One person's trash is another's treasure

[Joe Blow]

After some consideration I have decided to adjust the title of this thread as I felt it was a little too long and could be more concise.

 

[trading_rookie]

Dig out your Militaria folks, Medals , Insignia, Daggers etc etc

@Numbercruncher, what's a good militia site to try and see what you have has any value or not? I have a pocket knife/nail-filer from the 199th Infantry - Vietnam (not sure how I came to own it but I've had it for decades) and am interested in what it's worth...if anything.

 

[numbercruncher]

I reckon ebay is the best place to get an Idea of what the market is willing to pay for things, or just google the specific Item.

Most the good price guides are still in paper form.

I would suggest your pocket knife would be of little value, comes back to rarity and demand, was probably issued to all the 199th which was a big unit.

A good example of Demand playing a huge role, German WW2 helmets of which millions were made fetch like $500, yet the British helmet $50!

 

[trading_rookie]

I would suggest your pocket knife would be of little value, comes back to rarity and demand, was probably issued to all the 199th which was a big unit.

Cheers....I guess it's little things like this one always discounts when thinking they might have something of value...it ain't rare!.