05-20-2002, 02:10 AM
Ahhh.... Why can't we go back to the days of the original AVERS cataloge? Here are some price examples:
-Hero Star $450
-Hero of Socialist Labor Star $180
-Screwback Order of Lenin (type 1B in the cataloge) $200
-Order of Victory $2,000,000 (that's for Eugene)
-Order of Ushakov 1st $5000
-Order of Nakhimov 1st $2500
-Suvorov 1st (on hanger) $2500
-Kutuzov 1st (on hanger) $2000
-Khmelnitsky 1st $1500
-Nevsky (on hanger) $100
-Red Banner RSFSR $100
-Red Banner (Soviet) Number "7" $300
-1928 Model Red Banner of Labor $500
-Nakhimov Medal $50
-Marshal of the Soviet Union Star $8000
-Sebastopol or Odessa medals, your choice- $8 each
-And finally, the Belgrade medal... $5
This cataloge came out in 1993, but even at that time (when I bought the cataloge) the dealers on the market in Moscow weren't following those prices (unfortunately!)
Back when I first bought the AVERS cataloge, I collected German medals, and even at that time, I would run across sellers on the market that would be asking simply insane prices on what they had (2 to 3 times what they were asking in the US) When I tried to deal with them, guess what came out... You got it right! The Herefurth cataloge! Oh well....
--Dave
-Hero Star $450
-Hero of Socialist Labor Star $180
-Screwback Order of Lenin (type 1B in the cataloge) $200
-Order of Victory $2,000,000 (that's for Eugene)
-Order of Ushakov 1st $5000
-Order of Nakhimov 1st $2500
-Suvorov 1st (on hanger) $2500
-Kutuzov 1st (on hanger) $2000
-Khmelnitsky 1st $1500
-Nevsky (on hanger) $100
-Red Banner RSFSR $100
-Red Banner (Soviet) Number "7" $300
-1928 Model Red Banner of Labor $500
-Nakhimov Medal $50
-Marshal of the Soviet Union Star $8000
-Sebastopol or Odessa medals, your choice- $8 each
-And finally, the Belgrade medal... $5
This cataloge came out in 1993, but even at that time (when I bought the cataloge) the dealers on the market in Moscow weren't following those prices (unfortunately!)
Back when I first bought the AVERS cataloge, I collected German medals, and even at that time, I would run across sellers on the market that would be asking simply insane prices on what they had (2 to 3 times what they were asking in the US) When I tried to deal with them, guess what came out... You got it right! The Herefurth cataloge! Oh well....
--Dave
