Sold today for 25,000 euro!

**BenVK** · 05-11-2011, 06:37 PM

Shame it's a reproduction!!

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 05-11-2011 06:37 PM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**militarymania** · 05-11-2011, 06:40 PM

i saw that one too,,,,i didnt know when the auction would end,,,but the buyer will not need a colonoscopy anytime soon!!!!!

**Ty Revelo** · 05-11-2011, 07:04 PM

Oh my,

What a trajedy. Fortunately for me i will stick to something more familiar to me or ask lots of questions before a venture such as that.

Honestly there is no excuse for it.

**John Brandon** · 05-11-2011, 07:12 PM

Oh my

something about homework and knowledge springs to mind

Still lookin Ben, no luck yet, but there is always a silver lining. Boy was Bedford ever crap!

Leeds week after next, fingers crossed

**BenVK** · 05-11-2011, 07:32 PM

Cheers John, you're a star!

I'm never really sure if these "high end" items actualy sell for the published hammer price or whether it's sometimes just a ploy to get the punters in. A lot of stuff seems to turn up for sale again pretty quickly for a lot less. Maybe I'm just being cynical. If this was a genuine sale today though, you have to wonder what the hell are people doing spending 25k on something so obviously not original!?

**lew07** · 05-11-2011, 08:14 PM

A fake? OMG!!! Please excuse my ignorance but please would some one in the know give a lesson to the likes of me? I know its a learning curve but the item doesnt look too bad to me.

**SS gentleman** · 05-11-2011, 08:16 PM

Wow! What a huge mistake for somebody. 25,000 euros that should be a nice down payment on a new heart transplant.

**stonemint** · 05-11-2011, 09:12 PM

This is the second Hess cap on the auction market--Rock Island Auctions has the other. Just goes to show that money and brains do not go hand in hand.

**BenVK** · 05-11-2011, 09:16 PM

by lew07

A fake? OMG!!! Please excuse my ignorance but please would some one in the know give a lesson to the likes of me? I know its a learning curve but the item doesnt look too bad to me.

The August Muller stencil is a well known reproduction along with the lining material and sweatband. Another clue is the peak, it's so off centre, it's quite funny.

Please have a look at this excellent thread posted by Stonemint.

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