What are we looking for?

As a general rule, if it is a military item made before 1945, it will be of interest. These types of items do very well for us:

Headgear – Swords – Photographs – Uniforms - Field Equipment – Art - Medals – Insignia – Firearms - Knives & Daggers – Souvenirs – Flags – etc.

We are particularly interested in complete groupings of items from one veteran – their uniforms, gear, photos, letters, insignia, souvenirs, etc. Often these items are split up and sold individually, with the connection to the veteran lost forever. Our customers collect out of respect and honor for our veterans. They like to see such things kept together with as much information as possible about the veteran who served.

What are we not looking for?

Some items are honestly of very little interest - here are a few:
Popular histories (i.e. Collier's Illustrated History of the World War) - Newspapers - WWII Ration books - Commercial postcards - Manuals - Unregistered machine guns - Live ordnance - Current issue items, etc.

Most items that are in very poor condition, unless they have some other important redeeming feature or are part of an identified group are also not of interest.



Big is not necessarily bad…

We, fools that we are, have delighted in handling the sale of items such as these: WWII Searchlight WWI French ‘Forty & Eight’ Boxcar 19th Century English Cannon WWI 4.7” Field Gun WWII British and German Motorcycles WWII German Kubelwagon, etc.

In 1999, our company purchased a complete WWI and WWII military museum in Dadizele, Belgium. The collection was packed in ocean containers and shipped back to the United States, where the items were subsequently sold to other museums and private collectors.

It is unlikely that your item or collection will exceed any logistical challenge that we have faced and solved in the recent past.

To get a good idea of the types of items that we carry, you can check out the current Advance Guard Militaria website. We have also posted a gallery of items on this website with notations of the prices that we paid for them. To visit this gallery, follow the How much will we pay? link on this site.