Bob

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:)

To quote the Beach Boys: "wouldn't it be nice..."

Very nice I am curious, what prices are being quoted for these in Mongolia (I recently had a Hero star offered to me for 25K USD). Bob

Updated list - increasingly providing information on what happened... e.g. an apparent "collective awarding" of motherhood 1st class early 1967. AWARD NUMBER DATE Distinguished Co-Worker of the State Security Service 163 17/07/1944 Distinguished Co-Worker of the State Security Service 393 10/09/1973 Distinguished Co-Worker of the State Security Service 435 01/03/1954 Hero of Labour Gold Soyombo 1 1956 Hero of Labour Gold Soyombo 52 28/11/1962 Hero of Labour Gold Soyombo 79 13/10/1966 Hero of Labour Gold Soyombo 250 1981 Hero of Labour Gold Soyombo 424 03/04/1986 Honorious Medal of Labour 1,554 06/07/1991 Honorious Medal of Labour 2,614 11/09/1946 Honorious Medal of Labour 7,982 11/03/1959 Honorious Medal of Labour 9,393 13/11/1956 Honorious Medal of Labour 9,672 27/09/1956 Honorious Medal of Labour 10,328 30/08/1956 Honorious Medal of Labour 10,660 17/10/1951 Honorious Medal of Labour 11,032 06/11/1956 Honorious Medal of Labour 16,235 26/06/1964 Honorious Medal of Labour 16,335 11/11/1960 Honorious Medal of Labour 16,573 15/07/1965 Honorious Medal of Labour 16,634 23/07/1965 Honorious Medal of Labour 17,040 07/07/1966 Honorious Medal of Labour 23,159 04/08/1976 Honorious Medal of Labour 24,082 14/07/1960 Honored Railway Worker 105 14/01/1981 Medal We Won 2,826 06/07/1946 Medal We Won 3,443 06/07/1946 Medal We Won 5,698 16/07/1947 Medal We Won 9,678 09/07/1946 Medal We Won 21,406 20/09/1946 Medal We Won 26,931 28/12/1990 Medal We Won 52,388 28/12/1990 Medal 25 Years of the MPR 33 12/05/1947 Medal 25 Years of the MPR 13,958 30/07/1946 Medal 25 Years of the MPR 14,184 17/08/1946 Medal 40 Years of the MPR 119 07/09/1961 Medal 40 Years of the MPR 1,974 07/07/1961 Medal 40 Years of the MPR 4,758 10/07/1961 Medal 40 Years of the MPR 15,955 15/09/1961 Medal 40 Years of the MPR 29,673 28/09/1961 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 854 26/09/1946 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 902 10/07/1941 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 1,288 16/09/1947 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 2,974 09/11/1948 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 3,159 20/08/1951 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 3,191 20/08/1957 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 3,561 05/07/1956 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 3,813 08/07/1947 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 4,125 30/06/1986 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 4,144 23/09/1948 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 4,312 08/07/1947 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 4,521 11/09/1953 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 4,794 09/07/1982 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 5,228 24/07/1954 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 5,514 20/08/1951 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 6,094 22/07/1946 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 7,153 08/07/1946 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 7,622 08/07/1946 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 19,346 24/09/1984 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 20,151 19/07/1985 Medal for Unselfishness 1,046 29/04/1999 Medal for Unselfishness 1,176 06/05/1991 ? Medal of Friendship 1,761 12/11/1968 Medal of Friendship 4,086 1971 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 14 06/07/1946 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 391 11/09/1953 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 652 08/09/1950 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 1,049 01/10/1959 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 1,552 29/09/1964 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 2,146 00/06/1969 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 2,695 1972 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 2,777 1971 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 4,836 15/07/1985 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 5,138 03/04/1986 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 5,685 27/03/1987 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 6,300 09/07/1988 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 6,515 04/07/1991 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 6,854 29/08/1995 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 6,885 28/08/1995 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 6,972 29/08/1995 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 7,388 15/09/1995 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 8,068 09/08/1999 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 8,126 09/08/1999 Order of the Red Banner of Military Valour 859 08/09/1939 Order of Combat Red Banner 603 27/11/1958 Order of Combat Red Banner 2,205 Order of Combat Red Banner 4,953 29/08/1995 Order of Combat Red Banner 5,348 09/08/1999 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 5,396 16/02/1965 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 7,981 01/03/1967 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 8,128 01/03/1967 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 11,608 13/02/1970 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 16,062 21/02/1972 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 25/01/1975 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 24,179 20/02/1976 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 31,252 22/02/1978 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 33,062 17/02/1979 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 34,361 23/02/1980 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 43,883 00/03/1984 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 45,130 25/02/1981 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 543 29/05/1958 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 9,195 25/06/1958 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 13,892 10/10/1958 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 15,709 10/11/1958 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 23,370 26/02/1960 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 23,451 25/02/1960 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 