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To The Point! Best Selling Edged Weapons on eBay

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Whether its daggers, swords, bayonets, or machetes - there are always great selling edged weapons in the WWII category of eBay. For this post I went back over the last week of closed items to find examples from several different countries that sold for over $1,000+. Truth be told you could fill up a page just with Japanese blades that match that description. However, I wanted to included some diversity so I researched the category to find some great examples to broaden the post.

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Bids	eBay Item Title - Link to Auction	Image Link
21	Japanese WW II Army officer`s sword, "Yasunobu"
1	Scarce WWII US CASE V-42 Stilleto Knife & Scabbard
3	RARE MODEL ITALIAN SAN MARCO MARINE DAGGER
9	WW2 Polish Officer Sword BOROWSKI Warszawa M1921
1	German WWII Original Rare Knife
16	WWII US Blade Marked Case M3 Trench Knife bayonet

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Colonel Clink – What Do You Think The Best German Items Were?

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

I grew up watching Hogan's Heroes and I'm sure many others have watched the reruns countless times. The commander of Stalag 13 Colonel Klink has his most treasured possession: a World War I spiked Pickelhaube helmet on his office desk. So while we don't know if he was much of a collector he might appreciate these top-5 items from the German subcategory of WWII.

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Bids	eBay Item Title - Link to Auction	Image Link
11	RARE GERMAN WW2 PANZER KPFW TIGER TANK HANDBUCH MANUEL
1	Orig Soldier Signed WW II German Helmet Battle Bulge
4	WW2 Vintage sniper rifle scope AJACK 4 X 90 / K98
19	WW2 German Luftwaffe Handkammer HK12.5 Aerial Camera NR
1	German WW1 officer tunic, 11th Hussar Regiment, DUTY

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Made In The USA – Best Selling WWII Gear

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

This blog entry features the top selling items last week in the WWII subcategory for United States on eBay. One lesson that these items demonstrate is that a story with documentation can exponentially increase the value of a collectible. Would you have thought that the Case V-44 knife would sell for over $10k? If not you need to click over and read the history of this particular piece. Moving on to the bomber jacket lot - it isn't so surprising that this group of items did so well. It might surprise you to know the seller starting the bidding at .99! Every auction featured here sold for north of $1k so click the link and check them out.

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Bids	eBay Item Title - Link to Auction	Image Link
22	WWII Case V-44 Survival Knife - Ploesti Raid
29	RARE WWII ID'D BOMBER JACKET PHOTO ALBUM LETTERS & MORE
10	Camillus USMC Marine Raider Stilletto
15	WW2 US paratrooper helmet liner only unissued original
18	WEASEL M29 WWII MILITARY SLEDS