Bulgarian Awards Rarity And Value.

[CtahhR]

I have been offered them (even below melt) but I have NEVER seen a document for either of them, Documents for many of the higher awards are very obscure but the actual decorations were made in bulk and stored, the stores empty bit by bit. I have come across 1 Document for the Order "13 Centuries Of Bulgaria" which someone beat me to but it did not go for anywhere near the value of the actual order. As with collecting awards of any nations the real appeal is in large documented groups including the highest awards, many of these have been split and even melted in the case of Bulgarian awards, somewhat devaluing the remainder of the group. I picked up my unnumbered Order "Georgi Dimitrov" with document for $750 which at the time was $50 under melt value and my 23 Karat Laureate Of The International Botev Prize for £485 and now not too far down the road it is worth £725 in Metal. My Order "13 Centuries Of Bulgaria" (which is production numbered #13) also cost me £485 and it is now also worth over £700 in metal (125 grams of silver before you start with the gold content). If you are paying much over Metal content for the higher awards without original documents/cases you're basically paying too much. The documents are the game changers.

P.S. I do have a LONG length of original "Stara Platina" Sash ribbon that I got for cost just in case I need to replace some later.... Bulgaria still awards them.....