Archive ‘United States’ Category

USA Flight Jackets From World War II

Monday, October 3, 2011

Among the best selling items from the war are the great American flight jackets.  Some of these examples are real classics with hand painted artwork and provenance.  The high number of bids seen here is not that surprising considering how nice the items are.  Click the links to see what the bidding got up to.

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Bids eBay Item Title - Link to Auction Image Link
 20 A-2 JACKET 531 BOMB SQUADRON PAINTED BACK HAT  
 39 AAF A-2 FLIGHT JACKET ~ PAINTED REVERSE
1 A-2 Flight Jacket  
1  1940s A-2 Flight Jacket Size 42
 7 Leather Flight Jacket-Uniform

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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United States World War Two – Top Auctions

Monday, September 26, 2011

Last week on eBay the top five auctions in the USA subcategory included three blades which strikes me as a bit unusual.  However, the fact that two flight jackets also made the list doesn't seem out of place at all.  The #1 auction started off at just $9.99 but after 22 bids closed at $2700.  A very close 2nd place was the Marine bowie knife that started at $100 and nearly crossed the finish line ahead of the A2 jacket.   The exception to all this great bidding in the auction format was the V-42 Stiletto which came out with a very high minimum bid and got that bid to sell for over two grand.  Not a bad top 5 considering that every item sold for more than 2k.

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Bids eBay Item Title - Link to Auction Image Link
22 USAAF Painted A2 Leather Jacket IDd Miss Minnie B24 8th Air Force
18 World War Two Marine bowie knife  
1 Western WWII L-76 w/ hanger sheath  
5  WWII A-2 JACKET, GOLD BOMBARDIER RING, ETC. GROUPING
 1  Very Rare WWII Case V-42 Stiletto Knife w/ Sheath

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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United States WWII Auctions Trigger Bidding Wars on eBay

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Its a little ironic when antiques from a war trigger a real war (among bidders).  But that' s just what happened with these five auctions that sold last week on eBay.  In each example more than 35 bids came in by the time the gavel fell.  Now typically, you see this when the auction comes down to just two characters bidding against each other in increments of $10-$20 trying to top each other out.  However, it does look like an impressive tally when you see what kinds of results these tit-for-tat bidding patterns can bring.  Click on these listings and if you want on the "bid history" to see what happened in each case.

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Bids eBay Item Title - Link to Auction Image Link
40  WW2 V-44 SURVIVAL BOWIE KNIFE W/ORIG LEATHER SCABBARD  
39  WWII 97th Division PAINTED Insignia Combat Vet Helmet  
37  US WWII M3 IMPERIAL KNIFE BLADE MARKED WITH M8 SCABBARD  
 34  WWII Case XX V44 Marine Raider Bowie Knife Nice via VET
 32  WWII USMC Theater Made Knife from 1865 Civil War Sword

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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World War II Photos, Scrabooks and a Famous Kiss

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Usually in the WWII Hot Finds I post listings that include the real gritty memorabilia that you usually think of with war.  So while there is plenty of soldier gear on eBay sometimes you can miss some of the more interesting pieces that are a little unusual.  Paper items like photographs, books, and mixed lots are also popular items that collectors chase down.  I've got five examples below that are unique and worth a quick look.  They all sold last week on eBay and went for a pretty good penny.

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Bids eBay Item Title - Link to Auction Image Link
 24 WW2 101st Airborne 506th PIR E G Co Named Lot KIA D-Day  
 1  Admiral Husband Kimmel signed book
9  WWII V-J Day Times Square Kiss by Eisenstaedt Photo
11  WWII IDd Soldier Scrapbook Photo Album_Notable Ephemera  
 12  World War II Letters Home-WWII Photos-Pearl Harbor etc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ITALIAN DAGGER, ITALIAN KNIFE, MVSN, FASCIST

 

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World War II Leather Flight Jacket & Much More

Monday, September 12, 2011

It seems like one of the classic pieces of collectibles that will never go out of vogue is the flight jacket.  A quick check of recent eBay auctions revealed two very different jackets that did well.  You might be surprised to see how much the paratrooper jump pants went for after registering 12 bids.

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Bids eBay Item Title - Link to Auction Image Link
20 WWII A2 Leather Flight Jacket 532d Bombardment PATCH
12 GREAT PAIR WW 2 PARATROOPER JUMP PANTS, NAMED, #'D
1 WW2 USMC P44 Camo Uniform Set Camouflage HBT Excellent
14 RARE WW II GERMAN LUFTWAFFE EARLY VISOR CAP - EREL
4 Vintage WWII D-1 Leather Sheepskin Flight Jacket Med

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ITALIAN DAGGER, ITALIAN KNIFE, MVSN, FASCIST

 

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