04-27-2004, 04:53 AM
Hello Rusty
I agree it is not for poor people and I m not poor but I am not rich either :-(
Married with children you know. And my wife is very supportive in my collecting as she is Russian anyways so she likes my collections, but there is a limit.
The orders I could afford last year well under $1000 are now well over that.
I agree with you I can just get different variations, and I have been, my collection is over 100 medals now.
But I think if prices continue to climb too far they will crash as there will be no buyers. Also with the all the fakes being made that will have an impact on our hobby as well, it will hurt our collections or force us to spend lots of money to authenticate or collections.
I agree it is not for poor people and I m not poor but I am not rich either :-(
Married with children you know. And my wife is very supportive in my collecting as she is Russian anyways so she likes my collections, but there is a limit.
The orders I could afford last year well under $1000 are now well over that.
I agree with you I can just get different variations, and I have been, my collection is over 100 medals now.
But I think if prices continue to climb too far they will crash as there will be no buyers. Also with the all the fakes being made that will have an impact on our hobby as well, it will hurt our collections or force us to spend lots of money to authenticate or collections.
HuliganRS Wrote:Ron,
I understand your concern. Unfortunately this hobby (Russian awards) is no longer a hobby for "poor" people. I don't mean to say that you are poor but that it's an expensive hobby and the prices now reflect the rarity of these awards.
There are still deals out there... I believe that even your average Order of Red Star & Order of Great Patriotic War 2nd class will rise. Right now the prices on some awards are still within reason but with time they will also rise...
Rusty.












