06-18-2009, 10:44 PM
Prices are guided by all the factors mentioned previously. Believe it or not most Soviet award prices are guided by the New Jersey dealer, and that's world wide. This is for various reasons. In truth, take about 20%-30% off the price and you are about there for realistic price.
In the end YOU dictate the price. If you really want something then what the price is doen't become relevant. If several people want the same thing thats where the prices vary.
The world financial climate has also effected prices around the world with significant drops on some items. Though one day you can get a good deal but the next the price is triple what you would have payed yesterday.
I also think that now the world of research on awards has opened and become readily available, has also effected the prices on numbered pieces. this is a discussion all by itself though
Basically my advice is do your homework before buying, ask if you don't know and enjoy the experience.
Brendan
In the end YOU dictate the price. If you really want something then what the price is doen't become relevant. If several people want the same thing thats where the prices vary.
The world financial climate has also effected prices around the world with significant drops on some items. Though one day you can get a good deal but the next the price is triple what you would have payed yesterday.
I also think that now the world of research on awards has opened and become readily available, has also effected the prices on numbered pieces. this is a discussion all by itself though

Basically my advice is do your homework before buying, ask if you don't know and enjoy the experience.
Brendan
"If we come to a minefield, our infantry attacks exactly as it were not there."
Marshall Geogi Zhukov to General Eisenhower, 1945
Marshall Geogi Zhukov to General Eisenhower, 1945












