It’s a fact. Once relatively lowly priced and overlooked World War Two collectables, perhaps even considered worthless in their time, are now fetching considerable prices today, prices previously reserved only for the finest ancient arms and armour. Whilst the majority of the WW2 collectables market is made up of very affordable pieces, there is a top end to the WW2 [...]
ONE OF THE REASONS for building a militaria collection is that simply owning a piece of military history gives you pleasure. It can also make sense to acquire pieces as investments. Keeping a tradition for the start of the year, here are our personal predictions as to what could be a good buy during 2013. Experts advise you to [...]
The Military Market Place www.milmarket.org, the online auction for (ex-)military equipment, has seen thousands of visitors on its website in the first weeks of operating and several hundred registering as seller. The Military Market Place aims to connect buyers and sellers of military items worldwide. The site already features thousands of collectibles, from radio equipment, vehicles and spare parts to [...]
COLLECTORS KNOW that Great War relics are considered special not only because they bear witness to the first total war, but because in many cases they represent the life of the ordinary British Tommy and illustrate what it was like for the ordinary man fighting this war. Tommy Atkins. The popular moniker given to the British soldier as far back [...]
Offered for auction and your consideration is an original and one of a kind WW2 US Army Airborne/Paratrooper grouping. The family’s last name is Johnston…A cloth name tag was found in the pocket of the Ike jacket with this name…. looking in the 508th 3rd Anniversary booklet dated 20 October 1945, there is the listed name of CPL. Leslie G [...]
If you’ve ever wanted to get your hands on a World War II-era Daimler-Benz DB10 12-ton Prime mover, the Auctions America event on Dec. 8 may be your only chance. The auction house is concluding its 2012 season by helping the National Military History Center in Auburn, Ind., sell more than 80 vintage military vehicles and more than 100 pieces [...]
The most famous WW2 small arms weapon of the Commonwealth forces, the .303 Bren Light Machine Gun is today one of the most sought after deactivated weapons a collector can buy. Here are our top tips to help you find the most sought after model: THE .303 BREN GUN and its equipment was approved for British service in August of [...]
Olive drab wool Ike jacket belonged to John Pitzer, of the 551st PIR and veteran of the Airborne jump into Southern France in August of 1944. Size 38 reg. Left sleeve bears the 82nd Airborne Div. patch and two overseas service bars. Right sleeve bears a superb, theater made “Interallied Mission FFI” rocker done in dark blue cotton with white lettering and a [...]
A tight reign on spending is rule number one in a recession, but there are clearly a number of advantages of advancing your militaria collection during hard times. A recession can drive lower prices, as well as more militaria on the market. Here are some questions to ask yourself that help you make that decision whether to buy during the [...]
Online auctions marketplace WARSTUFF has expanded its online services with the launch of a new militaria valuations service through an all new website, WARSTUFF Valued. The online militaria appraisals service aims to offer an accurate valuation of an item within 48 hours, for just £5.99. The service allows users to enter a description of their militaria or war relic [...]
Local Jeweler’s WWII Dog Tags Unearthed In Normandy Nearly 70 Years LaterMay 24, 2013
How Hitler’s U-Boats Are Still Attacking UsMay 23, 2013
Colonel Leonard T. Schroeder – 30 Years Service and First Man on Normandy BeachMay 23, 2013
“Useful Enemies”: U.S. admitted not just Nazis after WWII, but their sadistic collaboratorsMay 23, 2013
1900s-1920s: Lucky SwastikasMay 23, 2013
British WWII Spying and Propaganda in U.S. Shown in Secret FilesMay 23, 2013
Intelligence archive: Cross dressing spy who caused a headache for British mastersMay 23, 2013
Built by forced labour, Nazi bunkers being converted into modern homesMay 23, 2013
Intelligence archives: Britain bribed Spain to stay out of WWIIMay 23, 2013
Last two living survivors of WWII sinking of HMS Gloucester return to Plymouth for dedication of memorial stoneMay 23, 2013
Obituaries: Major David Taylor, who has died aged 92, won an MC in 1944 at the Normandy bridgehead.May 23, 2013
Bournemouth WWII air raid 70th anniversary memorial to be unveiledMay 23, 2013
Churchill and Stalin made ‘merry’ until early hoursMay 23, 2013
Reluctant hero’ of Warsaw Ghetto uprising dies at 93: Tributes paid to one of final survivors who took on Nazis in 1943May 23, 2013
Hell’s Angels Veteran flys againMay 23, 2013
Huntington State Office Building Will Be Renamed for Rosie the RivetersMay 22, 2013
‘I never knew people could love an old man so much’: WWII vet, 91, ‘saved from daughter’s eviction’ after $138,000 raised onlineMay 22, 2013
Bomber Command veterans boycotting ‘insulting’ awardMay 22, 2013
Countdown to raising the Dornier commencesMay 22, 2013
When wartime appearances were deceiving by designMay 22, 2013