25,633 02/03/1961 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 29,451 25/02/1962 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 36,905 11/02/1964 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 39,895 04/03/1964 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 61,823 08/02/1969 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 77,748 17/02/1972 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 77,962 17/02/1972 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 84,187 22/02/1973 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 116,403 00/00/1978 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 120,901 27/02/1980 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 130,167 24/02/1981 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 145,118 18/08/1985 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 145,718 1985 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 145,926 04/03/1985 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 158,495 24/05/1988 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 187,862 22/05/1995 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 191,632 00/5/1997 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 191,640 22/05/1997 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 196,039 10/05/2000 Order of Polar Star 88 06/07/1946 Order of Polar Star 270 06/07/1946 Order of Polar Star 822 23/09/1946 Order of Polar Star 1,029 29/09/1945 Order of Polar Star 1,162 17/10/1951 Order of Polar Star 1,217 04/12/1955 Order of Polar Star 1,225 6/09/1944 Order of Polar Star 1,562 08/07/1947 Order of Polar Star 1,956 29/11/1955 Order of Polar Star 2,265 3/11/1945 Order of Polar Star 2,313 26/09/1945 Order of Polar Star 2,506 30/12/1956 Order of Polar Star 2,705 08/12/1948 Order of Polar Star 2,824 05/02/1949 Order of Polar Star 2,946 08/07/1950 Order of Polar Star 3,079 16/01/1957 Order of Polar Star 3,301 1956 Order of Polar Star 3,553 08/07/1947 Order of Polar Star 3,917 30/12/1956 Order of Polar Star 4,832 06/11/1956 Order of Polar Star 4,948 08/12/1948 Order of Polar Star 5,401 20/10/1956 Order of Polar Star 5,556 17/09/1953 Order of Polar Star 5,901 20/07/1946 Order of Polar Star 5,941 24/07/1948 Order of Polar Star 6,133 16/02/1956 Order of Polar Star 6,335 24/05/1950 Order of Polar Star 6,453 10/11/1956 Order of Polar Star 8,143 15/11/1958 Order of Polar Star 8,712 22/10/1959 Order of Polar Star 9,013 14/12/1957 Order of Polar Star 9,138 14/07/1960 Order of Polar Star 10,358 25/08/1961 Order of Polar Star 11,340 18/05/1965 Order of Polar Star 11,611 00/03/1966 Order of Polar Star 13,376 01/12/1969 Order of Polar Star 13,809 03/06/1971 Order of Polar Star 14,236 03/07/1971 Order of Polar Star 14,292 03/06/1971 Order of Polar Star 14,718 12/03/1973 Order of Polar Star 15,860 03/07/1971 Order of Polar Star 17,522 10/06/1976 Order of Polar Star 18,389 19/10/1976 Order of Polar Star 19,735 01/12/1979 Order of Polar Star 25,483 03/04/1980 Order of Polar Star 26,734 19/11/1990 Order of Polar Star 27,017 03/07/1991 Order of Polar Star 28,321 18/04/1995 Order of Polar Star 29,034 29/11/1998 Order of Polar Star 29,893 6-xx-2000 Order of Polar Star 31,529 21/11/2001 Order of Polar Star 185/1804 1936 Order of Suche Baatar 1 1941 Order of Suche Baatar 24 1946 Order of Suche Baatar 31 1949 Order of Suche Baatar 158 1957 Order of Suche Baatar 158 24/10/1957 Order of Suche Baatar 166 29/05/1957 Order of Suche Baatar 186 06/07/1960 Order of Suche Baatar 340 1961 Order of Suche Baatar 341 1961 Order of Suche Baatar 342 1961 Order of Suche Baatar 343 1961 Order of Suche Baatar 344 1961 Order of Suche Baatar 423 1962 Order of Suche Baatar 423 28/11/1962 Order of Suche Baatar 470 13/12/1963 Order of Suche Baatar 541 1966 Order of Suche Baatar 542 1966 Order of Suche Baatar 558 1966 Order of Suche Baatar 586 1968 Order of Suche Baatar 588 1968 Order of Suche Baatar 589 1968 Order of Suche Baatar 591 1968 Order of Suche Baatar 612 10/11/1968 Order of Suche Baatar 642 12/08/1969 Order of Suche Baatar 684 15/10/1969 Order of Suche Baatar 692 1969 Order of Suche Baatar 803 05/07/1971 Order of Suche Baatar 919 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 922 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 923 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 924 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 925 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 927 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 928 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 931 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 932 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 933 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 937 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 989 1973 Order of Suche Baatar 1,123 1975 Order of Suche Baatar 1,255 14/12/1975 Order of Suche Baatar 1,335 1978 Order of Suche Baatar 1,404 22/10/1980 Order of Suche Baatar 1,412 02/12/1980 Order of Suche Baatar 1,462 08/06/1981 Order of Suche Baatar 1,463 1981 Order of Suche Baatar 1,465 1981 Order of Suche Baatar 1,491 09/07/1981 Order of Suche Baatar 1,530 1981 Order of Suche Baatar 1,532 1981 Order of Suche Baatar 1,548 1981 Order of Suche Baatar 1,562 1981 Order of Suche Baatar 1,715 1986 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 621 17/11/1951 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 1,039 16/02/1956 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 1,423 24/12/1959 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 2,329 22/10/1960 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 2,845 01/02/1960 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 2,869 24/12/1959 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 3,744 24/11/1973 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 3,809 28/04/1980 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 4,452 28/01/1975 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 4,835 22/12/1978 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 5,050 09/07/1981 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 5,826 00/00/1987 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 6,238 15/04/1993 Title of Merit 607 26/06/1981 Udarnik 2,203 31/10/1947 Virgin Lands 1,187 24/10/1979 Virgin Lands 1,300 24/10/1979 Virgin Lands 3,074 16/12/1982

Am updating the big serial number list but travelling without access to files. Anybody here who can indicate English names of awards + dates?