Yesterday I went along to the Dunbar Sloane Militaria auction in Wellington.
The biggest prices achieved were Lemon Squeezers attributed to Lt Col Andrews, 25/11/40 (VC winner in WW1), and a WW2 War Correspondence squeezer owned by Richard Miller, both went for $1000 NZd.
The next best price achieved was an online bidder who paid $850 NZd for a WW1 9th Wellington Regiment LS with no interior fittings. Interestingly, when I inspected this squeezer I noticed it had diamond shaped pin hole vents to both sides.
The next highest bid for a WW1 squeezer was $450, for a very nice Veterinary Corps.
On top of these prices was a buyers premium of 18% + GST.
For myself, I came away with a moth eaten WW2 infantry squeezer dated 1942 for a total cost of $217,26, and an old NZ marked pith helmet for a total cost of $96,56.
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