some photos from "Militalia" fair

This weekend there was our biggest italian militaria fair. i went as usual and took this pics, to see what our militaria fairs look like.





experimental hybrid dm bag as man purse

Painted helmets, the majority of those were made by the seller for sure, shiny new

Deactivated m72a3s

CCUs and modified DCU


more from the same rack

My friend with his newly snatched USMC ghillie suit, very nice, complete with hat and priced cheap (another woodland one costed 3 times this one)

Vietnam era items

Italian items, the pants hanging are the rare Comsubin S.marco variation

This seller has lot of italian GOI items, some Navy Seal items, too

Irving parachute company GOI vests and some modifieds on the rack


Goi crash helmets

a very nice truspec tan modified set with shoulder pockets and square black velcro

very very nice and rare k-l mfg. set in sand bought by my friends (pants not shown), from the Goi seller. This one was cheap, too

Mr. Sidoni, great commonwealth items

he was selling a complete air support bergen

I labeled this one as too good to be true, but probably was a nice Seal top with added devgru patch...what puzzled me was the black velcro on pouches closure

Junk pile, the nice Lithuanian made Iraqi 36th CDO BTN camo shirt you see in there went home with me

mitchell pattern set with matching hat

Us army badged taiwan? tiger stripe

Noticed the experimental PASGT?

another seller, another one

Seller with russian items

Display with GOI rare orange uniform

Love the RDF with velvet collar added!

or the modified og107

WOW! I want to cry because I can see so many things I would have bought. Especially CU and CCU.

Thank you very much for sharing your show pics!

What a great looking fair. I would have loved to be there and there was some great looking things there from all eras. That USMC ghillie suit is sweet! Great place to spend a weekend!

I agree....Alot of stuff. Just curious as to the price range compared to here in the US ?

Cheers,
MZ

I am impressed.

Did not think Italian Militatia shows were this involved.

My wife will be in Italy in July through October, and she will be looking for any interesting Militaria for me...Yes, she knows what to look for.

I am curios to know where the show took place, and if any other shows such as this one are scheduled for this summer, and where..

I am almost thinking of meeting her in October...A show such as this would certainly help me to make up my mind...

Quante belle cose , vorrei comprarle tutte...

 Ciao, rip...

i wont miss this fair anymore!

I agree....Alot of stuff. Just curious as to the price range compared to here in the US ?

I don't know how is the price range in US, i've been only to europe shows.
Consider also the fact that when buying from USA we have to add shipping and customs fee.
IMHO price was "right" on some items, while some are overpriced (expecially vietnam items, no idea on the WW2 stuff as i don't collect it), as usually jems can be found between junk and because of sellers not knowing what they sell.

Examples (in US dollars):
-CCU sets were priced at 130$ (same price delivered home if you pay about 75$ on ebay)
-modified tops were somewhere between 40/70$
-36th commando shirt i bought was 25$ because it was lithuanian army
-KL-MFG set was 60$
-USMC ghillie suit was 120$, you can think it is high but those are bulky,  shipping is high...pluys the only other one on the show was priced at 350$
-price for MICH helmets are high, generally over 200$
-Type 3 NWU sets with hat were priced at 190$ (high if you ask me, but they sold quite well for what i've seen)

But it ain't no paradise, modern military items are mixed with various memorabilia, hunting, camping and airsoft items...they are treated more as outdoor items than collectibles (thankfully, sometimes). You just have to dig deeper and as usual deal with some rude sellers which are puzzled on why you buy items that are not your size .
Plus there is the possibility that next Militalia fair will have the same items, without nothing new (items come out in a more slow manner than i think happens in USA). Groupings are also almost impossible to find.

If you come to italy this is the link to militaria fairs
http://www.fiere-militaria.com/

Taucco,

Thanks for your insight and time to explain your answer is great detail....

MZ~

Man I kills me to see all this us militaria go over seas.

Some of it most likely never made it back to the US....dispersed from US bases in Europe perhaps.

Just my thoughts,
MZ

I agree.

Just wow!I wish OZ has the same thing going on.Thanks for the tour mate!

Me too wish we had that sort of show

Looks like Italy is the place to be.

Frederik