Sour grapes

[joerookery]

ps1716 by joerookery, on Flickr

In addition to textiles and rubber, metals were collected extensively to be melted down and used for the war effort. Requisitioning of copper nickel, brass, pewter, and aluminum started as early as the early 1915. By the end of the summer pots and pans came into the crosshairs. It then turned to the public domain taking gutters, drainpipes, lightning rods, and most noticeably metallic roofs. Some bronze statues went in 1916 and early in 1917 attention was turned to church organs and bells. There was a massive religious backlash aimed at keeping the historic and artistic bells. It turned out that the best protection from a bureaucratic government requisition was a very long history. Therefore, newer parishes were more vulnerable to the requisitioning program. As an example in the Grand Duchy of Baden approximately 1/2 of the church bells were requisitioned.

Ever since Reddit decided to publish this little ditty on bells the pictures have gotten astronomical. I mean I think I paid less than $5 for the 1st one including postage and yesterday I was outbid. Look at these prices maybe I am missing something.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orig-Foto-1-WK-Soldaten-Glocke-auf-Wagen-Kirche-Pfarrer-Frankreich-/130626129235?_trksid=e11002.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%252BSI%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUA%252BUCI%26otn%3D4%26pmod%3D140675387295%252B140675387295%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D5627546425713275664" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.ebay.com/itm/140675387295?ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT#ht_2418wt_922" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[argonne]

OMG These are really Hell´s Bells with hell´s prices...
However not common picts at all!! Needing (heavy) metal for war...
Philippe :salute:

 

[badener]

Hells bells! Maybe a bell is as good as a machine gun to boost the price of a photo! :-?