Red star 1814229 question

[Leaftree]

It's to quiet in here.

About a year ago this Red Star 1814229 sold on ebay for $200US which struck me as odd considering the serial number range.
Does anyone have some ideas/thoughts about why this recieved so much attention?

[TheGoon]

I’m not a expert on these but I’d imagine it’s just the fact that it’s eBay, I collect helmets and I always see ND ones on there going for way more then what their worth so I’d imagine this medal is in the same predicament.

[Marcel Banziger]

It's a Platinapribor made star and there are sellers who ask a lot more for stars made by this factory. Completely unnecessary of course since the askingprice/saleprice is roughly double of what the price should be for an unresesarched star by Platinapribor. Plus, it was sold on Ebay, thé place for idiots to lose money fast.

[Marcel Banziger]

Another possibility...the buyer knew that this specific star belonged to a high ranking officer, or full Cavalier of the Order of Glory or perhaps a HSU and thus bid more than what such a star would bring otherwise.
Myself I also keep track of such facts when possible so I am pretty sure more collectors do this.

[meyerse]

agreed, could be any number of reasons....or none at all.....it is in a stretch of late war combat awards.
how shall we enliven the forum?

[Marcel Banziger]

I agree, it's been quite dead here recently. Will add a new grouping here to start bringing the Soviet part of the forum back to live again...hopefully

[Leaftree]

Another possibility...the buyer knew that this specific star belonged to a high ranking officer, or full Cavalier of the Order of Glory or perhaps a HSU and thus bid more than what such a star would bring otherwise.
Myself I also keep track of such facts when possible so I am pretty sure more collectors do this.

Good comments by all.

Marcels comment sticks out to me and I can't help but wonder how many collectors out there have large data bases that puts the rest of us (well...me anyways) at a disadvantage.
My 'Echoes of War' by Schmitt is full of stickies with added information I've pulled from forums, but I'm sure it's just a scratch of what some have.

[Auke]

Marcels comment sticks out to me and I can't help but wonder how many collectors out there have large data bases that puts the rest of us (well...me anyways) at a disadvantage.
My 'Echoes of War' by Schmitt is full of stickies with added information I've pulled from forums, but I'm sure it's just a scratch of what some have.

I myself have also compiled a rather large database and I'm sure many collectors do. I'm reminded of a late-war Red Banner that was on eBay recently. There's was no research with it, but I happened to have the serial number on file. The citation was phenomenal. It sold for more than $400 I believe, far above market value for a run-of-the-mill late-war Red Banner, so it's likely that at least several bidders possessed the same information.