John Cooper Posted November 9, 2009 Share #1 Posted November 9, 2009 Here is a wing that sold tonight for $408.11 which I think may have been sold for much less. Here are the photos plus one I put together to attempt to show how they match up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cooper Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share #2 Posted November 9, 2009 Here is an AD posted by Cliff not long ago. Take a look at #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cooper Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share #3 Posted November 9, 2009 Here is a close up & a comparison (I place one on top of the other... hard to get them to match up on the quick but I think you see my point) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted November 9, 2009 Share #4 Posted November 9, 2009 Is that two sets of photos or just closeups of the one set? Here is a wing that sold tonight for $408.11 which I think may have been sold for much less. Here are the photos plus one I put together to attempt to show how they match up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cooper Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share #5 Posted November 9, 2009 Close ups of the same photos I suspect. I pull this from the Ebay page. Thanks John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonomachi Posted November 9, 2009 Share #6 Posted November 9, 2009 This sold on eBay recently for $211.38 (# 130341113387). I'm not an expert on these airship wings but this sort of looks like the one you posted except a little rougher (cast?) and no hallmark. The photos are not real crisp which I got off of eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cooper Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share #7 Posted November 9, 2009 This sold on eBay recently for $211.38 (# 130341113387). I'm not an expert on these airship wings but this sort of looks like the one you posted except a little rougher (cast?) and no hallmark. The photos are not real crisp which I got off of eBay. Thanks for posting the extra photos. Very hard to tell without a hands on inspection... I trust some others will be weighing in on this. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffP Posted November 9, 2009 Share #8 Posted November 9, 2009 Thanks for posting the extra photos. Very hard to tell without a hands on inspection... I trust some others will be weighing in on this. John About the only good thing you can say about that badge is; it is not a reproduction of a ligitimate Airship Pilot wing badge. It was created back in the early 1970's and is nothing more than a figment of someone's imagination or better put . . . a contrived attempt to create a badge that might be passed-off for a genuine badge. The Florida maker :devil: who created the badge did nothing illegal. He ran a ligitimate business; however, he later admitted he expected his badges would be resold by some unscrupulous militaria dealers as being the real deal . . . and he could live with it. Shame, shame. :crybaby: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrapneldude Posted November 9, 2009 Share #9 Posted November 9, 2009 Wow... There was a guy at the flea market this morning with 3 of these ... 2 full size and one Miniature in a small riker case. I was tempted to buy them as I'd never seen a set like this before, until he started playing the "These aren't really for sale...just brought them to show a guy who might make a very large offer" game. I think he wanted something over $500 for them all. Nice to know they're fake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cooper Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share #10 Posted November 9, 2009 Wow... There was a guy at the flea market this morning with 3 of these ... 2 full size and one Miniature in a small riker case. I was tempted to buy them as I'd never seen a set like this before, until he started playing the "These aren't really for sale...just brought them to show a guy who might make a very large offer" game. I think he wanted something over $500 for them all. Nice to know they're fake! Well I am glad my post help save you some money. Thanks to Cliff posting this old ad which I happened to save. After looking at the two and attempting to use Photoshop to compare them I came to the conclusion that they are one and the same. Regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrapneldude Posted November 10, 2009 Share #11 Posted November 10, 2009 Well I am glad my post help save you some money. Thanks to Cliff posting this old ad which I happened to save. After looking at the two and attempting to use Photoshop to compare them I came to the conclusion that they are one and the same. Regards John It is much appreciated. The ammount of money this forum has saved me could pay for a team of skilled MMA fighters to go around dealing with these fakers and scammers, full time, that's for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy3 Posted March 21, 2010 Share #12 Posted March 21, 2010 Wow... There was a guy at the flea market this morning with 3 of these ... 2 full size and one Miniature in a small riker case. I was tempted to buy them as I'd never seen a set like this before, until he started playing the "These aren't really for sale...just brought them to show a guy who might make a very large offer" game. I think he wanted something over $500 for them all. Nice to know they're fake! WoW I was at Rogers Friday and i just heard the same deal from a guy with a beard that he brought them out for a friend and they would be over $500 i was just checking to see if they were real when i came across your post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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