Infanterie photo album on the eStand

[Panzer Rob]

Hi guys-

I was wondering if some of you could give me your thoughts on the album which I currently have up for sale on the estand:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=155492

To be honest, I am a bit surprised that this one hasn't sold yet, despite repeated price reductions

Maybe it's just me, but I thought that this was a rather attractive, 100% original and complete early war album. Granted, there aren't any "combat" shots but now I am wondering if perhaps the price is still too high?

Your thoughts and comments would be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Rob

[Tim DC]

Hi Rob,
Your album looks perfectly original, well captionned and in good condition.
I'd say your starting price was too high, because there are only 166 military photos. Now, I have paid 300$ for such an amount of photos in the past, but this album does not have the "front" look that many other albums from France 1940 have: destroyed French tanks, black POW's, shot down planes etc etc.
If there weren't some good photos of Panzer, SdKfz, ships etc your price would still be too high but I think now it is getting reasonable
Hope this helps

[Simon O.]

Seems like a good honest album but it all boils down to what people are interested in. On the purely military front there seems to be half a dozen to a dozen photos of any real interest. Other than that it's down to location and if anyone is particualrly interested in any of the places seen in the shots, that's what i go for myself as i'm on the look out for albums from my home town.


Another way of looking at it is not $225 for 255 photos (which is very reasonable) but $225 for a dozen moderately interesting photos and a few dozen less so.

[Mark Mac]

The above comments are worth their weight in gold. I saw this post before I saw the sale. I thought this might be an chance to get an album before another. While there are some very nice photos - I like the portraits and the halftrack, the rest just did not get the push - for me. Others may disagree and have their thoughts.

When I saw infantry album, I was thinking more technical/frontline photos, even more training shots.

There is no magic to this. It is all in the eye of the beholder. Who knows? Tomorrow a guy may hope to pay only $300.00 for it!

[Panzer Rob]

Tim, Simon and Mark-

Thank you for your replies and input - much appreciated.

Seems like a good honest album but it all boils down to what people are interested in. On the purely military front there seems to be half a dozen to a dozen photos of any real interest. Other than that it's down to location and if anyone is particualrly interested in any of the places seen in the shots, that's what i go for myself as i'm on the look out for albums from my home town

Very good point, Simon. I wasn't looking at it from a strictly "military action/combat" point of view, but from a complete, original photographic documentation of one soldier's "early-war" service time. I was starting to wonder if people were skeptical of the album's 'originality' but I'm glad to hear that this is not the case.

Thanks again, guys.
Rob