Prices/Value Discussion.

[PaulR]

Mainly Ukraine. Prices in Ukraine are low due to the banning of Communist symbolism plus the rather poor situation has caused some desperation.

The economic issues faced by Russia has also caused a huge glut of awards to surface onto the market. Prices just keep getting better and better but the fakes are still out there too.

I've also noticed many US based "collectors" liquidating their collections because speculation is no longer profitable. Even "well know over priced dealers" have slashed prices.

As I'm only interested in the historical value, it wouldn't matter to me if the monetary value fell to zero, I'm not in this for a profit.

I, for one, am so very happy to see this development. I started collecting Soviet Orders and Medals back in 1992. I picked up some really nice items. I still have every order I ever picked up. I ended up taking a break when I married in 1994. Fortunately, I never sold any of them, as by the time I wanted to restart in the mid 2000s, the prices had exploded to the point to where I could not afford them. It blew my mind to see common ORS that were going for 5-10 dollars close to 100 dollars.

I hope that we see days to where the ORS go for about 10 dollars and ORBs for 20... but I think those days are long gone.