Monday, February 20, 2006

Thursday Februrary 16th Auction Bidders

On Thursday February 16th, our auction system inadvertently showed several items as closing that were not supposed to be closing on that date. These items are part of a special LIVE auction that we are conducting at the Show of Shows February 24th in Louisville, Kentucky. A software glitch changed the closing date at the point that a bid was placed on these items.

The items in question were as follows:

5786174 ADOLF HITLER AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO

5787180 AUSTRIAN DRAGOON OFFICER HELMET

5787220 BADEN 1ST LEIB-DRAGOON RGT. NO. 20 OFFICER JUBILEUM ENGRAVED DRESS SWORD 1903

5787195 BADEN ARTILLERY OFFICER BALL TOP HELMET

5786178 BRONZED TANK DESK ORNAMENT

5787201 EAST PRUSSIAN FIELD ARTILLERY RGT. NO. 16 ENLISTED BALL TOP HELMET

5794204 GERMAN DOUBLE ETCHED DRESS SWORD ENGRAVED TO AMERICAN SERVICEMAN

5794201 JAPANESE POLICE OFFICER SABER WITH SCABBARD

5787232 KAISERLICHE MARINE OFFICER DOUBLE ETCHED DRESS SWORD

5787645 LW GENERAL WHITE TOP EREL MARKED VISOR CAP

5787290 PRUSSIAN BLUE MAX HALLMARKED W & 900

5787196 PRUSSIAN GARDE INFANTRY NCO SPIKE HELMET

5787219 PRUSSIAN INFANTRY OFFICER PRESENTATION DAMASCUS SWORD

5787191 PRUSSIAN JÄGER ZU PFERDE ENLISTED LOBSTERTAIL
HELMET, C.E. JUNCKER 1916

5787189 PRUSSIAN KÜRASSIER ENLISTED SPIKE HELMET

5787146 SA BUGLE

5794199 US NAVY OFFICER`S SWORD, TOLEDO SPAIN MANUFACTURE

These items have been put back online with their original intended closing date of Friday February 24th at 12:00 Noon with the final bidding taking place Friday evening from 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Please accept our sincerest apologies for the confusion and inconvenience.

Sincerely,


Jody Tucker
President / CEO
Manion’s International Auction House, Inc.

Friday, February 10, 2006

PANZER ASSAULT BADGE: REAL VS. REPRO

A species of the Panzer Assault Badge is renewing the classic ‘real vs. repro’ debate. Under the microscope now are badges in bronze and silver, items 57-84417 and 57-84416. We’d like to know what you think, so feel free to comment below!