05-20-2002, 09:11 AM
Christian-
I have nothing against Dr. Herefurth, but his cataloge that came out in the late 80's/early 90's (I've since thrown it away, so I don't have the exact date) had many prices that were just too high for the market. A badge that would run the equivelant of $15-$20 in Belgium, and $30 in the US, would be in his cataloge for $90-$100! It may have very well been that when he wrote his cataloge, the DM was very low against the USD, and then rose considerably, and that's where the skewed prices came from. Regardless, those were the prices that the sellers on the market in Moscow were trying to fetch for their goods at a 1993 DM to USD exchange rate, which was simply far too much.
Hope that clears things up.
--Dave
I have nothing against Dr. Herefurth, but his cataloge that came out in the late 80's/early 90's (I've since thrown it away, so I don't have the exact date) had many prices that were just too high for the market. A badge that would run the equivelant of $15-$20 in Belgium, and $30 in the US, would be in his cataloge for $90-$100! It may have very well been that when he wrote his cataloge, the DM was very low against the USD, and then rose considerably, and that's where the skewed prices came from. Regardless, those were the prices that the sellers on the market in Moscow were trying to fetch for their goods at a 1993 DM to USD exchange rate, which was simply far too much.
Hope that clears things up.
--Dave
