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

[Remy Spezzano]

There were also some interesting modern day items for sale as well, for example these portraits of famous
Waffen-SS officers which were produced and marketed towards the WW2 enthusiast some years back.

[Remy Spezzano]

I have no idea why this dealer had a German Army winter parka in water pattern camouflage listed as an SS item.
The price on the reverse side of the tag was something like $5,600.-

[11C]

There were also some interesting modern day items for sale as well, for example these portraits of famous
Waffen-SS officers which were produced and marketed towards the WW2 enthusiast some years back.

Tom Shutt faked those by the hundreds. Stay away from all of those....

[Remy Spezzano]

And then you have items like this which are often put together to make it more attractive.
It's not even an SS cut tunic. This is a standard Army issue six button Model 43 tunic with SS
insignia added to it.

If this was an authentic original it would be behind glass or in a museum by now.

[Remy Spezzano]

Tom Shutt faked those by the hundreds. Stay away from all of those....

Faked what? Those art prints of the SS Panzer commanders?
How can they be faked if they were sketched and printed in 1990s?
Please clarify what yo are referring to?
Thanks.

[11C]

Faked what? Those art prints of the SS Panzer commanders?
How can they be faked if they were sketched and printed in 1990s?
Please clarify what yo are referring to?
Thanks.

Faked the autographs............ He was arrested for it. Those pictures were part of the confiscated collection. He sold most of those when they first came out and added the signatures for a couple years. He framed them at his shop....."The Kings Crown"......and hawked them at his shop, the SOS, Pomona, and The MAX.
Any of the "old" guys know the story. If it has an autograph on it and it's framed..........It's FAKE. The original prints had no autographs.
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-06-...phs-and-photos

[istra63]

Thanks for giving us an insight of the MAX show Remy.
Where is this show held and how often?

[DonC]

Thanks for giving us an insight of the MAX show Remy.
Where is this show held and how often?

Once a year in Monroeville (Pittsburgh), PA in early October.

Don

[Remy Spezzano]

Faked the autographs............ He was arrested for it. Those pictures were part of the confiscated collection. He sold most of those when they first came out and added the signatures for a couple years. He framed them at his shop....."The Kings Crown"......and hawked them at his shop, the SOS, Pomona, and The MAX.
Any of the "old" guys know the story. If it has an autograph on it and it's framed..........It's FAKE. The original prints had no autographs.
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-06-...phs-and-photos

Thanks for sharing this information about the fake signatures.
So even items produced recently can often be suspect to fraud.
I guess where there is easy money to be made the temptation is great.
Well at least he was caught and held accountable for his crimes.

[Ian Hulley]

Several machine embroidered SS sleeve eagles. Do they get the WAF seal of approval?

The top sleeve eagle is a fake, dating back to the mid 70's and shown on this catalogue from the period ..



as are both the metal cap insignia.

Ian

[Remy Spezzano]

Thanks Ian for posting the photo and for pointing out which items are reproductions.

[der-hase-fee]

Let's face it. Nothing else makes more of a statement to friends and family of how crazy you are for 3rd Reich stuff then coming back home with a Deutschland Erwache standarte.

I want one badly !

[Remy Spezzano]

This was probably the most interesting and rarest of SS items for sale at the show.

The medals and uniform insignia of Waffen-SS General Hermann Priess.
All these items appear to be one main grouping which came from his estate.

[Remy Spezzano]

Some nice portrait shots with his signature.

[Remy Spezzano]

Close up.