Rare dagger SA is sold in the U.S.
A dagger SA in impeccable conditions was sold to the American Association of Rare Collectibles . Around the world, collectors support the association and decide what to buy. His representatives have made the purchase.
representatives were not named the man who brought the dagger. However, they found and reached the hands of his father - and then his.
During the Second World War, Vieregge Robert was a soldier in the U.S. Army. He helped take a lot of German supplies waiting to be distributed. Among those supplies were brand new daggers.
course, the soldiers took the souvenirs home after the war. Many of these daggers appear sporadically in private collections, but generally in poor condition. Very rarely one of them appear in their original packaging .
George McCurley, one of the buyers, was very excited to have her hands on: " It is a very special piece .
The dagger of SA was used in the uniform belt. Were a mix of style and functionality , since they were very beautiful and still very useful. The dagger bought came wrapped in their original packaging. Now, probably will end up in some private collection.
Being in such good condition means it will be sold for three or four times the normal selling price. Starts at $ 600 and goes up from there. "We've seen some 500 these daggers," McCurley said, " but never in such good condition .
Because all the original plot have been confiscated, there is the chance of more intact daggers are out there. The only way such an object be sold for a higher price if it had been presented to someone famous .
An example is a violin that went through the hands of McCurley, and had belonged to the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini . The instrument eventually sold for $ 23,000.
Source: The Telegraph, 27 February 2011.
representatives were not named the man who brought the dagger. However, they found and reached the hands of his father - and then his.
During the Second World War, Vieregge Robert was a soldier in the U.S. Army. He helped take a lot of German supplies waiting to be distributed. Among those supplies were brand new daggers.
course, the soldiers took the souvenirs home after the war. Many of these daggers appear sporadically in private collections, but generally in poor condition. Very rarely one of them appear in their original packaging .
George McCurley, one of the buyers, was very excited to have her hands on: " It is a very special piece .
The dagger of SA was used in the uniform belt. Were a mix of style and functionality , since they were very beautiful and still very useful. The dagger bought came wrapped in their original packaging. Now, probably will end up in some private collection.
Being in such good condition means it will be sold for three or four times the normal selling price. Starts at $ 600 and goes up from there. "We've seen some 500 these daggers," McCurley said, " but never in such good condition .
Because all the original plot have been confiscated, there is the chance of more intact daggers are out there. The only way such an object be sold for a higher price if it had been presented to someone famous .
An example is a violin that went through the hands of McCurley, and had belonged to the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini . The instrument eventually sold for $ 23,000.
Source: The Telegraph, 27 February 2011.
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