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12-19-2009 05:50 PM
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Re: SS Police Helmet up for auction-Real?
This is a civil helmet not a combat helmet.
A person who buys a helmet these days based on this one lousy picture is either brave or incredibly stupid.
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Re: SS Police Helmet up for auction-Real?
Hello Schwerpunkt,
Thanks for your posting, I shall certainly be going into the auction house to have a look at the different pieces of militaria & helmet on offer. In the online catalog some items are clearly described as copies, the helmet isn't.The real problem is, if you live hundreds, thousands of miles away, there's no chance of physically visiting the show rooms, your keen on buying a particular object, prospective buyers rely on the expertise and integrity of the auction house to vet everything. Here with somethings being marked up as copies, it creates the impression everything has been looked at - they have not. I suspect with a lot of general, second string, auction houses, they don't have the in-house, in-depth experts on tap and just pass on,what the seller tells them, right or wrong.
Regards
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Re: SS Police Helmet up for auction-Real?
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AlecH
Hello Schwerpunkt,
Thanks for your posting, I shall certainly be going into the auction house to have a look at the different pieces of militaria & helmet on offer. In the online catalog some items are clearly described as copies, the helmet isn't.The real problem is, if you live hundreds, thousands of miles away, there's no chance of physically visiting the show rooms, your keen on buying a particular object, prospective buyers rely on the expertise and integrity of the auction house to vet everything. Here with somethings being marked up as copies, it creates the impression everything has been looked at - they have not. I suspect with a lot of general, second string, auction houses, they don't have the in-house, in-depth experts on tap and just pass on,what the seller tells them, right or wrong.
Regards
If you really want to buy an original TR era helmet buy it online and aks opinions on the forum first.
Auction houses are the worst places to buy and often even a lot more expensive then dealers.
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