Chris Boonzaier Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Ooooof! http://cgi.ebay.de/Orden-1-WK-Eisernes-Kreuz-1-Klasse-KMST-/290588134305?pt=Militaria&hash=item43a8670ba1&autorefresh=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Mental. I recall seeing one of these for sale in a shop in Dundee in the 1970s. Price £5 GBP. I passed because it was too expensive. :speechless: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe campbell Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 one of the gems i'd love to have.... and then display the reverse.... joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKeating Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 It's a super cross but the price is rather steep. All one can say is that two people must really have wanted it. The auction result is not representative of the value. It may, in real terms, be €450 to €500 tops. But all you need is a couple of guys with loads of disposable income and you have an artificial result. Put the same kind of cross up for sale here or on one of the other forums for the same price and there will be a resounding silence. Put it up for €250 and there will be a resounding silence. One might say that this sale was a «coup monté» by dealers to try to shore up the rapidly crumbling market. As anyone trying to sell anything half-decent these days will confirm, the market has completely collapsed, thanks to the dealers and shills artificially inflating prices for the past few years, to say nothing of flooding the market with high end fakes. They have finally overcooked it. I could put up a cross as nice as this for €150 and some cheeky chappie would offer me €75 on condition that I accept Paypal and cover the Fedex costs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 ...... the market has completely collapsed ....... Korrekt! Great time for the hard core buyers (who buy for love of the items, not for the 'investment' potential). Bad time for the sellers. So ............. there IS a God, after all! :cheeky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share Posted July 23, 2011 I sold mine like this for eur500-600 about 3-5 years ago, went pretty fast.This ay be "The" most desirable cross, but still.... It may show a trend towards a real hard core upper crust variation collectors circle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saschaw Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 It's a super cross but the price is rather steep. All one can say is that two people must really have wanted it. The auction result is not representative of the value. It's not the first one that sold in this price range. They usually are going for this prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe campbell Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 PK- 150, i'll pay shipping, and make your bike spic and span to boot! joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erickn Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Hi Guys, Realized prices such as this are disappointing at times. Since the late 1990's I felt this hobby to some has also become a Wealthy Boys Investment Club or is it only supply vs. demand? I paid $75. U.S. $ for this one in 1979 and felt like it was rather pricey then. Regards, Erickn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Hi, Sorry for my ignorance, but how many EK1 like that were made during WW1. For me, I can understand that an EK1 with name written on the back, and not a Müller or unknown officer, can be expensive but 1200 euros I don't understand. Thanks for your explanation Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapten_windu Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 1200 euros?? normally you can get 3 nice looking EK1, or even more.. :speechless: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saschaw Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 1200 euros?? normally you can get 3 nice looking EK1, or even more.. You'd even get eight to ten standard WW1 crosses for that money here in Germany. But that's what they are - standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emanuel Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I can understand why Chris is sensitive on this matter and thus, he open this thread as he had such a piece in the past, dunno if he still got it.... He can only answer the Question. Nice piece this one, too expensive though, but as someone said above, it's an auction and these things can loose control sometimes.....it's not unusual for Ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palencia Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Bad time for the sellers. Not for this seller: EK1 sold for 1532€ http://cgi.ebay.de/eisernes-kreuz-1-klasse-bugelverschlus-werner-berlin-/220826120410?pt=Militaria&hash=item336a4330da&autorefresh=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregM Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Prices are becoming just plain stupid. It's common now to see standard 1914 Ek2 priced at $150 or more. Maybe I'm just getting cheap in my old age but I can't see paying these kinds of prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian J Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 The last four snapbacks I've seen on ebay has went for 805E, 806E, 809E, 915E. So sure it's a bit of a jump in price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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