Prussia, breast star of the Black Eagle Order on eBay.de

[saschaw]

A current auction on eBay.de:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230473946464

I think it might be of interest I bought this star some months ago. I showed it to some collectors and most were not confident with this star. While the star itself seems to be fine and ~1840 era, the medaillon is quite sloppy made and is of very unusual design. There were serios doubts this can be an authentic SAO star, so I returned it recently. A real Raupp made SAO star is published in Nimmergut's opus magnum II. It has a more typical design and is of very finde craftmanship - while this here is definitely not.

Caveat bidder...

:whistle:

[Brian Wolfe]

A current auction on eBay.de:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230473946464

I think it might be of interest I bought this star some months ago. I showed it to some collectors and most were not confident with this star. While the star itself seems to be fine and ~1840 era, the medaillon is quite sloppy made and is of very unusual design. There were serios doubts this can be an authentic SAO star, so I returned it recently. A real Raupp made SAO star is published in Nimmergut's opus magnum II. It has a more typical design and is of very finde craftmanship - while this here is definitely not.

Caveat bidder...

Thanks for the heads up on this saschaw, you may have just saved a fellow member from making a costly error. For a change I was not watching this one.

Regards

Brian

[VtwinVince]

I would think the star body alone is worth the price of admission at the moment......

[saschaw]

:D

Sure, the current price... but I paid "somewhat" more and have no clue where it'll end this time.

[saschaw]

And again...

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230482793223

:angry:

[VtwinVince]

Man, this thing is getting swapped around like some crack-whore......