Werner Mölders decorations to be auctioned.

[bigmacglenn]

I'm astonished at the prices these items fetched...

[goodbuys]

Just a few more small bits from Mölders awards:

Ritter €63,000
Ritter Document €53,000
Oaks €11,500
Oaks and Swords €56,000
Diamonds,Oaks and Swords €260,000
Spanish Cross with Swords and Diamonds €115,000
Award Document for Diamond Spanish Cross €34,000
Diamond Pilot Badge €96,000

Of course, keep in mind that these numbers are in Euros and also do Not include the 23% buyers fee....so, do the math, if you have a sturdy cardiac system....particularly on the diamond,oaks and swords bit.

Bill Gates collects German memorabilla? I didn't know that!

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Does the Hotel come with a COA?

You get that from the woman on the second floor!

[Wagriff]

Take heart, though...not all the star pieces brought outrageous money. The box full of tomorrow's fake badge dies sold for a mere 8,400 Euros....and a Black 1944 Wound badge slipped by at a paltry 28,000 Euros...(plus the 23%, of course) And, for those feeling spendy, the Erhard Milch estate is still available for a mere 350,000 Euros...

For the record, I'm making a prediction that soon-perhaps even within the year-, we'll be hearing of an "Amazing discovery" of a big bunch of absolutely unissued German badges,rings and pins being found in virtually Mint condition in an old box hidden in the dusty floorboards of an attic of an old abandoned German warehouse somewhere in Bavaria being found....

[Scout]

You think ... !

Henceforth to be known as the (- insert name of proper Teutonic sounding castle here -) hoard.

[Adrian]

The box full of tomorrow's fake badge dies sold for a mere 8,400 Euros....

On the other thread member Goodbuys said they went unsold?

[Wagriff]

Well...I'm looking at the catalogue in another window, and it's saying Sold 8,400.

[goodbuys]

Well...I'm looking at the catalogue in another window, and it's saying Sold 8,400.

Wagriff,Do you have the lot # of the dies i was looking at many of the sold lots that day.You might be correct as i don't usually muck it up as they say!

[Wagriff]

Hello, Just to double check again, I took another look at the lot of dies in the wooden box just now before I came here, and it is sold(for 8,400E). It was lot # 5493 of the "German Orders and Collectibles 1919 onwards" online catalog. The dies were listed under the subcategory of "Third Reich Decorations" and were the final lot of 157 items in that listing. Sadly, if the buyer was from the West, this means that they ended up spending close to 15 Grand for the lot, so I would imagine they weren't buying it just for the fun of it, but, no doubt,intend to Do something with them...