by
Wagriff
Honestly? I know it sounds like Heresy, but I have to wonder just how much Higher some of the WWII collectables Can go. Already, you are seeing SS damascus daggers playing at the 6 figure end of the pool and SS officers hats at 20K or even more. Can a person Seriously expect to see...what? Black hats at 50K someday? 75K? SS cap skulls are routinely going for a thousand or more..really?? 10 years from now...25 years....you're talking-what? 2 grand? More?? Oh, the good pieces will Always have decent value, I think-at least for the next half a century or so, but when all of the vets are gone and Their kids are old...who can really say? Does anybody Really pay huge money for, say, Spanish American war relics now? When I was a kid, they did. British Victorian badges-always popular, but they look like they've hit their ceilings too. WWI spiked helmets have always been popular, but they Seem to have pretty much topped out now at where they're at today. That war's been over now for almost 100 years and all the vets are gone now-as are most of their families, so have spiked helmets kept on moving on up into the several thousands of dollar range? And I'm not talking about special Jager du Pferde's, etc. A Pour le Merite can be had today for less than a WWII Ritter. I never would have predicted that one. So, yes, the fancy eye dazzling prices on so much of the TR material is tempting to gamble on it increasing and someday retire in opulence, but let's face it, very few collectors will ever achieve such enormous heights and do just that.
So, before you light the torches and pick up the tar buckets and feather sacks, all I'm saying here is collect for the History and collect for the education. And, above all, collect because it's Fun and you Enjoy it! It's Really not practical to view this hobby as a future retirement fund investment. Half a century ago, yes, you Could find Knights crosses for a few bucks and if you'd hung onto them for Decades, you Could have made alot of money, but those days are as far gone as Der Fuhrer himself. And in the same light, neither will ever be back! Enjoy the hobby...soak in the History and have a Great time Doing it! Investments? Leave that to the stock market....
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