All,
Yesterday a friend of mine showed me a panzer wrapper for sale. Unfortunately I didn't have a camera available and he can't send me photos, so I apologize for not having any to post here.
Anyway, the wrapper appeared to be all original. The partial liner was a thin black nylon (or at least a satiny like material). It had somewhat faded markings in white on the the interior liner on the wearer's upper left breast, which appeared to be size marking and a depot stamp of E44. There was an outline where the eagle had been. There were also outlines where the collar tabs had been, to include small remains of the pink piping on the interior of the collar. The cloth loops and the buttons for the shoulder straps had been removed. Other than that, the uniform was in excellent condition with all of the black buttons, no holes and no extreme wear to the wool.
My question is this - assuming the wrap is original, what is the approximate value? My friend wanted approximately $2100 for it. I know the eagle, collar tabs, and shoulder boards would cost another $750-$1000 and it would take a good while to even find them, so it would end up to be around $3K. I already have an original wrap with insignia, so I would only buy this one to resell. I can get a fair approximation of what I could sell it for after adding insignia (I figure around $4.5K, give or take a bit), but have no idea what I could sell it for as is without adding insignia.
I'd appreciate any help you can give me.
Thank you,
Dale
Yesterday a friend of mine showed me a panzer wrapper for sale. Unfortunately I didn't have a camera available and he can't send me photos, so I apologize for not having any to post here.
Anyway, the wrapper appeared to be all original. The partial liner was a thin black nylon (or at least a satiny like material). It had somewhat faded markings in white on the the interior liner on the wearer's upper left breast, which appeared to be size marking and a depot stamp of E44. There was an outline where the eagle had been. There were also outlines where the collar tabs had been, to include small remains of the pink piping on the interior of the collar. The cloth loops and the buttons for the shoulder straps had been removed. Other than that, the uniform was in excellent condition with all of the black buttons, no holes and no extreme wear to the wool.
My question is this - assuming the wrap is original, what is the approximate value? My friend wanted approximately $2100 for it. I know the eagle, collar tabs, and shoulder boards would cost another $750-$1000 and it would take a good while to even find them, so it would end up to be around $3K. I already have an original wrap with insignia, so I would only buy this one to resell. I can get a fair approximation of what I could sell it for after adding insignia (I figure around $4.5K, give or take a bit), but have no idea what I could sell it for as is without adding insignia.
I'd appreciate any help you can give me.
Thank you,
Dale
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