| Auction research company Terapeak say military | | | | - Australian Military Police Badge by Stokes and Son - |
| badges are among the hottest sellers on eBay as the | | | | £156.66 |
| following recent eBay finishing prices will show: | | | | - 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars Officers Forage Cap |
| - BEF 1914 Sterling Argyll & Sutherland Glengarry | | | | Badge - £145.00 |
| Badge - £445.95 | | | | The reason I personally consider military badges a |
| - Silver Plaid Brooch 1 Renfrewshire VB Argyll | | | | particularly good product to buy, especially as |
| Sutherland - £415.00 | | | | complete collections at local auction salerooms, is that |
| - Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Cased Medallion - | | | | so many very different badges exist for each of |
| £260.00 | | | | many thousands of regiments worldwide. And that |
| NOTE: Can you see how three items from Argyll & | | | | means no one but a real expert can identify every |
| Sutherland regiments appear among the top recent | | | | badge in a lifetime's collection. |
| highest prices paid for military badges on eBay? That | | | | And that by implication also means non-specialist staff |
| makes it a good idea to look for badges from this | | | | in general salerooms are unlikely ever to recognise |
| regiment at boot sales and flea markets, also in | | | | badges worth hundreds of pounds among a multitude |
| auction lots, but don't expect all A & S badges to | | | | of very common designs in big bundle lots. |
| fetch such high prices. It's usually worthwhile risking a | | | | These high price items can, and very regularly do sell |
| few pounds on early military badges, but no more | | | | in lots of ten or twenty or sometimes hundreds of |
| than a pound or two without either taking a price | | | | different badges for round about £150 a time. |
| catalogue with you or a laptop or small computer to | | | | I know that for certain because three weeks ago I |
| check out recent prices on eBay. | | | | bought 65 British military cap badges locally, they cost |
| Back to high price badges selling recently on eBay: | | | | me £150 and returned three hundred pounds pure |
| - Original 7th Dragoon Guards Horse Brass Badge - | | | | profit on eBay. |
| Original - £241.00 | | | | The trick with big bundles like this is to auction all |
| - Victorian Officers Helmet Plate Genuine 100% | | | | items individually, using clear images and a low starting |
| Guarantee - £225.00 | | | | price - £4.99 is good - then let common items make |
| - Cheshire Regt. Group Hallmarked Silver Badge TTC - | | | | you a small profit each and allow expert collectors to |
| £170.00 | | | | determine the finishing price of their rarer |
| - Original 3rd Dragon Guards Horse Brass Badge - | | | | counterparts. |
| Original - £158.00 | | | | |