Prices/Value Discussion.

[mcwirsk]

Dear Christian

Thanks for the thumbs up. At least I did not upset you and also I see you know what I am talking about.

If we really want to see prices of Soviet stuff go up we need to try and indentify fakes. Every collector that I show my soviet stuff to is extremely interested but has either bought a fake before and is so aware of fakes that he will not collect. This puts a lot of collectors off. This forum and certain other websites are great for identifying fakes and warning new collectors of fakes and what the real stuff costs.

I have tried to educate my sources of supply in SA to ask for pictures and documents for any medals they buy in and I pay premiums for this. Its taken years but its working well now. We should try and get the sources on the ground in Russia to ask for these items. ie newpaper articles original id books etc etc. For example I collect pilots logs books (hint hint for nayone out there with these items) because they are a wealth of info.

These documents will make our medal groups go up in value.

In addition if the cost of research as more reasonable then it could add a lot of vlaue to the medals. How many times have you researched a common medal and found it to be something great -- value shoots up and conversely the citation is so poor you feel like throwing it away.

If I ever go to Russia I would love to see the the archives where this stuff is kept.

Lets all hope for higher and hogher prices for our investment.

regards from a chilly SA