Username Posted November 16, 2014 Share #51 Posted November 16, 2014 wow! a $3,000 helmet cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkash23686 Posted November 16, 2014 Share #52 Posted November 16, 2014 Sold for over 3 grand?! Well I gotta say, I think that's just a stupid price....wow! Is it? How many have come on the market? Thats really me just asking I'm not up on these covers that well. I've only seen 3 ever including this one. The other two were in private collections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkash23686 Posted November 16, 2014 Share #53 Posted November 16, 2014 At that price, I'm sure it will be in good hands!! We should have pooled our money and then we could have gotten it. But we would have to set up visitation days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man860 Posted November 16, 2014 Share #54 Posted November 16, 2014 It's in the realm on Waffen SS covers, not an absurd price but still, the damage would have prevented this from being at what...5K cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkash23686 Posted November 16, 2014 Share #55 Posted November 16, 2014 It's in the realm on Waffen SS covers, not an absurd price but still, the damage would have prevented this from being at what...5K cover? True and I've seen many more SS covers come up for sale than this type of US cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlok Posted November 16, 2014 Share #56 Posted November 16, 2014 I think it's along the lines of the 1941 canteen...the value is whatever it takes to make it yours...there is no market value, because there are none on the market! They will only increase over time. In another 10 years, it will probably go for 6 or 7... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlok Posted November 16, 2014 Share #57 Posted November 16, 2014 We should have pooled our money and then we could have gotten it. But we would have to set up visitation days I'll take weekends & holidays...you see it off to school!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1canpara Posted November 16, 2014 Share #58 Posted November 16, 2014 Well I guess its all very subjective, on reflection I think that the rarity of it can maybe make it worth that to someone. I guess it's really no different than a marked airborne lid which would easily come in at more than that price. I think I was just shocked at the huge jump in price at the end.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkash23686 Posted November 16, 2014 Share #59 Posted November 16, 2014 Well I guess its all very subjective, on reflection I think that the rarity of it can maybe make it worth that to someone. I guess it's really no different than a marked airborne lid which would easily come in at more than that price. I think I was just shocked at the huge jump in price at the end.... Yeah that jump was crazy. I figured around 1500-1800 and then my brain sort of shut down looking at such big numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted November 16, 2014 Share #60 Posted November 16, 2014 I doubt the winner is going to follow through, I would rather take a non paying bidder strike the winner could even be a friend of the seller that bid high to drive the price up? What makes you say this? The seller originally didn't even know what he has and almost ended for a $250 Buy It Now, what makes you think he's having his friend bid on it? J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlok Posted November 16, 2014 Share #61 Posted November 16, 2014 Well, on the bright side, I've got plenty to spend on Black Friday...50" TV, Come to Papa!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkash23686 Posted November 16, 2014 Share #62 Posted November 16, 2014 Yeah my bid went towards a different helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anton67 Posted November 17, 2014 Share #63 Posted November 17, 2014 That is way out of what I would have been willing to pay for a helmet cover. It would have had to be General Patton's cover for me to spend that much money on it. Just my opinion. Anyway, good luck to the buyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted November 17, 2014 Share #64 Posted November 17, 2014 I was in at 1509 and i had a feeling it was gonna go for 2K but 3K was a shock, but likes been said this is only like the 2nd one ive ever seen come up for sale and maybe only 4-6 known to exhist that im guessing, they probably only made around 100 of these and there were at least two variations....chicken lips are easier to find....worth every penny in my book!!!......mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkash23686 Posted November 17, 2014 Share #65 Posted November 17, 2014 I was in at 1509 and i had a feeling it was gonna go for 2K but 3K was a shock, but likes been said this is only like the 2nd one ive ever seen come up for sale and maybe only 4-6 known to exhist that im guessing, they probably only made around 100 of these and there were at least two variations....chicken lips are easier to find....worth every penny in my book!!!......mike Yup, like I said only the 3rd one I've ever seen, and really all of this stuff is just old steel and cloth. We set the prices by how much we want them, and someone wanted it 3k badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APO472 Posted November 17, 2014 Share #66 Posted November 17, 2014 Mikey, Why did you bid? You have a footlocker full of them! As Kammo-man stated this is good for the US Militaria collecting field. It validates the collectibility of our own Nations artifacts. Imagine this example were named or ID'd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted November 17, 2014 Share #67 Posted November 17, 2014 Mikey, Why did you bid? You have a footlocker full of them! As Kammo-man stated this is good for the US Militaria collecting field. It validates the collectibility of our own Nations artifacts. Imagine this example were named or ID'd? nahhhh....i didnt want it cuz of the rip on top there! .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkash23686 Posted November 17, 2014 Share #68 Posted November 17, 2014 nahhhh....i didnt want it cuz of the rip on top there! .......... You mint helmet nazi you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APO472 Posted November 17, 2014 Share #69 Posted November 17, 2014 JK, You are right. He is the US helmet "natzi". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted November 17, 2014 Share #70 Posted November 17, 2014 i know nuthing....nuthing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted November 17, 2014 Share #71 Posted November 17, 2014 Merry Christmas to the seller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Flage Guy Posted November 17, 2014 Share #72 Posted November 17, 2014 No surprise at the final price on this beauty. And like Mike and others have said, its extreme rarity justifies it, as far as I'm concerned. I saw one of these at the great Western Show many years ago, but it was green-to-tan 'flage instead of tan 'flage-to-O.D.. Man, I wish I'd have bought it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted November 17, 2014 Share #73 Posted November 17, 2014 Is it? How many have come on the market? Thats really me just asking I'm not up on these covers that well. I've only seen 3 ever including this one. The other two were in private collections. There was another on ebay a year or two ago.Dont recall.It was out of califonia if I remember correctly.I think the seller deals a lot in old movie stock surplus and also reneactor gear.Dont recall the price.Maybe this is the same one and just returned to the narket by the buyer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aef1917 Posted November 17, 2014 Share #74 Posted November 17, 2014 The last one I remember was the one that was pictured in Steel Pots. I think it was the usual brown side/green side configuration, and it didn't sell for nearly as much. I'm thinking maybe $1,200? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted November 17, 2014 Share #75 Posted November 17, 2014 I have seen SS helmet covers sell for 25 thousand and this is rarer than most Owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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