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At the request of the original poster, I have removed a thread about a German Officer Dress Dagger.

Dave

Dave, This was a great discovery and now deleted. Why ? JR

Did the guy get all that work done by the members and then yanked it? If that was the AMANN, really poor form on that guys part.

Mark

I was lucky !

I saved the thread and the pic's.

The Owner also sent me more detailed pics for worlddaggers.com reference site.

Bet they were getting bombarded with offers for it...

Hopefully they will update us as to how things turn out.

This is a shame to me. I personally have no interest in buying this dagger but from a historical perspective it would have been interesting to see what else about it turned up. Perhaps Bob will re-start the thread on WMCA!
Jim

That is nice . People could not avoid making offers I bet. Now we all lost it for personal records.

I want to thank everybody for all of there hard work in helping us in discovering what we have. The reason we pulled it is because all the interest it has generated I will keep you informed as to what happens with the dagger. We just want to gather all the info we can on this from my dad. Because all of you have been so helpful with ideas on how to proceed with this. I hope I haven't made to many of you mad about this. I will Keep in touch as major events happen

Good move and good for you! I'm sure that you were getting low-balled on offers. Take your time before you sell... IF you sell it. Another tactic would be to just put it in a safe deposit box and allow it to gain in value. It's almost a sure thing that it will never go down in value.

Start at $10 million, you can always go down if you have to ! But don't pull the thread. Who ever gets it will put another 20K-50K or more on top of what they offered you for the piece. It's called business, but don't put away the photos and the thread as sometimes these will never come to light again. Example: Himmler's M36 dagger, most of the birthday swords, 14 SS honor daggers etc.

What was it? I missed the thread.

I am glad that the owner answered here.

Since he is the author of the tread, the owner of the dagger(or his son), as well as the owner of the pictures, I felt I should honor his request.

I have had several emails from Members urging me to do just that. Here is one quote:

" I advised that the Owenr of the Amann dagger have his Pics removed from the GDC.com websight/Although this is a Very interesting posting the Pics may do harm to the status of the Dagger if real.Until he gets info on it please contact them and see what you can do to Get them taken down.... "

Dave

If these photos are available on another site as stated above-then IMO they should be put back on GDC. Our members should not have to go to another site to view something that was posted here. Information should belong to the community. JMO. If the owner does not want to be contacted then his information can be removed--but--its really too late for that.

This makes absolutely NO sense to me. Just how in the hell can you "harm the status of the dagger" by placing pictures of it on a public Forum while necessary background documentation is being assembled?
Among the purposes of GDC is to serve as a learning tool and a place where members can share information about acquisitions. Other rare finds have surfaced here and not been "harmed" to the best of my knowledge.
I would think that the opposite impression that something is definitely wrong with this piece has been given to the membership by removing it from view.
Jim

Skoalmt, my suggestion to you would be to consign the item to one of the top tier dealers, agreeing in advance to the fee, and or % of sale price and a length of time to sell. Many dealers will be at the SOS next month and this should give your piece some excellent exposure. Pricing an item like this is very difficult. Who knows when the last one was sold...
The collecting community is very happy to see this dagger brought to the market.
Best of luck.
Paul

To repeat what I said before,

I was asked by the owner of the Dagger and the pictures to remove it. I agreed. I talked with Vern and he agrees that in a situation like this, the request is valid.

Dave

I happen to agree that the owner has the right to request his thread be removed.

I for one, will not start another thread about it.

Let me add a couple of thoughts:

- Nothing that the owner has said tells me that the item is going to be sold.

- I sent them an email advising that IF they intended to sell it, that they consign it and get at least 85% of the sale price for themselves. Consignement often takes longer, but yields more.

I also advised them to get it valued first ... as you saw in the thread.

Dave

Bob,

Good decision.

Dave

Dave,
Thanks

I did the same as you.
I think that i provided them enough details to get them going.

I think the un-informed owner who used our members to find out what he had and then asked to have the thread removed did one of the most selfish acts I have witnessed in this hobby.

Absolutely sophmoric.

I wholeheartedly agree with Jim M. His comments were dead on.

Mark

Take it easy


The only thing that is selfish is some of the comments from some members here.I Urged them to have the Pics removed from the forum and to Contact Wittman for a Full Appraisal of the item,even if it costs them a few bucks so be it.This way as an Apprasier,TW can give a Fair impartial Value for the Item.

Public Forums are good but when it comes to an absolute One of a Kind piece so privacy for the seller Must be upheld until they choose to come back out and either show it sell it.

And Jim when a Piece of this Magnitude is Placed on a PUBLIC Forum that can cause all sorts of problems,we are not dealing with an oddball army or possibly a Rohm Dagger....Unfortunately when you post on a Public forum you get LOTS of Opions and Ideas....unfortunately 1/2 of those are Just right out of left field and the others are pretty right on...and for the owner that can cause a Deeper mess than you know.

