Must have Gillette for any serious collector
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As much as I want to dismiss it as a joke, I wonder what people would have thought over 60 years ago about their safety razors being collector's items. I don't have an answer for you because I don't know what other "special edition" modern Gillettes will be produced. There might be 1,000's of these "special editions" around.
I spotted one of those on ebay the other day and thought excactly the same it might just turn out to be a collectors item as chances are the majority of them will get used but unlike past gillette razors they become out dated as the next multi blade model appears so a lot will just get chucked..
Mark, i saw your vast , beautiful collection...i trust your judgment.OK, thinking 100 years ahead...
As a collector should I add one of these to my collection now while I can? (link is to BIN listing on eBay)
Limited Edition, in 100 years it will be NOS...
What do you think, snap one up or am I over thinking this?
Well, as they are fond of pointing out on the antiques roadshow, you'll do better collecting something that appeals to more than one group of people. This would be an Olympics item and a shaving item. Hence, it might be worth more in the future. Now, as for how far ahead in the future you'd have to go, I'm not sure.
Let me give an example. I have a canned razor -- a schick type M -- that got sent out to millions of people in the US back in the 70s. It was totally free. I paid ~15 bucks for it, last year. So, it appreciated from "free" to fifteen simoleons in something like 35 years. Someone had to store that can for that length of time and avoid not throwing it away or opening it, which means that the can and contents received some kind of attention or diligence over that 35 years. The fifteen bucks in value probably account for the total attention or diligence applied to the canned razor after 35 years, but the razor is still worth today what it was then -- nothing.
Ask yourself how long you want to store or look at the thing or take care of it or pack it and unpack it every time you move. If you think it's worth doing that for 35 years, then go for it -- and you might have something worth 40-50 bucks in 35 years.
(I'm honestly trying to not be such a debbie-downer, but it's tough.)
-- Chet
Let me give an example. I have a canned razor -- a schick type M -- that got sent out to millions of people in the US back in the 70s. It was totally free. I paid ~15 bucks for it, last year. So, it appreciated from "free" to fifteen simoleons in something like 35 years. Someone had to store that can for that length of time and avoid not throwing it away or opening it, which means that the can and contents received some kind of attention or diligence over that 35 years. The fifteen bucks in value probably account for the total attention or diligence applied to the canned razor after 35 years, but the razor is still worth today what it was then -- nothing.
Ask yourself how long you want to store or look at the thing or take care of it or pack it and unpack it every time you move. If you think it's worth doing that for 35 years, then go for it -- and you might have something worth 40-50 bucks in 35 years.
(I'm honestly trying to not be such a debbie-downer, but it's tough.)
-- Chet
I dunno. I have a Sensor Excel that was an LE for the World Cup soccer tournament in France. It's still sealed.
Maybe I should try to sell it on e-bay and see how much it's worth......
Maybe I should try to sell it on e-bay and see how much it's worth......
I saw a display at Walmart with about a hundred of those packages.
The obvious difference is that the vintage razors are a tool and a piece of artwork meant to last that are not being produced anymore. The cart razors are not meant to last at all (unless you don't use it at all as you intend), but are meant to be disposable. Plus, unless some other "revolution" comes along, people will be using carts forever. Vintage...meant to last. Carts...meant to go to the landfill. In fact, it's not really a razor, only a handle.
Plus, the best collectibles are those that catch people by surprise that were never meant to be collectible. That's why people look for them. They are hard to find. Something produced with the express purpose of being collectible will almost assuredly not be.
Plus, the best collectibles are those that catch people by surprise that were never meant to be collectible. That's why people look for them. They are hard to find. Something produced with the express purpose of being collectible will almost assuredly not be.
Buy a couple and keep them sealed and stored for the future. I wouldn't display them unless you have a large collection of commemorative items. In 20 or 30 years it might be worth something.
Phil
Phil
i was thinking the same thing on some of the gillette aos gift sets. who knows if the will ever be worth anything. everyone thinks they are pieces or junk now so i dont know if that will change. plus i think people like old tto's because the can still use them but in 100 years i doubt the rubber and plasic on those would last 100 years
And I saw the exact same non "limited edition" version being loaded into carts for transfer to the clearance aisle about a month ago(most likely to make room for LE).
I've always heard to avoid items marketed as limited edition,collectors edition,etc.etc as they get snapped up and saved because they're "going to be worth something someday".
Back in the 80's and 90's I was still into comic books, I purchased titles for the storyline or because I liked the art.
I never got into the buying of cover variants or poly bagging the books and would tell some of the guys that were paying out premium prices to get several copies of Overly Hyped Gimickman #1 that they were not going to be rich someday(they'd always use Action Comics #1 as just how clever they were)because everybody that was buying those books was doing the exact same thing.
When the economy hit the crapper in 08 a lot of these guys were surprised to have comic shop owners point out boxes full of their "investments" over in the .25 comic bins and that they weren't going to make the mortgage payment by selling their collection.
Look at comic books/aseball cards. Sure superman #1 is worth major bucks, but in the 90's baseball cards and comics were hyped as collectable. People bought extras of everything as an "investment." That money spent on that stuff left in a savings account would have realized a higher yield. I suspect modern baseball cards and comics will prove to be worthless.
Ain't this the truth! Straight to the mylar bag with an acid free backing board.
Anybody want to buy my Image #1s?
If they were only making a thousand of these, I'd buy one. But when they're making millions of 'em and pumping more out if sales are good, I don't see them becoming a "rare" collectable.
I really wish I had all the early 60's baseball cards I had. I think most of them were used for bicycle spoke flappers. The rest were thrown away, lost. Geez! I would be millionaire!
No. I can't tell you how many limited edition Coke bottles, Pepsi bottles, Olympic stuffed animals etc I have seen at estate sales and antique fairs that barely sell above their original rate or even less. BUT there will be that ONE Olympian who shaved with it and won a medal
This is like those cheap olympic game cola glases you get for free then you buy a meal at a very well known hamburgerchain. They made them in trillions i imagnie.
Any object is only worth what someone will pay for it.
Go ahead and stick one away. Chances are in the future you will have been the only one who did!
Go ahead and stick one away. Chances are in the future you will have been the only one who did!
Gold colored plastic? I would have to think on it.
I collect baseball cards, and this is exactly right. Extrapolate further, say this item does become a collectors item. What prices are you paying for razors 100 years old? Around 70-100 for pretty rare pieces, if it's immaculate a few hundred tops. Over 100 years, you and your offspring can tur $17 into $100 without thinking.
