Shopping at the MAX Show 2017: Is it Real or Fake???

[Remy Spezzano]

Do you know who was the seller of these helmets? I am interested in talking to him about one of them.

Thanks!!
DMS

The dealer was Bill Shea.
https://therupturedduck.com

[DonC]

I've been going to the MAX and SOS for the past 16 or 17 years, and many of those SS tunics have been sitting on the tables at each show. Overpriced, or do they have issues?

Don

[John Pic]

I've been going to the MAX and SOS for the past 16 or 17 years, and many of those SS tunics have been sitting on the tables at each show. Overpriced, or do they have issues?

Don

Way over priced...no one wants to refinance a home to buy a Nazi Relic...at least no one who is sane. I think the realistic prices were surpassed years ago but as time goes on reality will set in and things level out and return to sensible.

[John Pic]

Here's my opinion on what you've shown so far - if each one of those tunics with the cufftitles sewn at the top of the French cuff (I counted at least 3) is from the same seller then I wouldn't touch one of them. That is just too much of a coincidence. Even though it was done during the war, you find them in period photographs more commonly sewn right above the top of the turnback on the sleeve.

This reminds me of hump-ups by somebody who was not very attentive to detail.

The SS wore their cuff titles sewn along the top edge of the turned up cuff. This statement you made is true for Heer tunics but not SS. This is why it is important to know things before investing.

[DonC]

Way over priced...no one wants to refinance a home to buy a Nazi Relic...at least no one who is sane. I think the realistic prices were surpassed years ago but as time goes on reality will set in and things level out and return to sensible.

I would wager the answer is actually "all of the above".

Don

[Mike Swan]

The SS wore their cuff titles sewn along the top edge of the turned up cuff. This statement you made is true for Heer tunics but not SS. This is why it is important to know things before investing.

Exactly. Photos in the Williamson/McGuirl volume overwhelmingly support your statement.

Mike

[DMS]

The dealer was Bill Shea.
https://therupturedduck.com

Thank you Remy!! I am very familiar with Bill. That would have been my guess, but he has a Helmet that I was not aware of him having.

DMS

[werner]

I've been going to the MAX and SOS for the past 16 or 17 years, and many of those SS tunics have been sitting on the tables at each show. Overpriced, or do they have issues?

Don

Hi Don,

Are you talking about Travelling museums?

[SgtB]

Some SS single decal helmets. These were all selling for big money. One of the price tags for an SS double decal was priced at $9,800.00.

It depends on the individual lid, but even in today's climate that is low for an SS DD.

[SgtB]

Here's my opinion on what you've shown so far - if each one of those tunics with the cufftitles sewn at the top of the French cuff (I counted at least 3) is from the same seller then I wouldn't touch one of them. That is just too much of a coincidence. Even though it was done during the war, you find them in period photographs more commonly sewn right above the top of the turnback on the sleeve.

This reminds me of hump-ups by somebody who was not very attentive to detail.

Yet they all look good to me. In fact everything is looking pretty good so far. I haven't been to a big show in years, but these pics are making me itchy. Shame on you Remy!

[Remy Spezzano]

Yet they all look good to me. In fact everything is looking pretty good so far. I haven't been to a big show in years, but these pics are making me itchy. Shame on you Remy!

Hahaha! Same here!

The last time I went to Max Show was in the 1990s when it used to be held at the inner harbor convention center in Baltimore.

[kammo man]

These pics are one million times better than the actual SHOW picture thread.
Thanks for posting.

[Remy Spezzano]

SS Panzer Wraps from the 12th SS "Hitlerjugend" Panzer Division.

[Remy Spezzano]

Close up.

[Remy Spezzano]

Assault gun wrapper in field gray.