SS evening dress Broach

[herrgeezer]

One just landed on the e-stand today.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=577329

[John Pepera]

Not quite the ill informed and grandeur envisions of some.

Art Hayes has his priced at $9,500., Jason Burmeister has one priced at $8,500. and I have a 100% righteous, direct veteran find piece for sale at $7,500.

[ErichS]

Well, with the 1st time that I have seen three for sale at the same time now is the time to add one to ones collection. It surprises me though at what these pieces go for!

[historyguy]

Today was the first time I had ever seen the reverse of one of these... Not what I was expecting at all. No wonder people wanted pics of the back kept off the forums.

[John Pic]

Why not $12,000 I was always told by you experts that these things triple in price every 5 years or so? Are we becoming more conservative and realistic....?

[John Pepera]

Hey Pic,

Who are you addressing and who do you mean by "You Experts"?

[N.C. Wyeth]

For me, I think it will be VERY INTERESTING to see how things such as this sell over the next decade . . . most interesting, will be the true price of exchange . . . with as much as I expect to see being offered from so many ancient, and previously thought-to-be "locked up" collections, the way in which the flood of good stuff is managed (and anticipating all of the old collectors will soon be bailing out), I bet it will be fascinating to stand by and watch . . .

[Craig Gottlieb]

I am going to put one in my auction, so we can learn the "true price" of these as well.

[PMan]

For me, I think it will be VERY INTERESTING to see how things such as this sell over the next decade . . . I bet it will be fascinating to stand by and watch . . .

or......stand by and purchase

[John Pic]

John if you're not an expert in this hobby then I really do not know who is..but you only post when people discuss value and it might affect what you have...honestly I think people should pay millions for it because that would render them irrelevant to the common man just like a Jackson Pollock painting is to an everyday novice.

When my friend found one of these dealers practically threw money at him that was 8 years ago...according to the "wisdom" of those who post regularly about investment and based on the prices of Tunics and insignias over the same period the price of these would have tripled since then making them $12,000.

Im just an observer.

[Robert H]

Quite boring to see every quarter since decades the discussion where it will go.
Look up auctions results decades ago and anyone would have a rough answer.
For such items even in the CG auction it depends on the right person and not the market. And this is with all such rare items as there is anyhow no market for it.
The currency exchange rate has also an infect on this matter.

[PMan]

Prices

There have been 2 of these in the past 24 months that have sold in excess of $12K. That is a fact, not rumor.

[John Pic]

Robert in the case of TR collecting "Infect" is the right word . Although I know what you meant.

[PMan]

No market

Quite boring to see every quarter since decades the discussion where it will go.
Look up auctions results decades ago and anyone would have a rough answer.
For such items even in the CG auction it depends on the right person and not the market. And this is with all such rare items as there is anyhow no market for it.
The currency exchange rate has also an infect on this matter.

No market for rare items? I did not know that.

[Robert H]

Dress Tuxedo market, of course propably every sunday morning at the Anglo American market in Chicago.