Berchtesgadener Hof Hotel Room Key

[newmexicoartglass]

I clean out storage units and I came up with a room key to this Hotel.

I'm trying to figure out how and where I should list it.

It has some wonderful historical significant valvue.

Can I get some suggestions????

Thank you.

[melda58]

There is a "hotel and motel room key" sub-category in Collectibles. 

Rita

[sonomabarn67]

May not be allowed to sell on ebay as it is Hitler related.

[maxine*j]

I think you will need more provenance than "found when cleaning out a storage unit" to sell this at the price I'm sure you're hoping to get.  It's the sort of Nazi-era thing that's being faked right and left these days, so any buyer will want good reason to think it's authentic.  I'm not saying yours is fake.  I am saying that its authenticity will be the first thing that comes to the mind of a potential buyer.  So, since you have no provenance for it, research it very carefully. 

And, when you list it, also be carefful in your description so you do not run afoul of eBay policy:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/offensive.html

[maxine*j]

Cross-post with *sonomabarn" on the eBay policy thing.   You really to have to take this into consideration.

[debora_34_]

Know hotel in Berchtesgaden where Hitler had retreat and Nazis stayed there but...  Is key really Hitler- related or just World War II-related?   If it doesn't have a swastika not sure why it wouldn't be saleable.  If genuine, of course.  And possibly could be as the kind of thing a soldier would "liberate."

Debora

[maxine*j]

I agree, which is why I suggested the OP be careful in his description.  But the fact is, for better or for worse, it is the Hitler / Braun / Nazi connection that will sell this (assuming it's real).   Frankly, if it were mine and I were reasonably sure of its authenticity, I'd flog it elsewhere rather than risk eBay's erratic interpretation and enforcement of the "offensive material" policy. 

[maxine*j]

And if it were mine, I think I'd start my research by contacting this man:

http://www.thirdreichruins.com/index.htm

http://www.thirdreichruins.com/bgadenerhof.htm

[sonomabarn67]

I'm different, if an item is valuable because of a connection to the Nazis and Hitler I wouldn't be trying to find a loophole to sell it.  If this is an authentic key to the Nazi owned hotel, it has a lot of baggage as they say.   My personal feelings are that we should not glorify this horrific event, even if it's just a room key. I mean, what's your (anyone's, I mean) price?

[maxine*j]

OP has his own conscience to deal with.  As for me, I struggle with mine, constantly, to try to know the right thing to do.  I feel I'm handing a victory to evil if I do anything to erase or suppress or revise this history.  I feel I'm doing the same if I do anything to glorify it.  So dealing with, or deciding how to deal with,  the physical artifacts from this period is often very difficult for me.