12-22-2014, 07:21 AM
Eryk Wrote:I think I've read this entire thread three times in my decade+ being a member, this being the third.
My thoughts.
The current crisis in the RF will not be another 1998; the nation is simply in a much stronger position than 16 years ago. So there won't be any rush to liquidate people's collections.
That said, prices of low/mid level awards (up to OPW) have continued to fall in 2014, at least on English sites. Don't see any reason for that to reverse any time soon.
As for $20 6 digit Bravery, et. al. (assuming in good shape, original suspension, etc) they join the ranks of awards spoken of down through the years here - much like Bigfoot apparently lots of folks have seen them but I'll be damned if I've ever spotted them. So they remain in the realm of myth for me.
Most awards came from Ukraine and Baltic states, not Russia. Towards 2000, it cames a bit from Belarus. But not so much from Russia.
ANd about million-awarded medals, high prices beyond 50usd were an anormality, a product of speculation.
Sebastien
"a spectre haunts Europe, the spectre of communism"
(a well-known german bearbed)
"a spectre haunts Europe, the spectre of communism"
(a well-known german bearbed)
