The $615 Toggle on ebay

[Koken]

Was anyone else watching this auction? Razor appears to be in very average condition, did I miss something here?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200627788730&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT

 

[dadvest]

Yes I saw that and the bidding started at $20! Somebody wanted that baby bad! Wish I was selling it, I could use that kind of cash for some RAD of my own, but it would be for more than one!

 

[luvmysuper]

It's the more rare early version with 5 adjustable points instead of the regular production 9 settings.

 

[LiveOak]

Check this link on the wiki here.

 

[Koken]

It's the more rare early version with 5 adjustable points instead of the regular production 9 settings.

I thought that the one with 5 adjustments was only released in 1956? He also listed this as '60's vintage, was this also released in 1960?

 

[luvmysuper]

He actually refers to it as "Razor is nice fine condition 1960s-era Toggle Adjustable".
He doesn't mention a date code, but technically it is a 1960's era, much the same as the "40's Superspeed" was produced into 1954, and the "50's Suprspeed" was produced into the 70's.

This B&B discussion is going on nw about that very razor;

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...y-quot-5-setting-toggle?p=3292282#post3292282

 

[oldspiceboy]

Thats an interesting case/holster. That probably wouldn't be too hard to fashion one out of leather from a craft store.

 

[Mark1966]

Thats an interesting case/holster. That probably wouldn't be too hard to fashion one out of leather from a craft store.

I think that is missing the point a little!

 

[KM-instructor]

I like the whole thing , but at that price you would have to want that really badly, someone obviously wanted that really bad.

 

[GreekGuy]

That is a 1-5 dial serial numbered toggle, which was only produced in 1956. It is rarer than the bottom dial (at least the 1-9, not sure about the 1-5). Makes F4 toggles seem as common as superspeeds. The condition was pretty good too, the price isnt surprising in the least bit

 

[mandoman]

Winning bid US $615.00 good lord that's expensive

 

[Bestarrkin]

Maybe its price should be between 500 and 600 but that Toggle is rare and it is 'bay. Btw, our NEW Deluxe President guy stopped at $388.88

 

[Dalejr]

I was watching it from the start hoping no one would realise what it was and get it for a steal, so much for that....

 

[alex2363]

im glad Phil Krumholz sold this, his razor books are great. I have them all and is a great seller and shave contributor

 

[dpmtherrien]

Dang, that's just a few dollars out of my price range.

 

[coyotewhisper]

I am glad some one has money to burn like that.

 

[Mark1966]

That is a 1-5 dial serial numbered toggle, which was only produced in 1956. It is rarer than the bottom dial (at least the 1-9, not sure about the 1-5). Makes F4 toggles seem as common as superspeeds. The condition was pretty good too, the price isnt surprising in the least bit

I'm with Nick - I said to a mate I'm staying with at the moment that while my bid was a lot I suspected that it would go for around $600.

I was watching it from the start hoping no one would realise what it was and get it for a steal, so much for that....

LOL! You and me both - pity it wasn't just us having a bidding war!

im glad Phil Krumholz won this, his razor books are great. I have them all and is a great seller and shave contributor

??? - I thought that Phil was SELLING this one? This is was confused me a little as I said in this thread.

It didn't seem that well described given that Phil was the seller.

 

[mharris127]

Winning bid US $615.00 good lord that's expensive

Yeah. Even with a couple of AD's, I spend less than $300 a YEAR total (probably a lot less lately), $615 on one razor is crazy! Even if he is coming from $60 a month in Mach3 usage, that would take over a year for that purchase to pay off.

 

[franz]

It didn't seem that well described given that Phil was the seller.

It's not the first time I've heard a Krumholz auction described that way.

I think that's part of the odd logic of eBay in which the sale price of a rarity varies inversely with the number of details in the description.

 

[luvmysuper]

Yeah. Even with a couple of AD's, I spend less than $300 a YEAR total (probably a lot less lately), $615 on one razor is crazy! Even if he is coming from $60 a month in Mach3 usage, that would take over a year for that purchase to pay off.

Somehow I get the impression he won't be shaving with that particular purchase.