Archive February, 2010

Getting The Month Started Out Right With WWII Best Sellers

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

As I've been building these Top-5 lists its been unusual to see so much competition for the best selling items.  Normally, I will spot one or two items where the seller set a high minimum bid only to see a lone bidder come in to save the day.  With each of the items I found from early February the bidding was pretty active.  Take for example this weeks top selling item - the German Paratrooper smock.  Three bidders were willing to go over $5k to get this vintage piece.  However, only one bidder was willing to go high enough to trip over the reserve price and score a victory.  For my money I would have been more interested in the US Antarctic group of items which included pictures, medals, and documents.

Check Out These Top Selling Items
Bids eBay Item Title - Link to Auction Image Link
20 ORIGINAL WWII GERMAN PARATROOPER JUMP SMOCK ORIGINAL WWII GERMAN PARATROOPER JUMP SMOCK
18 US Antarctic Expedition NAMED Medals Photos Doc Group US Antarctic Expedition NAMED Medals Photos Doc Group
14 Rare Randall WWII Army Knife with Provenance Rare Randall WWII Army Knife with Provenance
14 VINTAGE US Signal Corps M-94 Cipher Device Crypto RARE VINTAGE US Signal Corps M-94 Cipher Device Crypto RARE
6 WWII IRVIN SEAT PACK PARACHUTE COMPLETE 1944 DATED WWII IRVIN SEAT PACK PARACHUTE COMPLETE 1944 DATED

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Sniping Up A Storm In The German Category

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

If you look at the WWII category you will see that German memorabilia is the second most popular in terms of how much is listed for sale.  In that niche you always see such a variety of items for sale.  That fact is demonstrated in this post on the four top selling items from recent sales on eBay.  The German officer's sword had the most competitive bidding with over 28 bids topping $1,000+.   The closing hours saw two bidders willing to drive the price over $1K.  Perhaps its ironic that on this top selling list I included a German sniper scope.  I say that because it was a sniper that came in with just three seconds left and stole the officer's sword with a strong last second bid.

Check Out These Top Selling Items
Bids eBay Item Title - Link to Auction Image Link
1 Adolf Hitler MEIN KAMPF original Jubilee Edition 1939 ! Adolf Hitler MEIN KAMPF original Jubilee Edition 1939
1 German Military Radio Feldfernschreiber German Military Radio Feldfernschreiber
28 WW2 German Officers Brass Sword E&F Horster Solingen WW2 German Officers Brass Sword E&F Horster Solingen
1 Telescope Scherenfernrohr SF 14 - 10x50 Carl Zeiss Jena Telescope Scherenfernrohr SF 14 - 10x50 Carl Zeiss Jena

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