You're looking at photos of a dagger that had not even been wiped with a cloth for 60 years. Now hand polished with paperwork from dad's 201 file, hand inspected by TW, personal dedication in the SS book I purchased from him referencing the dagger, original grip repaired (and with decent photos that show 90% bluing on the scabbard)the piece looks very nice.
Looking at the old photos posted here I would agree it would not draw that kind of money. But even at that time I was offered $10K for it.
As Dave H. often says - "I'd really need to do a hands on inspection". And that is exactly what TW did.
