Over $700 for a Gillette? Wow.

[Haiku]

I was watching this auction and it went from $130 which I thought way too much to over $700 in something like the last 5 seconds. I guess $130 was not way too much after all.

This has to be one really really rare razor.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=ADME:B:WNA:CA:1123&autorefresh=true

 

[Brush_with_Fame]

huh. imagine if they had good pix....

 

[Munxcub]

It sounds like they're hinting that the case is Ivory... if that is true then I would assume they are buying an ivory case that happens to have an old Gillette razor in it.

 

[BBrad]

It is the case made from natural material from a large African animal . . .

Without the case, the razor isn't worth nearly as much!!

 

[Haiku]

It sounds like they're hinting that the case is Ivory... if that is true then I would assume they are buying an ivory case that happens to have an old Gillette razor in it.

Right. I'm sure you're right. Somehow the thought never crossed my mind. I get it now. At least I think I get it.

 

[Bestarrkin]

It is the case made from natural material from a large African animal . . .

Without the case, the razor isn't worth nearly as much!!

Come on Brad, original ivory is forbidden(is there a law about that) in his terms he had to say that.

BTW if I find winner and runner-up collector gents, I will ask personally what do they do for a living question. I know they are here.

 

[mr-razor]

Come on Brad, original ivory is forbidden(is there a law about that) in his terms he had to say that.

BTW if I find winner and runner-up collector gents, I will ask personally what do they do for a living question. I know they are here.

1920 it was not forbidden

 

[BTrack]

First lets keep in mind that it sold for $700 Canadian. Just kidding. I absolutely love Canada.

Is ivory illegal in Canada? If the case is not legal ivory then somebody was a real sucker.

 

[amishmotorboat]

It's this one. Very rare. The seller hinted at ivory without saying it because eBay might yank the listing if he actually said ivory. They do this because elephants are protected... However, there is nothing illegal about owning or selling old ivory like this - made before the laws. eBay goes a little nuts about some things, and would rather that no ivory at all is sold just to cover their behinds.

 

[papa2cool]

I took a look at the bidding history and one bid was $304 and the next bid was $713! One heck of a jump in bidding!

 

[amishmotorboat]

I took a look at the bidding history and one bid was $304 and the next bid was $713! One heck of a jump in bidding!

Yep. That's what happens when two or more people bid their true maximums, instead of nibbling the bid up in small increments.

 

[Haiku]

I took a look at the bidding history and one bid was $304 and the next bid was $713! One heck of a jump in bidding!

I was watching it "live" and couldn't believe the jump. Someone wanted this item, no question about that.

 

[AlanL]

I ran into an identical case at a nearby antique shop. But there was no razor in it, so I passed. (I didn't know exactly which razor would fit into it -- the carving is very exact.)

 

[Merkur25]

Wow that is a little much but then again it is worth it to a collector

 

[gearchow]

Wow that is a little much but then again it is worth it to a collector

It's times like this I think to myself "oh yeah, I'm a collector - riiiiiight".

There's a whole lotta fancy shaving creams in $700!

-jim

 

[spindlecone]

Pre ban Ivory or not,unless the seller has a paper trail on the origin of that Ivory It cannot be shipped out of the UK.
If the customs Docs declare it as Ivory,It will be conficated and Burned once it leaves the UK,Trust me,I know all about that.

 

[RfD Dallas]

As soon as I saw the case I knew it was ivory. I don't think there's a law against selling ivory from the 1920's. I remember back in the early 80's when the wife and I went to Hong Kong on vacation, the stores that carved and sold ivory had elephant tusks stacked in racks. We couldn't bring ourselves to walk into the store.

 

[spindlecone]

The trick is to prove the ivory is from the 20s,it can be carbon dated to pre, us nukeing japan,is done all the time in major smuggling cases.
Those cases can easily be made made in vietnam to exact vintage specs for very little money.

 

[Bestarrkin]

As soon as I saw the case I knew it was ivory. I don't think there's a law against selling ivory from the 1920's. I remember back in the early 80's when the wife and I went to Hong Kong on vacation, the stores that carved and sold ivory had elephant tusks stacked in racks. We couldn't bring ourselves to walk into the store.

Sorry but spindlecone has a point. If you want to gain money from ivory, you must have papers for it. By the way Hong Kong, China or any other far eastern countries(except Japan) have no regulations to care endangered species. Western countries have banned trading ivory since '70s. Another point is, ivory made items have black markets and why the seller choose a white market like bay?

 

[buddydog]

In 2007 eBay, under pressure from the International Fund for Animal Welfare, banned all international sales of elephant-ivory products. The decision came after several mass slaughters of African elephants, most notably the 2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter in Chad. The IFAW found that up to 90% of the elephant-ivory transactions on Ebay violated their own wildlife policies and could potentially be illegal. In October 2008, eBay expanded the ban, disallowing any sales of ivory on eBay.

In 2002 the United Nations partially lifted the ban on ivory trade, allowing a few countries to export certain amounts of ivory. Six years later, the UN-backed Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species granted China and Japan permission to import elephant ivory from African government stockpiles in a one-time auction. Approximately 44 tons of ivory from Botswana, 9 tons from Namibia, 51 tons from South Africa, and 4 tons from Zimbabwe were sold.[7][8]
http://www.coastivory.com/pricelist.htm