Friday, April 7, 2017
You can't miss the very neat unit patches that are ending soon on eBay. Sometimes I wonder about the guys that designed these playful patches. You had to have certain kinda of sense of humor to have a lamb and a bomb on the same artwork.
In the German category this week I found the usual suspects including helmets, knives and a sniper scope.
There are some unique pieces for sure in this round up of items from the smaller categories in the WWII corner of eBay. Check out that interesting uniform piece below.
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the USA joining the fight in WWI. There are some neat historical documentaries and programs that I hope to find the time to watch on the topic.
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Click any of these text or picture links to see some great auctions in the United States category of eBay.
Each newsletter includes some of the top selling listings in the German category. This is the 2nd most popular category (by number of listings) and it's not hard to find nearly a dozen to include here.
The third block tries to go around to some of the smaller subcats in the larger WWII marketplace and see what's rising to the top. You can find items in this block from many unique countries although most of the sellers are USA based.
Going back to World War I there are many crossover items for collectors so I try and include just a sample of some of the best items from this era in the newsletter.
Saturday, April 1, 2017
There are some outstanding auctions in the USA category this weekend on eBay. You can't go wrong putting some of these on your watch list just to see where they finish after all the bids have been placed.
If you want to make some of your more sensitive friends get their blood pressure up show them the Hitler smiley faced pin linked in below. That pin in historical terms is just so disturbing.
Several good listings that I was able to source from the smaller categories on eBay. I especially like the campaign poster but that's the old history school teacher in me.
Click on any of these WWI items to see the top selling items that are what you might call part of the century club since many are 100+ years old now.
Friday, April 29, 2016
Check out the group of badges pictured below to see one of my favorite listings in today's issue. The listing says all of these came off the same jacket. The pair of 16th corps patches that are at the top of the issue are also doing really well.
It might be a little wrinkled (ok alot!) but the listing below for the German tunic pictured below is over $1500 in heavy bidding. That listing didn't need any half naked model or fancy mannequin to take off.
Think swords and this block in the newsletter should come to mind. In the average issue of the Hot Finds you can probably find as many as a dozen different knives and blades in each issue.
The World War I block is always an interesting mix of auctions from all over the place. It is not as heavy American and so you get a real diversity there.
Monday, April 25, 2016
When eBay sellers put a high reserve on an auction it sorta takes the fun out if it. I sometimes wonder if part of that strategy is not to get potential buyers to contact you with an off eBay offer. Back when eBay first started there was ALOT of that happening but they make it more difficult these days by screening your messages so you can't send email addresses back and forth. The auction on the parachute has a high reserve.
There are several classic German auctions in today's block. Ranging from Luger holsters to helmets and hats you can't go wrong here if you collect this area in the hobby.
If you like shiny medals that get pinned on dress uniforms then this block is for you. I don't specifically set out to make it look that way but in these smaller categories for Russia, Japan, Italy and others the auctions that rise to the top tend to trend in that direction.
Click to see the best live auction in WWI which makes many of these 100 years old or better. There is a bit of crossover appeal to these early items so take a look.