05-25-2003, 08:11 AM
Hi Doug,
Just saw your posting, of Dec 2002, about your medal guy in Tbilisi.
I wonder if it is Mamuka, He is a good friend of mine, and I have been buying stuff from him over the past 7 years. He never knowingly sells fakes, and I have bought reall good stuff off him.
I just got back from Almaty, where prices are 50% higher than in Tashkent for badges. However saw two badges, I had never seen before, One for the construction of the Ferghana Canal, but with Tadjik SSR, instead of YCCR (Seller wanted 100$, I passed on it, mainly because, his other prices were too high (The same badge for Uzbekistan, I can buy in Tashkent for around 30$), but he wanted 90, so I guessed, he was selling at too high prices.
I am getting a scanner and will post some of my badges on site, I have been collecting Soviet stuff for 10 years now, but am lucky as I am in the CIS, once every fortnifgt.
Cheers
Shiva
Just saw your posting, of Dec 2002, about your medal guy in Tbilisi.
I wonder if it is Mamuka, He is a good friend of mine, and I have been buying stuff from him over the past 7 years. He never knowingly sells fakes, and I have bought reall good stuff off him.
I just got back from Almaty, where prices are 50% higher than in Tashkent for badges. However saw two badges, I had never seen before, One for the construction of the Ferghana Canal, but with Tadjik SSR, instead of YCCR (Seller wanted 100$, I passed on it, mainly because, his other prices were too high (The same badge for Uzbekistan, I can buy in Tashkent for around 30$), but he wanted 90, so I guessed, he was selling at too high prices.
I am getting a scanner and will post some of my badges on site, I have been collecting Soviet stuff for 10 years now, but am lucky as I am in the CIS, once every fortnifgt.
Cheers
Shiva
