eBAy: Captured german planes

[edwest2]

Originally Posted by Roger Gaemperle

So, can anybody tell me why this one went so high?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/WW2-Photogr...53.m1438.l2649

It looks to me like a JG4 RVB. But what else is so special?

Roger

Hello Roger,


There could be a number of reasons: 1) This photo helps to complete a set of other photos of the same aircraft from different angles, 2) the person in the photo could be a relative and this could be the only known photo of him, 3) on occasion, buyers buy what they like without concern for price (for most of us, hard to believe). I recall an old photo of only an aircraft engine sitting on the ground get some bids. No other parts, people, nothing else. The relative distance meant little detail could be seen.



Ed

[Marc-André Haldimann]

Originally Posted by edwest2

Hello Roger,


There could be a number of reasons: 1) This photo helps to complete a set of other photos of the same aircraft from different angles, 2) the person in the photo could be a relative and this could be the only known photo of him, 3) on occasion, buyers buy what they like without concern for price (for most of us, hard to believe). I recall an old photo of only an aircraft engine sitting on the ground get some bids. No other parts, people, nothing else. The relative distance meant little detail could be seen.



Ed

Hi there folks,

It is highly probable we have here a JG 300 machine as visible from the three segments RVB band hues; hence the value for an updated JG 300 edition.

Cheers
Marc

A new shot from the Fassberg Me 262's, with focus on "Weisse 5", Me 262 A-1 W.Nr. 111690 of 1./JG 7, May 1945.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-ph...0AAOSwHYpZ7n0m

Cheers
Marc