The owner posted it with Good intentions...He said he was Thankful for the info...what else ya want,leave him in peace to find out what he can on the piece and if he chooses to sell it or share info then its his choice.

TOM

I'm sorry that you feel this way. You are right. I'm the un-informed owner. that is why I'm erring on the side of caution because of all the attention. This has been in my family for sixty years and we are following the suggestion from other member of German daggers dot com. I enjoyed the postings that were given and look forward to being a part of this community. Sorry if you think this is sophomoric, but it was my family's decision and that is who I have to please at this point. we have every intention of keeping all of you informed of any major events, Thank You for time and concern.

I think this entire thread should be deleted with no reference to it ever appearing anywhere because it is the biggest load of BS I have ever read on this forum

If it that easy Dave, please remove all my photos, articles, and posts for the last 5 1/2 years. The reason being is that I don't want anyone to use the pictures or the information that I have offered. They belong to me.

I understand the new member wishing not to be contacted concerning the piece any further. However, I don't understand why he would want the photos removed??
IF he has his identity removed from the pictures, then there is no reason to not allow the piece to remain in the community for collectors to see it and understand that there are still great pieces to be discovered in the woodwork.
This does give Mr. Atwood credit for bringing it to the attention of the collector in his original work. How often have you heard that some of those pieces pictured never existed and were dummies that just were made up to sell his book? This sure does destroy that line of thinking.
Anyway, there is no artistic claim to photos posted here on a public forum. No ownership as they are not copyrighted.
Ron Weinand
Weinand Militaria
PS: Go JR! I know exactly how you feel.

Very well stated Ron. No doubt the dagger will be sold in the next week, credit for discovery will go to who ever hands over the "suit case" as part of the deal, and information will now only be allowed on a need to know basis.

The tone this thread has taken casts a pall over the entire collecting community. Just what is being hidden here and for just what purpose remains to be uncovered. I personally think we are seeing "Fear and Greed", the two emotions that drive most speculative ventures in action. Time will tell!
Jim

For all of those who didn't get to see the real thing.....................

JR,

Thanks much for the posting. I hadn't seen the picture when originally posted and the mystery and my curiosity where for sure, laboring me.

John

Well well....I'm sure the owner got several hundreds of e-mails from the vultures of this forum.Yes ,it's sad but it's typical of the society we live in.Greed is an emotion hard to control for some.

I'm pretty sure that the dagger and pics would have stayed up for forum members to read about and enjoy,if only the greedy were asleep.

And to the angry of you.I understand, but imagine yourself in this position.If i posted my dads 60 years old dagger on a forum and got several hundred e-mails craving it, i would get paraniod and run with the dagger.

I'm sure any forum can do without the bloodsuckers, but that be dreaming you know..

Ulf.

It's kind of sad to see this person use this forum and the enormous amount of goodwill, research and knowledge that was offered and given to him for him to turn around and say he does not like getting the email offers to buy that that this information generated for him.

I honestly don't think it is fair

Hello Everyone, Can someone tell me why its OK to have the dagger posted on http://www.worlddaggers.com for reference,and not on the forum where it was originaly posted,thanks regards Stan

I'm a little torn with regards to this subject. It would have been nice to keep it on the site as a marketing boost for GDC - the FIRST place where people come to learn about their treasures.

But on the other hand, I can understand having the post removed until further investigation is performed. Too many times have I seen someone post an oddball item on this forum (and others) and then see the person and the item get ripped to shreds - if you disagree with this, then either you're diluted or not paying attention because it does happen...a lot, and not just with daggers.

I think it's better for the family to get some expert opinions first, then come back and let us know what is going on, perhaps give some recognition to GDC for assisting in their endeavor, and grant us the permission to place the pictures back on the site so we can learn from the experience.

So in the meantime, let's please be courteous and respect the decision.

Hello Again everyone,It has now been removed from worlddaggers.com.
I hope it does not disappear for ever in someones collection.and we will never know whether it was real or not,But then again if its posted on a Reference site it must be real,Regards Stan

Nats,

I took it down for a little while
I had to insert watermarks.

Last night the file was downloaded 57 times.

It's back up now

Thanks Bob,
Now many people will see why the pictures were removed. We are not being selfish, thanks to Bob and Dave for the great advice. They have our info for people if you need to contact us, they can forward to us. All emails will be answered. Happy New Year

Is it just me or do others think it's bizarre that it's perfectly ok for JR to post a photo of purportedly the same dagger out of a book but it's not ok to post a photo of the actual dagger?
Isn't that the same as saying it's ok to post a picture of a celebrity as it appears in a magazine but not an actual photo of the same celebrity?
Jim

Bob Rodgers, I do have nothing agaist you and do appreciate your inputs in the forum and your knowledge, but i have made my investigations for the GD.C forum and not for http://www.BobRodgersMilitaria.com .
Generally very sad that this so interesting event and thread went this way.
Best regards,