Luftmensch
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I did not attend the MAX show in Pittsburgh, but I understand the Russians were buying all they could of the less mint items.
I am curious.... was this rush to buy items prompted by simply investment potential?
It all seems very strange to me. Investment would only be if they anticipated a firm future buyer.
It seems to me there is more to this story.
Would someone please speculate as to the reason for this Russian interest.
Rod
As worms turn, there is no better example than friends of Putin finding themselves under lock and key the next moment and their assets seized. They are probably getting rid of cash in areas where there is a well defined and growing market, and salting those assets away...
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For those of us who've seen currency rates go up and down, the current dollar situation is a good one to set tight on and -not- sell. Sooner or later, the exchange rate will reverse itself, and items will move in the direction of those with the money and willing to pay the prices.
Enjoy the situation while you can. The worm never rests, and it is always turning.
Les
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Exactly Alex, hence my question about the case?
Beautiful case (with buff flocking) identical to mine. Got $1500 for mine 2 years ago. Is the Euro worth $3 already?!!
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Need one for an article? Close-ups of back and front?
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It's a pretty badge, Vic. How much did you say you are on the hook for? Or did you say? Not that it doesn't lead to more self-doubt. I'd pull the trigger for 750 or less because it wouldn't be hard to get my money out on a piece that is such a looker. But then why is it going for so cheap? 900 or above and I'd wait for a group with great provenance...even if it took years. I wouldn't be in a hurry to amass loose badges in this market.
You are not a rare variant collector, right?
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Never seen one like this! Hallmarks look unimpressive in the manner of recent Juncker types, but that's probably a quibble here.
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Mike, I believe the non-serif are the real ones. But this is my opinion.
Buyer paid $7400 for this in Thies' last auction, serifs case and all.
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I'm not holding it in my hands, so assuming it's real, with the cockade nibbled and the bullion worn dull, low end, 300-350.
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$300-450 depending on condition...
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Yes, my first impression was that this "reenactor special" would have been happier with an RNAS badge!
Rgds
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That salty badge just doesn't look like it started out in life attached to that cap, which looks to me like it was made in the UK. Too clean inside, too!
Rgds
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Good for you...I hope to get mine back, too. I used the loose badges to make a block of aviation items. Come to poppa!!!
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Nope, it is ex-Stogieman collection, and comes with his COA.
I've seen maybe one other in my life I trust. The auction example is still available, but I think for protocol's sake contact Thies for the time being...I'll raise the price!
Rgds
John
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Yup, no dedicated pilots' wrist watches at this early stage. Wristwatches with sweep seconds and features useful to other technical troops like artillerymen, certainly used by pilots. Would have to be a presentation piece and engraved to a pilot to claim "pilot's watch".
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On reviewing the thread, I noticed some images from page 1 were not posting. Here they are again for new readers trying to make sense of the text.
Rgds
John
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No wonder he was so vain about his looks!
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Something I just read in Rimmel's new book on Zeps. Are people familiar with Felix Schwormstadt's great illustrations of a Zeppelin crew in action, printed in the Leipziger Illustrierte Zeitung in 1917 and also in English publications after the war? They are widely reproduced in books today.
Apparently Felix used Linnarz and the crew of LZ 38 for his models!
Check the resemblance...
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Now the mark in question:
That's not a moon...that's an axe blade...
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It just seems that whenever a piece comes long at a reasonable price, it is automatically attacked. I know I'm not making any friends in this posting, but that is the way I see it.
The logic is simple, Steve. There are known exemplars. I'll hang onto my money until one comes along. In terms of the pursuit of knowledge, no one is saying definitively this didn't exist, but that it doesn't conform to known examples that have come from a family-owned group. That's the only unshakeable test.
That was the acid test Bob Pandis and Rick used.
I'm open to correction...
Rgds
John
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Concur.
Ever since Herr Stogiemann had the balls to assert that crowns were falsch, I have concentrated on and paid close attention to the badges I have been fortunate to get direct from families in groups--12 so far. About 8 were Junckers, and not one had a crown, or a mark like the open moon above, which to me resembles recent fakes.
Given their cost today, I will go with undoubted examples, even if my sample size is a little small.
Here is the latest family Juncker I picked up in a complete group to a Saxon pilot...
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HORRIBLE hallmarks for one...check that moon.
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Man, Robin Lumsden got a hole in one over at WAF...but you guys were waaay funnier!
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Dollar to Euro Conversion
in Germany: Imperial: The Orders, Decorations and Medals of The Imperial German States
Posted · Edited by Luftmensch
Right you are! I recommend HSBC in Canada who offer Euro and Sterling accounts to Americans. You can open them on the phone.
The advantage is, to an active collector, banking Euros to spend Euros on new items, and avoiding multiple conversions--and a very sick currency altogether. Though it may see a pop around the election...
Rgds