Windmills in Flandern during WWI.

[Eiserne Wehr]

Maybe someone can enlighten me why most of the photographs with Belgian Windmills sell for hundreds of euros per photograph, 200-300 euros is often the average. Even those who are blown to smithereens still fetch a serious amount of money. Take these two photographs, the first one sold for over 600 euros, the second over 450 euros.

[Bernd_W]

Because in WW these were mostly used as observation points (your country and your neighbors is flat, no other possibility like hills) and so have been targeted a lot and almost all are gone these days. Thats what I read somewhere, dont ask me how this justify these prices, besides the "they are gone these days".

[Eiserne Wehr]

I am fully aware windmills were targeted, just like church towers, they are easy references on the horizon for the artillery to home in their shot placements and that they can be used as an observation post for the enemy. Even in 1914-1918 most of these structures were already historic and iconic to their villages and towns. This still doesn't explain to me why these photographs go for such high amounts of money. I am just really curious what reasoning collector(s) have to pay such prices.