile]

I'll buy it next year

[wayne gosley]

I'll buy it next year

Ok,
Cheers

[morel5000]

That is the same cross Kay used to own when he was studying Hansen and which he presented in our database:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...74&postcount=2

Its even the same picture the seller used

Best regards,
Michel