Bob

RECENTLY SOLD pinback - USD 1.870, nr 1.918, Nota Bene - JANUARY 2007 - USD 1.880, nr 1.785, Nota Bene - JANUARY 2007 (boxed) - USD 1.950, nr 860, www.russianglory.com - MARCH 2007 - EURO 1.600 (roughly 2.100 USD), nr 1183, www.huesken.com - MARCH 2007 screwback - USD 1.680, nr 644, Nota Bene - NOVEMBER 2006 CURRENTLY FOR SALE SCREWBACK - USD 2.900, nr 640, www.collectrussia.com PINBACK - USD 2.150, nr 1.837, www.collectrussia.com So... market price on pinback just went up again vs. a month ago.

..and self-discipline: I sense a slippery slope here

Here's one related to Mir instead.

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nr 16 for the number fetisjists

The auction you are looking at has passed already (January).

I guess I deserve one as well then

What is the badge for?

Interesting, you can also try: www.shopbulgaria.com www.sammler-cabinett.com (expensive!) www.zeige.com (expensive) and of course ebay...

How can you be sure - when sending in a mail bid of 2.000 euro - that you will get the lowest winning amount as opposed to having the auction house just slapping 2.000 winning bid on it despite potentially 1.300 being good enough?

Aha - another question regarding the practice at these kinds of auctions. Say an item is listed with: - price range estimate of 1.000 Euro - person A bidding via mail 1.200 Euro - person B bidding via mail 2.000 Euro Obviously person B will win. But will that person pay 2.000 or does the auction go up in increments (e.g. 1.300 as winning bid) as if everybody was bidding in increments in a live auction?

http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/i...?storyid=218231

I'm pretty sure I had made a bid on a certain item and thought I had read that the price ranges given were not minimum prices but estimates... yet I see the item I bid on as "unsold" based on the "prices realized" list. Did I miss something in the fine print?

RECENTLY SOLD pinback - USD 1.870, nr 1.918, Nota Bene - JANUARY 2007 - USD 1.880, nr 1.785, Nota Bene - JANUARY 2007 (boxed) - USD 1.950, nr 860, www.russianglory.com - MARCH 2007 - EURO 1.600 (roughly 2.100 USD), nr 1183, www.huesken.com - MARCH 2007 screwback - USD 1.680, nr 644, Nota Bene - NOVEMBER 2006 CURRENTLY FOR SALE SCREWBACK - USD 2.900, nr 640, www.collectrussia.com ========================= Now... from 1.680 USD (screwback mind you) to 2.100 USD (pinback) is 25% inflation in 4 months...

Is splitting up a group unethical if the original recipient of awards does it?

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?p...pi=1991568& Nice picture of Zhukov - modest and friendly looking guy in fact.

An odd bit of text left behind for Brezhnev for instance: "we'd so much love to help you dealing with your pancreas matters. respect."

Appropriately called www.findagrave.com Not kidding... search by location (e.g. Russia) and learn (better phrase of words than "enjoy" in this context)

Don't forget ALBANIAN awards!

With those kind of wholesale prices, it makes it perfectly reasonable to assume that here in the west at the end of the supply chain, well >3K will be the norm going forward. Although I agree, 15K is a "bit" over the top Will be interesting to find out moving forward how many of these SB's were awarded for something more exotic than long service (whether military or public service... such as herding cattle for 15 years) and if the archives contain more than just a name / award date.

While reviewing this thread with much admiration for the beautiful items, I couldn't help but think "actually, in the greater scheme of things, these SB's aren't that expensive": - arguably the most beautifully designed award on the planet - high quality of manufacture - made out of precious metal - numbered (offering research potential) - very few publically available for purchase at any point in time - and, last but not least, max roughly 2.000 in existence Now... translate that to a Soviet award of similar stature (albeit with a larger "collecting" market) and I can't help but believe that in the not so distant future we'll be seeing 4-5K for an SB. 6 months ago or so I prediced 3K by end of 2006... I was wrong (although only screwback available from dealer is at 2.9K). Still, looking back 1.5 - 2 years ago when these were for sale for well less than 1K... even a "slowdown" in the rate of increasing price level will still mean a dramatic increase. Add opening up of the archives to the recipe and I think we have a pretty explosive mix...

Not just reading, but also supplying... (perhaps even on consignment?). Seems like a lot of money stuck in inventory for this guy in a country where that kind of money can buy you a lot of other stuff...

Out of curiosity, what is the Hungarian "equivalent" of the Order of Lenin? E.g. such as the Dimitrov order in Bulgaria.

Would be nice if some of these "dealers" would join GMIC. Worst case, just to share their items which will surely help in connecting the dots.

Yes, and that'll drive an inflationary effect on Mongolian awards I am sure... hold on tight! The 25K i was offered was from Moscow so I was hoping UB would be substantially lower... 100K us certainly not lower:)