High Seas Fleet badge pricing 20 years on

[Scowen]

Sorry to bring up the subject of pricing, however 20 years ago I bought the badge shown below for 500 euro.  As it has sat in a draw for since the day it arrived & is no longer in my area of interest I thought that I may as well find it a new home.

 

On searching my usual "go to" dealers to try get an idea on current pricing I found that none of them had one in stock.  So had to offer it blind & have been offered around 600e to 650e for the badge.   Can someone please tell me if I over paid for the piece 20 years ago or has the prices not moved much in that time?  Or am I being taken for a ride....

 

Thanks for any opinions

Don

[Chris Boonzaier]

Die hards allways go on about how prices are going up... I see WW2 tunics stagnating, at prices that I got in a shot when I sold off my ww2 stuff 10-15 years ago

[Scowen]

Thank you for your replies.  I really haven't kept up with how prices have moved beit up or down as I very rarely part with anything in my collection.  When I decided to part with a few pieces that were no longer in my area of interest I was taken aback when I was offered a couple of thousand for my Cholm Shield that cost a similar amount to the HSF badge all those years ago & then that the HSF hadn't really changed.  I guess that some items increase in interest & therefore value while others do not.

 

Thank you again ?

Don

[Chris Boonzaier]

I remember selling off my 4 Kriegsmarine Ehrentafelspange about 22-23 years ago... I would probably get less for them today... however... back then noone was paying EUR1000 for a rare 1939 EK2 !!!

[Martin W]

I think 650 euro is a decent price.

Just looked at a couple of examples for sale on a friends' Canadian website.

Both are in similar condition to the one above and are selling for 595-655 USD.

he had another nice boxed example that was going for 1190.00 USD.

 

Cheers,Martin.