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Well, that time of year again. Off late tonight to Kentucky. A 14 hr. drive for my friends and I. Its worth it though. More museum than anything,,and sometimes you get lucky in finding something your looking for! . Hope to see some members there,,IF Craig doesn't host his party this year maybe drinks at the Exc.Inn Lounge Thursday night?!
I'll try and get a HR count at the show as well as photos and of course private purchase..
For those going,,have a safe trip!!..,G.

G. Give us an idea on HR prices too.

Not a real banner year for HRs and private purchase..

Really bad weather kept attendance down,,,but still a great show.

Here's a shot of setup day [the real deals were done by the end of this day!]

Early HRs with the man on list and in combat were in 10k range...

MINT ,late,guy on list, no combat, not famous, a little less than 10k..

I saw a pretty worn late style, no papers, traded for under 3k.

Saw maybe 10 total there, with Andy 'Militarynut' having 5 nice ones on his table alone!
Not too many fake at least.
Saw Don Friday around noon,,he had already papered 4 rings,,and had seen twice that come to him and be deemed fake..

Private purchase, less than 10 originals. Many fakes, high prices on the originals!

*Trays/tables like this everywhere,,and like this mostly good, nic nacs for everyone,,

and from nic nacs to the stars!!!

visors?,,!

more stars,,,

Got to meet GDCs Houston Coats. A really nice guy,,and I think had the record there for SAs!!

,,who said there aren't any original SS jackets at these shows!?!

~Peace through superior firepower?!

Good thing they didn't come out with this in 1940!

like I always say,,the SOS has something for everyone,

,,,,,,out of the way or,,,,,!!!

HI Gaspare.
Its very interesting pictures, it is a pity that them a little

Well, good to see the GDC crew there again , met some more members. Had a great time and great show.
This IS the show to go to if your ever planning to attend a BIG show! This photo isn't even HALF of the show!!

Hope you all had a good show ,,and until next time friends......,Gaspare

G..Good to see you there again.Didnt get to have that drink with you,oh well next year.Thanks for posting the photos.Every year i take my camera intending to take photos of the show and members and every year i forget to take pictures.

G,
Thanks for taking the time to show us what it's like.

Hello Gaspare
Glad the trip went well. Thank you for the pics and info. Some day I will have to make one of these. Take care, Ron

Photos, Descriptions and Opinions Greatly Appreciated G! {any DKnGs?,DKnS?, prices?}

nice pics G did you pick up anything or your not letting on

yes G, any booty?

The biggest thing I got from the SOS was the Flu! ,,I've been sick as a dog since I've been back. A few other guys that went hve told me the same,,oh well...

I picked up some things I needed, a belt, some insignia etc.that I've put away already.

Here's a shot of some of the small stuff that will soon get cataloged and put away:

I did manage to find a PP ring thqat I needed!

I have a few Finnish medals, some NordFront Crosses. I also have a few Finnish rings,,,but this one has been eluding me for years..So got it now, in pretty decent shape too:

I hope I can go to this show sometime.Do you need permission to take pictures?

yep nice G one of my fav's and the other two..... come on pleeez

Thanks for posting pics....Not too many Picture takers this year and for those of us who didnt attend We LIKE PICS : )

Yes! Several thousand words worth! Great pics. Drink some grape juice for that flu bug G!

G,
Nice stuff you picked up. Glad you had a good show and hope you get over the flu. I'm just now getting over the flu and I haven't been anywhere.

no, permission not really needed for photos.

Most guys are just on the hunt and don't have time for photos. OR,like me,,I look for such small things, they are sometimes into the corners of the dealers cases,, my eyes are pinned looking down into the cases while I'm walking up and down the rows. Its very hard to spot out a ring!, and there is a LOT of tables to cover!!

I did find my friend there a nice RAD ring, brass, silver wash. This one had most of the colored enamel in the shovel/swas..He got it for a very good price. I'll see if I can get him to post a photo of it here.

*ringman, the other 2 rings,,one is a present [tiny womans swastika ring] and already gone... The other is a heavy DAK with swas grount off. I bought it only because I needed good photos of the sides for the book and the price was right. If you really want to see it let me know..

*Time is short there. Your looking, meeting up with old friends,meeting new,, trying to cut deals,,there isn't time to take a good photo! We all want to,,but,,,,,,

Vinny picked up a bunch of these posters there. Old, BIG sized, heavy stock, nice and clear,great quality. Actually signed by the vet and numbered to only 500 of each. There was SS men, KM, Panzer,Heer,Luft. etc.,,ALL KC winners. I think he'll be parting with some of them,if anyones interested email me.

Great pics Gaspare! Anyone else got some more to put up?

Regards
Russell

Gaspare,

Thank you for the photos. I couldn't attend as always. Did you see any Hermann G�ring items?

Best regards.

Saw 2 really big, bad rings tryin to pass...They were terrible..

Hermann G�ring's rings seem to be everywhere and usually starting at "only" $4,000

My friend and I both have large collections of rings. It gets very very hard to find something for our collections at shows no matter how big the show is.

We found this RAD ring and as I have 2 already this one was for him.. These are hard to find in mint condition.
Both of my examples are in only fair condition. Usually the enamel,or later paint, in the shovel is long gone and it was nice to see one with at least some of it in there.

A poor photo but the best he can do,,,

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These rings will come solid silver, and brass with a matt silver wash also standard silver plate. You had the option to get it with 'color' or not...
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