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There is a local collector that may sell some off. I dont have any background in Minis so Id like to have some good background.

Red flags to look for, values etc.

Is there a site that yall could recommend? or even dealer sites that can give me a ballpark?

thanks

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Here are 2 excellant sites for great discriptions and for use as price guides. Note, both Tom Johnson and Tom Wittman however get premium prices for their daggers. Hope this helps.

http://www.johnsonreferencebooks.com/catalogue/weapons/miniatures/index.html

http://www.wwiidaggers.com/MINI.htm

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there were a few guys at our MAX table that were talking about minis..
After a while they all agreed,,there were only 4 different minis!? I asked for clarification,,I got:
4 different branches of service/para military org.
As example,not actual - Army, Luft., Navy, RAD..

Is this true??

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I have seen the following minis offered for sale:

Heer
Luft1
Luft2
Navy
RAD
Forestry
KS98 Bayonet

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so all these SA,SS, HJ leaders, RAD leaders, early Luft,NFSK,etc. minis are all bogus?

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Maybe not exactly bogus, but post war.

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Also genuine originals include 1890 Imperial Navy cadet, 1901 Imperial Navy officer and "first model" navy.
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Alcoso made RAD leader minis (orange and white handled), but fakes do exist; they tend to be a tad larger.

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Tom Johnson would argue some authentic SS minis exist, but probably made by factory workers during the Reich just for fun as opposed to a "production" line item. 99.9 % are fake however.

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- thanks for the info guys!

Can anyone show a group shot of those minis that are period?

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