Is this medal bar so much worth?

[Claudio]

Dear forumites,

As I am known to be a freak medal bar collector I followed the auction of the here under shown medal bar... it reached Eur 1'121!!! Wow... If I add the single value of all medals including also the miniatures I don't even arrive on Eur 500.-. I bid 500.- Euros and was almost worried to get it, because I thought I overbid! Right now I am quite releaved not to have followed this madness, although it's really a nice small un-identfiable bar...

Your takes on it???

Ciao,

Claudio

[Claudio]

Here is the reverse with a nice label on it...

[Stogieman]

I had my eyes on this one as well. The matching unofficial date bar in enamel on both bars was extremely interesting. Beyond this, I cannot explain the fantastic rise by over 600- Euro in the bidding in the last 10 minutes other than the fact that at least two people wanted this bar very, very much!

[Claudio]

... and there even no enameled order on this bar! It could have been a bar of a NCO or an Officer, but no way to tell. Almost USD 2'000.- for something like, it's waaaay to much...

[Kev in Deva]

Hallo Gents,

I too was watching this one, out of curiosity, and as Stogieman noted,

if there are two+ people who desire it bad enough then it will be reflected

in a bidding war, after all thats the purpose of an auction

Kevin in Deva.

[HeikoGrusdat]

that`s life gentlemen..... new markets - new prices !!!

last years all prices for items related to imperial russia and osmanic turkye went up like a rocket to mars...no better to Vega... no chance to follow this way...

[Komtur]

if there are two+ people who desire it bad enough then it will be reflected

in a bidding war, after all thats the purpose of an auction

Kevin in Deva.

Half a year ago I was bidding 1400 Euro on a bar and mini-chain (see pics) There was a bill to the mini-chain giving a name of a Dr. to this bar. But also with that identification I was sure to get this bar. It goes to another maniac for 1.500 Euro + 22% = 1.830 Euro

With regards, Komtur.

[Guest Rick Research]

How did CRAZY people get so much money to WASTE?

[redcross]

well, since this is an area I tend to watch very closely.

I know that I am reguarly biding against several collectors

who will pay anything to win if they decide they want it

most of them only bid snipe, and only in the last 10 minutes

I have watched what happens when 2 or more set

outrageous bids planning on winning - even common items

fortunately this type of collector tends to go away after a while

unfortunately someone usually comes to take their place

[Guest Rick Research]

I still can't figure out how they ever MADE so much money they can SQUANDER it so frivoluously. Most clinically insane rich people are under court-appointed conservatorships.

My cat would KILL me if I went wild on this unnecessary stuff.