posted on March 11, 2012 09:32:06 PM new
This is a bit amusing... a gay couple we know had bought a store about 20 years ago here in Portland. There was a doll that they removed from the store when they purchased it because it wasn't their style. Well, they just sold the business and one of them approached me about the doll. Apparently, it is an old German Youth doll that when you push a button it raises its hand in the "heil" position.
There are no swastika's on it or anything that states it is Nazi. I had told him that Nazi memorabilia was banned on eBay, but when I searched online I see tons of items that are Nazi oriented. What is the etiquette for this stuff?
posted on March 12, 2012 05:48:07 AM new
Like anything else if you word the listing so the watchdog computer doesn't find any "bad" words the listing goes.
If you listed it as a 1940's saluting doll you might sneak it by. I personally think it is just to creepy. Even if It might be worth big bucks.
Maybe the Holocast Museum might like it for there creep Nazi stuff collection. OR I remember leaving a favorite toy in the driveway and my mom backed over it... never know when that might happen again!
posted on March 13, 2012 05:44:02 AM new
I have the same problem.
I have a sterling (really 900 silver) spoon and fork that is German hallmarked. The front has a gold globe with an eagle on top of it and a swastika under that. Above that are the initals A. H.
I've had them for a couple of years now and
can't decide what to do with them.
I would think they were fake but at the same sale I got a 950 French sugar sifter from the 1700's so I'm thinking someone in the home was a collector of interesting flatware???
posted on March 13, 2012 05:48:13 AM new
I listed several coins with a swastika - did not mention the emblem or Nazis in the write up and they got pulled by eBay. I looked on eBay and several BIG TIME dealers had identical objects on with no problem. I can only think that they check out the competition and report them. I thought of doing the same to them, but decided that I didn't need to be that petty.
posted on March 14, 2012 12:04:27 PM new
I have listed several old ads with using Swastika, Nazi, Germany & etc. with no issues. It's history, some may find it offensive but I find offensive that eBay feels they can censor items since they are after all just a venue.
posted on March 14, 2012 02:35:44 PM new
Reading the Offensive Material Policy, it appears that the doll can be listed. If it's in a WWII uniform (and assuming that Hitler Youth uniforms qualify as such--it should), it's a restricted item and cannot be shipped to Germany, France or other countries that prohibit Nazi-related materials.
Ebabe's spoon is more difficult. Articles owned by certain Nazi leaders (Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler, etc) cannot be listed. While the implication certainly is that the spoon belonged to AH himself, did it really? Did someone add the monogram later? or was there some other German citizen with those initials and a taste for quality flatware? Don't know. It's probably better to not list it on eBay, maybe find an appropriate auction venue, or...something.
Stamps and currency are allowed items (replicas, too, with some restrictions) so it looks like someone was playing dirty with Jtomp.
posted on March 14, 2012 05:25:45 PM new
There is another auction site where an Eastern European sells reproduction Nazi stuff,they made them in Eastern Europe -belt buckles,pins,patches etc.
