Friday, March 3, 2017
Of course you have to click on the iconic Navy divers helmet. With free shipping from Florida the 13 bids have driven it up over $2k and who knows where it will end in a few days!
The really cool Kriegsmarine grouping below is being sold out of Bulgaria. However, the seller has a 100% feedback rating so you might can bid with confidence on that one.
Having published this newsletter since 2010 you can bet when a fold up paratrooper bicycle comes available I stick it in the Hot Finds. The one ending in a few days has jumped over $1k and is still going.
The elaborate hats of this era are a collecting niche all to their own. The German/Austrian one pictured below is doing well with about 2-dozen bids so far.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Every issue the lead off block of the newsletter features some of the best United States military items live on eBay. I only include auctions in the Hot Finds because to me those are the ones that might have slipped past your radar.
A few unique items in today's round up of German listings that you might want to check out. This category has some serious collectors and so the bidding can get kinda personal some times.
Within the larger category you can go into individual country categories and that's where this block takes its aim. Countries such as the UK, Canada, Italy, Russia and Japan get featured here but usually only 1 or 2 from each of those to hit the highlights.
The final category visits the close relative of WWI era collectibles. The items here have some crossover to WWII and sometimes people kinda ignore categories anyways when they are listing.
Thursday, February 23, 2017
If you collect patches, helmets, uniforms or equipment this block will have something for you. When I was a kid watching war movies I always thought the 1/2 track was the coolest vehicle. I'm not sure if GI Joe ever had one of those but I would have bugged my mom to get one for sure. Also don't miss the photo album in this block that is over $500 in bidding.
One of the big listings in this German block is the Doctor's uniform pictured below. There are 29 bids and it's over $700. One neat thing about our category is that folks don't wait until the last minute to start putting in bids.
Some picks here from Canada and the UK to go along with the ones from farther east in Russia and Japan. What would this block be if I didn't include a nice $500+ Japanese sword
I never get tired looking at posters that are in the military categories. I guess they just don't make them like they used to.