2nd Bat
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Post by 2nd Bat on Dec 22, 2019 15:58:47 GMT -5
My daughter has a fashion business and handmakes lovely scarves, tunics and pseudo kimonos. She has her own shop but sells mostly at street fairs and craft shows. As you can imagine it's a busy time for Tuesday's Scarves. (There, shameless plug is out of the way.) Yesterday my wife and I swung by to visit her at a show and I wandered around perusing the other vendors. Naturally anything khaki or OD catches my eye. A young lady with far too many piercings and tatoos for my taste had a booth proudly displaying her craftmanship. Hanging before me were quite a few assorted items of authentic WW2 field gear. There were several web belts including a couple 10 pocket Garand belts and 3 khaki BAR belts. As well as a couple musette bags and a M1910 haversack. In speaking with her she "liberated" these items from her late fathers estate. It turns out he was something of a militaria collector and had all this "junk" in an old duffle bag. Normally this would have been a great find BUT in an effort to make them "marketable" she had added brass brads, rhinestones and bizarre patches to each. Her prices on the now destroyed relics were about a third of their value if she'd left them alone. I walked away with a small tear in my eyes and some throw up in my mouth. How sad .
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Kipp
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Post by Kipp on Dec 22, 2019 16:41:52 GMT -5
Wow. No words other than absolutely tragic.
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2nd Bat
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Post by 2nd Bat on Dec 22, 2019 17:30:55 GMT -5
I figure her dad is spinning in his grave. I said nothing but did ask if there were any unmolested items. (There weren't)
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Post by Kipp on Dec 23, 2019 13:33:50 GMT -5
I would have risen from my grave. haha My God it's like a horror story.
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Post by aj czarkowski on Dec 27, 2019 16:20:02 GMT -5
Some people just have no respect for history and are more worried about making a quick buck. Sucks for her though - she destroyed a significant amount of their value and in my opinion I'd be surprised if she'd find anyone to buy them period.
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