Expensive Jambiya $$$

Yannis · 10th April 2008, 08:54 AM

I watched this auction very carefully because it had a little bit of everything. I was surprised because the majority of items just got the opening bid (and this was low IMHO). Lot of items didnt sold and only few went to high prices.

If you see the same auction last year it was more successful. For example it is the first time in the last years that shasquas are unsold. Were are the Russian collectors?

Where are the collectors, generally? I didnt bid because I had no money to spend. Did the economy situation (and low dollar) stopped the Americans? Did the new law stopped the British?

We collect using the extra cash in our pockets. If there is none, we just watch. Believe me, they were a lot of "watchers" in this auction.

There is another explanation: Old collectors have enough of this stuff and there are no new collectors. I dont want to believe this, it makes me feel sad.

Lew · 10th April 2008, 09:28 PM

Large good quality jambiya are pretty rare and command higher prices the large one pictured below would probably go three or four times what I paid for it just a year ago. There are a bunch of new collectors out there with lots of money and are willing to pay top dollar,Euro or pound for stuff but I think this is just a cycle we are going through right now.

Lew

10th April 2008, 09:28 PM	#2
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Large good quality jambiya are pretty rare and command higher prices the large one pictured below would probably go three or four times what I paid for it just a year ago. There are a bunch of new collectors out there with lots of money and are willing to pay top dollar,Euro or pound for stuff but I think this is just a cycle we are going through right now. Lew Attached Images

10th April 2008, 08:54 AM	#1
Yannis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Athens Greece Posts: 479	I watched this auction very carefully because it had a little bit of everything. I was surprised because the majority of items just got the opening bid (and this was low IMHO). Lot of items didnt sold and only few went to high prices. If you see the same auction last year it was more successful. For example it is the first time in the last years that shasquas are unsold. Were are the Russian collectors? Where are the collectors, generally? I didnt bid because I had no money to spend. Did the economy situation (and low dollar) stopped the Americans? Did the new law stopped the British? We collect using the extra cash in our pockets. If there is none, we just watch. Believe me, they were a lot of "watchers" in this auction. There is another explanation: Old collectors have enough of this stuff and there are no new collectors. I dont want to believe this, it makes me feel sad.