Found this awesome Korean War Ike this weekend with M1948 stripes and a pair of beautiful patches.  No, I didn't get it.  Just don't have the room for these anymore.

 

-Ski

Ski.  
Saw that same jacket at the antique mall in Gettysburg a few weeks ago.  

And for the exact same reason you stated, I didn’t buy it. 

Nice theater made 1st type Aviation Engineers

Just for the record, how much was it?  Nice-looking patch!

42 minutes ago, VMI88 said:

Just for the record, how much was it?  Nice-looking patch!

Looks like $200 on the tag. 

26 minutes ago, Marshallj said:

Looks like $200 on the tag. 

Yes.  As a complete original Ike, that was a fair price.   But as I would only want it for that really great Aviation Engineers patch, it was a bit higher than I wanted to go.  So I  passed on it when I saw it.   

Kurt,

 

Yep, Gettysburg is where it was at.  I have never been to an antiques mall  before was  mostly military.  The staff there gave me a crappy look when I wanted to look through a bin of patches.  Sorry, but a collector's gotta collect, you know?

 

-Ski

4 hours ago, Teamski said:

Kurt,

 

Yep, Gettysburg is where it was at.  I have never been to an antiques mall  before was  mostly military.  The staff there gave me a crappy look when I wanted to look through a bin of patches.  Sorry, but a collector's gotta collect, you know?

 

-Ski

 

How dare you spend more time at their place of business looking through a patch bin that will almost certainly result in you giving them money for at least one or two or a few patches, and at an antique mall with lots of militaria nonetheless! What were you thinking? :)

 

Let's all be honest here it takes some willpower to walk away from a patch bin and not buy at least something you've dug out from it, collectors gotta collect after all!

 

It's a very nice Ike though, beautiful bullion work on both patches.

On 11/15/2024 at 2:38 PM, Teamski said:

Kurt,

 

Yep, Gettysburg is where it was at.  I have never been to an antiques mall  before was  mostly military.  The staff there gave me a crappy look when I wanted to look through a bin of patches.  Sorry, but a collector's gotta collect, you know?

 

-Ski

Ski- Yes.  Lots of patches in the showcase on the wall to the right.  And really nice patches, but the reason they are all there  is that they are overpriced (and not selling). I go to Gettysburg (and that shop) a few time per year.  I don’t even bother looking at the patches anymore.

The owners told me they dread busy weekends because they don’t make money from sales, only booth rentals. Hence their displeasure at have to spend time watching over you while go through the box.  And based on all the nice patches in the box, they probably do it multiple times a day.  They prefer a slow day with little customer traffic.