Prices/Value Discussion.

[Nota Bene]

Tal,

I am still paying the same price for the Virgin Lands I was a year ago, but Defense of Kiev went up a bit recently.

Alexei

[Tal Inbar]

Well. We all know that some orders and medals are get rarer and rarer.

From a dealer POV, what lay ahed? In a few years, will the price for 30 years for WW2 whould be in a range of $30? Order of the red banner of labor (type 6) for $100?

Is NOW the time to stock medals of almost any kind?

Tal

[Ed Maier]

Tal,

In my opinion the common medals will not go up in price greatly over the next few years. What will continue to go up in value are the awards that have a limited number, rare variations, pre-1943 Orders and complete groups.

Just my opinion,
Ed

[Nota Bene]

Ed,

I think I will disagree with you. In my experience prices for the most common medals went up very significantly last summer, at least my suppliers now want .75 - 1.50 for medals I used to buy for .50-.75 four-five months ago. And you are certainly right about harder to find items, they have increased in price recently and will continue to go up.

Alexei

[Tal Inbar]

Everything I can. who knows, in a few tears you will regret that you didn't stock those medals:

[Ed Maier]

Alexei,

I agree with you also. I just do not think I explained myself well in my reply. If I am going to stock up on items, I would not worry about the common stuff. Even with your 100% to 200% increase in price, its still only a couple of dollars (I wish I had your suppliers as I pay much more then that). The rare stuff is going up just as gfast but a 100%--200% on a $200 or $500 is going to cost you some real money.

If I had to stock up on something, I would buy the rarer items and not worry about the common.


Just my opinion,
Ed

[Nota Bene]

Ed,

I guess I just wanted to pint out that percentage-wise price increase is much more significant for common medals, but of course they will still be affordable. Wish I could stock up on rare items.

Alexei

[Karlos]

I sit and shake my head today---thinking about the HSU stars in the 1992-1995 timeframe I passed up on at the $500-700 mark thinking them too expensive, while buying GPW's at the $100 and Red banners at the $50 mark thinking them a deal at the time------timing in life is everything I guess

[Nota Bene]

Karlos,

I don't think genuine HSU stars were ever this cheap.

Alexei

[Karlos]

Alexi

have listings from Igor M. from that time period (1992-1993)listing HSU @ $500 (now a well respected dealer but at the time a entreprenuer)

Can scan them in to the forum if you like to see the prices that were asking prices at the time