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For a modest price of $19.00, you get :
"the famous "Order of the Red Star". It's in very good condition, Has a mint marking on the back and the number: 716521. As you know, Russians issued 2,7 million of those during WWII. So, this number brings us back somewhere to 1943 - Battle for Stalingrad! (It's possible to make the research, but it'll cost more than the decoration). Of course, it's original, made from sterling silver. "
Wow!
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Tal,
I don't understand your point. There doesn't appear to be any disinformation in the posting (though perhaps the serial number is a 1944 issue). Are you just complaining about the price, or is there some disinformation that would make this piece appropriate for this thread? If the former, I recommend we don't discuss/complaing about the prices on Ebay, since most everything there is overpriced for what I can buy it for here
and there is nothing new that we can learn from this discussion beyond what common sense tells us.
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Actually the guy has 1600+ possitive feedbacks, so I guess his lies do pay off
Quote:Originally posted by tinmoldova
I think the listing is so poorly written that most would be suspicious of its legitimacy and price--irrespective of what the scans show.
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I guess I hope most of those come from other, non-medal/order sales.
There is a 1943 Red Star on Ebay bid up to $33--perhaps the $17 list price for the 1944 Star isn't so inflated after all LOL...
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Things like this happen on eBay. Couple of months I have sold a documented Capture of berlin Medal for $130+, which I have started at $9.99. Felt guilty, and send the guy a documented group worth $100+ as a bonus
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I wonder who the other guy was that helped bid the medal up that high?!
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Not me, I don't use "back up buddies". Some novice collector, who wanted the medal bad.
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Coming back to the brilliant idea of Shane Cook: Why really not publish a special section with price ranges of the (common) SU-awards and adjust the prices maybe 4 times a year? We have a great number of famous experts at Art's forum - first discuss and than agree upon a price range for the pure award and award + booklet as well as award + fully researched documentation. Dr. Herfurth tries to do this for the german market and already published the 3rd editon of his SU-awards-booklet with prices.
Such an action might help to stop the shit at e-bay.
Regards from Vienna
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Christian,
I think it's a great idea, but it's going to be complicated to take into account all variations, and other aspects, like condition, repairs, serial numbers, etc. For instance I think a fair price for an Order of Glory 3rd class would be about $15, but the same with a 4-digit number should cost $50-60, because most of them were converted to 2nd class. Also to make this price guite meaningful we will need to agree on condition standards. I am a coin collector so I use standard Krause description, that is rather specific. Many dealers would just say "good condition" or "excellent condition considering the age". What do you think?
Alexei
