Piped at the post... nice ebay auctions :o(

[Jim Mooney]

Check these out... i was wondering if anybody here got them?
I was pipped on two of them Ah well one day...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEDW:IT



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEDW%3AIT&rd=1



An last but not least.....

I really hope someone here got this one...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

[NTZ]

It looks like Tom from purplehearts.net picked up the grand prize. I think he is a member here. I would love to hear about these groupings. This whole engraving thing still confuses me. I don’t think I will ever be able to tell what is wartime engraving or post war. I would have said the third grouping is post war but if Tom bid on it must be good.

[tom2001]

It looks like Tom from purplehearts.net picked up the grand prize. I think he is a member here. I would love to hear about these groupings. This whole engraving thing still confuses me. I don’t think I will ever be able to tell what is wartime engraving or post war. I would have said the third grouping is post war but if Tom bid on it must be good.

Yep, I was the high bidder here. ETO AAF Silver Star groups are pretty rare, and with all the paper (esp. the Hap Arnold letter), it was one I couldn't pass up. I'd rather have this well documented group than the 101st AB Bastogne KIA PH the seller was auctioning, that went for $2100!!

Regarding the engraving, The SS is hand engraved on an angle, which was common when trying to fit a long name on a small planchet. Looks like the engraver didn't quite judge the spacing correctly, and squeezed in the last part of the first name (I've seen worse!!). The PH and AM are small machine engraved, identical to this PH from my collection

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[Jim Mooney]

I was hoping it was you tom... well if you ever want to send this grouping home to its rightful owner ya know where to find me lol In short I hope you'll give me first refusal if you ever sell it on BTW what was your bid. I was sure I would have got it with $1600

[NavyFCO]

Does anyone know who this seller is? I've been looking at his auctions for a while now (never bid as this isn't what I collect) and he's been selling some amazing groups! The collection that these came from must have been one of the best collections in the US from the stuff he's been peddling.

Dave

[Allan H.]

Does anyone know who this seller is? I've been looking at his auctions for a while now (never bid as this isn't what I collect) and he's been selling some amazing groups! The collection that these came from must have been one of the best collections in the US from the stuff he's been peddling.

Dave

Dave,
The groupings are comming out of an estate of a medal collector on the West Coast. I can supply the name to you if you want it. Many of these groupings were in possession of the collector for forty years! The groups are being sold by a friend of the family.
Allan

[tom2001]

I was hoping it was you tom... well if you ever want to send this grouping home to its rightful owner ya know where to find me lol In short I hope you'll give me first refusal if you ever sell it on BTW what was your bid. I was sure I would have got it with $1600

Well, let's put it this way--- I cut it very close!!

[kastauffer]

Tom

Nice score on the 8th AF KIA SS/AM/PH trio . I think you got it for a very reasonable price. I agree with you, I would rather have this group than the 101st AB PH as well! It is much rarer to find a posthumous Silver Star group to the 8th AF than a 101st AB Posthumous Purple Heart .

Kurt

[SVW1945]

Tom

Nice score on the 8th AF KIA SS/AM/PH trio . I think you got it for a very reasonable price. I agree with you, I would rather have this group than the 101st AB PH as well! It is much rarer to find a posthumous Silver Star group to the 8th AF than a 101st AB Posthumous Purple Heart .

Kurt

Tom
Very nice Group. Much nicer than the 101st PH group. Valor document medal groups are to me much nicer than PH groups.
Nick

[tom2001]

Tom

Nice score on the 8th AF KIA SS/AM/PH trio . I think you got it for a very reasonable price. I agree with you, I would rather have this group than the 101st AB PH as well! It is much rarer to find a posthumous Silver Star group to the 8th AF than a 101st AB Posthumous Purple Heart .

Kurt

The group arrived today, and I've been a scanning fool ever since. Here's a page I made showing about 90% of the group (just some misc. paper and pre-war photos left out)

Frederick W. Tod

[Jim Mooney]

A really nice grouping Enjoy Tom.

[Brian Dentino]

Tom, congrats on this outstanding grouping. I know that this is in good hands. Thanks so much for sharing! A true picture of the service and death of an American hero. All the more meaningful on Memorial Day weekend. Thanks again for sharing all of your "treasures" that I am sure will be well preserved and kept together for future generations.

[GLM]

Tom,

Excellent!!

Regards,
Gary