Absurd pricing in the wild. Any stories?

[Follicle Genocide]

Gents,

I finally ran across a halfway decent nest of razors out in the wild. An Aristocrat (plating loss,) a fatboy, a slim marketed as a Milord as it happens to be in a Milord box, and a decent looking autostrop. Oh, and a bent-toothed New. What's the problem, you say, with this bounty of shaving goodness? Here's the rub: The Aristocrat was priced at $100, the fatboy $55, the "Milord," 40, autostrop 70, and the bent-toothed New.. . . . . . . . . . . . . $100. Seriously. None of them cleaned. All of them with funk.

Anyways, it got me wondering. What's the craziest prices you've seen out in the wild? Share the worst of the worst.

 

[highball]

Razors found in the wild will be on one end of the spectrum or the other, $2 for a Fatboy or $100

 

[A_Jameson]

Simple straight razor with a black handle, the name wasn't familiar, the blade was broken IN HALF and they wanted $45.

 

[cooncatbob]

Some people think that any old is work big money, I won't pay anything for an Auto Strop.
I got a couple in a drawer that I got in a lot.

 

[redwoolf]

Razors found in the wild will be on one end of the spectrum or the other, $2 for a Fatboy or $100

somebody had a buy it now only auction for a 995 dollar fatboy on ebay....

 

[Blue-EyedSon]

I saw a Rolls Razor with a broken hone, badly damaged strop, no blade, and no handle for $75.00. I just laughed when I saw the price tag.

 

[BBrad]

somebody had a buy it now only auction for a 995 dollar fatboy on ebay....

And the thread count on that razor just incremented by a factor of one . . .

Someday, someone's gonna buy it!!!

 

[Uncle Erik]

You can thank eBay for the ridiculous prices. Most sellers go there to find out what something is worth today, then they put the most optimistic price tag on it.

I do appreciate eBay, but it has destroyed the junk hunting experience. I used to constantly hit junk stores in the early '90s and there were always treasures and bargains out there. I suppose I got lucky - I managed to pick up a bunch of antique furniture for a song because most of it needed refinishing and/or upholstery. I did that myself and wound up with pieces I'll have for a lifetime.

I only regret that I didn't pay much attention to the literally hundreds of razors I came across. Oh well.

 

[Stubblefield]

And the thread count on that razor just incremented by a factor of one . . .

It's like Godwins' law, only for DE razors.

 

[roffles]

Simple straight razor with a black handle, the name wasn't familiar, the blade was broken IN HALF and they wanted $45.

I too have witnessed this. I just laughed and walked away.

 

[David in Boston]

I saw a Rolls Razor with a broken hone, badly damaged strop, no blade, and no handle for $75.00. I just laughed when I saw the price tag.

For some unknown reason I see Rolls Razors in all kinds of conditions priced from $5 to $75 in antique co-ops.

 

[BBrad]

It's like Godwins' law, only for DE razors.

And Hitler said "what" about the Nazis?

 

[rainman]

I've been seeing the NOS gillette super adjustables going on ebay for less than used ones. Maybe people are paying more for their birth year perhaps?

 

[simon1]

Seen a few straights at an antique store that were rusted, pitted, and the cutting edges were so chipped they looked like saw blades...$30 to $50.

 

[cfriend]

somebody had a buy it now only auction for a 995 dollar fatboy on ebay....

That's a prototype, bottom dial Fat Boy.

 

[baba]

For some unknown reason I see Rolls Razors in all kinds of conditions priced from $5 to $75 in antique co-ops.

I agree, I think antique stores see the shiny Rolls case, and think they can charge a ton for it. I bought a nice clean near mint Gem razor for 4 bucks and the same store had a Rolls Razor in bad shape for $150.00! They also were selling a single Rolls blade for $25.00?!

 

[T Rick]

An antique mall I visited had a Schick Injector for $75. At another booth in the same mall I saw an identical one for $10 (still passed, and ended up with another identical one in a lot that was under $5 IIRC).

 

[agent005]

Today I was in an antique store and saw a cased ball Tech for 75 that with severe plate loss. In the same store, I bought an aristocrat (i think a 50's) for 3 bucks...no plate loss.

 

[Radar O\'Reilly]

There is a flea market around me and there is a guy who runs a inside booth/corner who is completely off his rocker when it comes to prices. He has a Gillette display case like this:

and wants $100 for it with the top glass badly cracked in more than two pieces. I picked one up for ~$30-40 shipped from the 'bay

which sadly got dinged in transport, but still looks great. If this guy would come down to the same price, I'd swipe it up in a second, but he won't, and so this display sits literally behind a bookshelf out of sight to anyone who doesn't know to look for it.

As for his razor prices, ZOMG. He wants $40 for a Durham Duplex, citing it's "ivory" handles.

This weekend I found a guy at a different flea market who has some Weck Sextoblades in his "stash", and hopefully I can grab them.

 

[Pike]

There is a cased fat boy in good condition on the bay now BIN $199.00!!! (not NOS)