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Originally Posted by Kmaddock

I have no inventory or prices paid on anything

.... but my number one item would not be the most valuable! and that's the way i think collecting should be.

Keep well

Ken

same here ( no inventory list ) although I am thinking of advising my family to contact a subject matter expert ( like my friend Detlef for Indonesian ones) to sell them. At least I trust his integrity based on past experiences.

The same for my Congolese ones; I know a very good lad from Belgium.

My main collection (Bosnian, Balkan and Ottoman ones), I would advise to go to a German and Austrian auction house ( as they are sold there quite often and against decent prices).
Might give a basic price indication (80% of the average purchase price).

As for valuable: my most precious one is rather cheap from a commercial perspective : a bayonet for a US carbine my late father used being a Dutch Storm Trooper Free Forces in 1944 joining the US 9th Army after the Battle of the Bulge and 1945 after a basic training in Enfield UK going to Malakka and Indonesia against the Japanese forces.
Its condition is from a collector's perspective poor to reasonable:it has quite some damage caused by "battle experience" but this personal part makes it my most valuable one and will remain in the family; either my daughter or her cousin.

But beforeI'll have to "go"... I shall try to sell them myself, not giving my family the burdon of the hustle selling them and perhaps losing too much money and nerves if they did well or not...

have a nice day! ☼

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