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Really!
Just had a quick whip around on militaria on e-bay Aus, I must have missed something in the translation as the prices for bayonets has somewhat escalated beyond reason.
The No.9's now are going for $180 - $280+/Aud with No.7's asking $400-$500+/Aud and the kicker was the No.4 Cruciform at $680/Aud, asking and getting are two different things I know that part of the deal but seriously that much!
But it just seems of late that the prices have jumped markedly here in the last 6 months even the '07 bayonets have gone skyward along with other military stuff.
Three years ago you could get an SLR bayonet and scabbard for around $80-$100/Aud now they are wanting $280 - $380+/Aud.
Far out what is happening is there a sudden spike in ppl realising they don't make them anymore or what!
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03-12-2023 11:16 AM
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Half the time I believe they're fishing. Ours are the same. Thing is, if you need to find one, they aren't making more. If it's a good one you grab it because I doubt they'll legislate against them. They might be the only un-papered thing we can collect.
I'm picking up some brass and projectiles, they're the same. I just bought a 105mm Leopard tank case, was $225CDN delivered. A nice brass "C6"...sad, I had two I picked up after the tank ejected them during a firepower show and sold them at about $35CDN each in '96.
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There probably isn't many countries that still have WW2 era kit and earlier in storage (apart from Russia
) and therefore there isn't the stuff being released into the collectors market that there once was. I remember a UK dealer once telling me that he purchased a huge number of 1907 bayonets after they were turned out of storage from a European country. It may have been Greece if I remember correctly. He did sell them at a very reasonable price but eventually when they were all sold the prices of 1907 bayonets started to go up in the UK.
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