ADVICE NEEDED - Selling 2000 Mao Badges

**Basic_man** · 10-24-2005, 03:56 AM

What the hell is "Mao Badges" ?

**Kristian** · 10-24-2005, 03:58 AM

Originally posted by Basic_man

What the hell is "Mao Badges" ?

Badges carrying the image of Mao Zedong.

**Kristian** · 10-24-2005, 08:08 AM

Bump.......

**quantum-x** · 10-24-2005, 08:19 AM

Cool. .

**JFK** · 10-24-2005, 08:29 AM

Originally posted by Kristian

Badges carrying the image of Mao Zedong.

I knew that

**Screaming** · 10-24-2005, 08:47 AM

Is there a market for them? Never heard of them before today.

**Kristian** · 10-24-2005, 09:29 AM

Originally posted by Screaming

Is there a market for them? Never heard of them before today.

Yes, a huge market. They're very collectable and some badges are rare due to cultural upheavals.

**I Fucked Her** · 10-24-2005, 09:47 AM

I have a great collection of old rare stamps all around the globe... so your answer could fit my similar question too !!! Hope some of you guys come up with a good idea for selling these collections

**maxxxxx** · 10-24-2005, 09:53 AM

Well, most likely you will even succeed. There are still enough idiots who would buy badges with the picture of someone who has killed more people than Hitler and Stalin together. Would you sell Hitler badges, too?

**Kristian** · 10-24-2005, 09:57 AM

Originally posted by I Fucked Her

I have a great collection of old rare stamps all around the globe... so your answer could fit my similar question too !!! Hope some of you guys come up with a good idea for selling these collections

The large auction houses can do well with stamps. The problem with the badges is getting an expert willing to value them (there aren't that many experts). Stamps are another thing entirely because there are in-house valuers. I sold 20,000 stamps (again from China) at Sotherby's last year for a good figure.

**LiveDose** · 10-24-2005, 10:01 AM

Sounds interesting do you have a pic?

**Kristian** · 10-24-2005, 10:08 AM

Originally posted by LiveDose

Sounds interesting do you have a pic?

I'm putting some time aside this week to take pics of everything. If interested, just bookmark this thread and I'll post the link to pics when I get it done.

**Libertine** · 10-24-2005, 10:10 AM

Originally posted by maxxxxx

Well, most likely you will even succeed. There are still enough idiots who would buy badges with the picture of someone who has killed more people than Hitler and Stalin together. Would you sell Hitler badges, too?

Mao didn't kill more people than Hitler and Stalin together. Stalin is commonly held responsible for more deaths than Mao.

**SquireMD** · 10-24-2005, 10:17 AM

Originally posted by Kristian

I sold 20,000 stamps (again from China) at Sotherby's last year for a good figure.

I call BS...if you were for real you'd know how to spell SOTHEBY'S....

www.sothebys.com/

**Kristian** · 10-24-2005, 10:21 AM

Originally posted by SquireMD

I call BS...if you were for real you'd know how to spell SOTHEBY'S....

www.sothebys.com/

I'm struggling to understand why anyone would lie about selling stamps. I'm not claiming to have just bought a porsche.

**Kristian** · 10-24-2005, 10:22 AM

I'm not trying to sell anything here, folks.

Back to original topic :

Wondering if anyone can suggest a clever way to sell them. Or do you think my ebay idea is the best bet?

**pornguy** · 10-24-2005, 10:25 AM

Either way, good luck with the sale.

**Kristian** · 10-24-2005, 10:30 AM

Originally posted by pornguy

Either way, good luck with the sale.

Thanks, dude.

**grumpy** · 10-24-2005, 10:34 AM

http://images.google.nl/images?clien...en&sa=N&tab=wi

**wdsguy** · 10-24-2005, 10:59 AM

Interesting, I have a few from my grandparents that lived through the cultural revolution, How did you like working in china? Did you get to visit shang hai?

**Kristian** · 10-24-2005, 11:50 AM

Originally posted by wdsguy

Interesting, I have a few from my grandparents that lived through the cultural revolution, How did you like working in china? Did you get to visit shang hai?

One of the best times of my life. I lived permanentaly at world trade, beijing, and spent a lot of time in hk and different provinces (hunan, mostly). The people are what make it wonderful. Everyone is so polite and good-natured. They also have a work ethic second to none (I was in rome before china and boy is there a difference!!). Never saw shang hai, but did all the touristy things : great wall, summer palace, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden city, teracota soldiers. I want to take the family there soon as my daughter is a little older. Anyway, I'm a sucker for markets abroad (i don't like saying 3rd world countries, but you know what I mean) for all the amazing bargains, so picked up badges, stamps, even a couple of rolexes that turned out to be real.

**maxxxxx** · 10-24-2005, 12:00 PM

Originally posted by punkworld

Mao didn't kill more people than Hitler and Stalin together. Stalin is commonly held responsible for more deaths than Mao.

No, this is outdated. There are newer resources that give proof of 75 million deaths caused by Mao.

ADVICE NEEDED - Selling 2000 Mao Badges

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