by Military Collector Services | Nov 17, 2022 | Military Trade Show
Last week I attended the Wichita Military Guns & Collectables Show located at the Cessna Activity Center, 2744 S. George Washington Blvd., Wichita, KS. The show started in 1981 and I have attended this show many times over the years and found it always to be a...
by Military Collector Services | Nov 4, 2022 | Military Auctions, Military Memorabilia
In my never-ending search for military items, I take many different approaches. First, I have a store and advertise locally, then I have my website reaching out for hundreds of miles to find collections, I attend Trade Shows, Outdoor Antique Markets, Tag Sales and...
by Military Collector Services | Oct 11, 2022 | Military Memorabilia
In the past I have focused on WWI and WWII items. This month I would like to talk about the other wars of the Twentieth Century, Korea and Vietnam. Last summer I purchased a large accumulation of US military items from a family in Salina, Kansas. There were several...
by Military Collector Services | Sep 26, 2022 | Military Memorabilia, Military Trade Show
In the last blog I promised I would report on the MAX Show. The show is held in York, Pa which is 1,090 miles and 16 hours away by car. I left on Tuesday the 13th and stopped to shop at the Alamo Military Antiques Store in St. Louis, MO where I purchased this super...
by Military Collector Services | Sep 12, 2022 | Military Trade Show
September has been a very busy month for me and the store. On the 13th I leave for the Military Antiques Extravaganza Show (MAX) in York, PA. This show was created in the 1980’s by two longtime German Blade Collectors, Thomas Wittmann and LTC (Ret.) Thomas...