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Amazing SS Headgear Collection--Must See!
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LMAO.... and I don't even collect TR stuff. That modern USAF visored cap piece really takes the cake.I have know a couple of guys who would do just the same thing. One is a gun show dealer type with assorted militaria. Of course his stuff is all ultra rare, comes with a big story & is priced accordingly. Sometimes you just gotta smile & walk away.
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Originally posted by EKmanMy friends, I am glad that this posting has brought you all such joy. I did in fact inform the owner of the actual nature of each of his treasures--after I photographed them. After all, it might be that one of you would pass through my hometown someday, see this atrocity, and brand me an idiot by mere association!
btw.....I wonder IF the guy kissed him before he f***ked him?
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Originally posted by stevezz1WOW.........every one a winner..............
What other 'jems' does he have.........
Steve.Interested in candid/private Hitler, KIA, and Holocaust photos. Also any AH related memorabilia--silverware, linen, crystal, china...
All the best,
Chris
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Even among the worst of collections, some times a treasure can be found. About twenty years ago, a fellow who had similar tastes in collecting paid me to appraise his Japanese sword collection. His collection consisted of nothing that rated better than antique scrap iron. However among the 50 odd blades, was a wonderful important mid 16th century sword that some fool had put on a rough grinding wheel from tip to end of cutting edge. It appeared to be ruined. however, I though it might have a chance to stand restoration. He thought little of it due to the condition and traded it to me in exchange for the appraisal. I sent it to Japan for restoration and after five years got back a wonderful important sword in fantastic condition made by a swordsmith whose work is very rare. It was a crap shoot but things came out fine. Who knows, maybe you will find Goring's medals at his house.
Best of luck.
Bob
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I think everyone could be making a fundamental mistake here! He is a pawn broker (I have dealt with a lot of this breed) and as such is constitutionally incapable of telling the truth. it is quite possible that it is he who has made free with the glue gun and he was sounding you out to see if he could stick it to you. (excuse the pun)
Yours, Guy.
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Guy, I see your point and it is valid, but I can say with absolute certainty that this guy did not put those fakes together. I have known the man for over twenty years and he plainly and simply got taken because of his overwhealming ignorance--something I have warned him about before. There was definately no indication that he wanted to try and pass these treasures on to me, in fact, getting the man to part with anything is like pulling hen's teeth. It was years before he would even let me into the back of the shop to look around, and quite some time after that before he would engage in a bit of barter for some of the real German medals he had back there. In any case, I trust that everyone here would be awake enough not to be taken by fakes like these, but the point of my thread--apart from being amusing and entertaining--is that maybe the next time one of us gets taken on a really good fake and has a moment, we can think back to these pictures and say "Well, at least I didn't get saddled with that crap."Interested in candid/private Hitler, KIA, and Holocaust photos. Also any AH related memorabilia--silverware, linen, crystal, china...
All the best,
Chris
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