Resale Shop Find

[Rob341]

Went to a resale shop to buy a wood box and found this stuff. He wanted $100 and I talked him down to $45. Not sure if I over paid but I don't care because I have never come across any of these before. Not sure what I have but I thought they were cool. The two gillette DEs I think are 1904. Both have "pat nov 1504" on the handle.




Edit: Please post your pics of great finds, so newbies know what to look out for!


Thanks
Rob

First these and now the Tigers are going to the World Series!

 

[Krona Kruiser]

Are you serious!!!!! These are double rings!!! Some of the rarest Gillettes to come by!!!! Wow!!!!!

 

[kirill]

Yeah... safe bet you didn't overpay, congratulations on your purchase!

 

[michiganlover]

Wow $45 for two Gillette Double Rings was an outright steal!! A search on Ebay for recent completed listing shows them averaging $200 each.

The Double Ring is the first DE Razor Gillette produced. Given they are 108 years old, they are not exactly plentiful!!

 

[Jim]

Wow Great score! Can you take some scans of the paperwork in the box?

 

[joshua1970]

seriously a nice score!!! and in boxes, with papers! (def scan those puppies!)


and a Twinplex DE razor strop to boot!


wanna go in on the powerball?

 

[Tarheel]

You have got the Grail for a lot of collectors.

 

[BennyVega]

Wow man, you got those for a steal!!

 

[kirk 988]

two double rings for that price.

 

[Rob341]

Wow Great score! Can you take some scans of the paperwork in the box?

I will tomorrow, I read through them and the one is in awesome condition.

Should I clean them up for shave ready or leave them? I just started collecting DEs two months ago and have never spent more than $15 on a razor so I almost walked away from these, but thanks to B&B I knew enough about Gillette's that these were pre 1920, so I bought them.

He also had a DE made from Luna Razor Co. He was asking $60 for it but I didn't know anything about Luna. It was silver plating and in perfect condition. Should I go back and get that too?

Thanks for the help, going to look up these dates right now!
Rob

 

[cwlsmith]

This gives me hope that one day, I will find a bottom dial Fatboy, a Toggle, and of course, a Double Ring for next to nothing.

Nice finds!

 

[kirk 988]

This gives me hope that one day, I will find a bottom dial Fatboy, a Toggle, and of course, a Double Ring for next to nothing.

Nice finds!

We can only wish

 

[chiefum]

That is what I dream to find....

 

[celestino]

Excellent!

 

[AceByTerror]

Sweet god of shaving. I am soooooo jealous right now! Congrats on a seriously epic find!

 

[72plymsatellite]

ugh im so jealous. that is such an amazing find. if it were me i wouldnt even have haggled at that price lol. seeing 2 cased double rings with instructions for 100 would have floored me for

 

[Rob341]

Some of you wanted to see the paperwork, here is the first box.
P

 

[Rob341]

I don't have a scanner at home!

 

[ironfist]

:'( Great find.

 

[PFP_Dad]

I'm sorry to say you overpaid, but in the spirit of generosity I'd be happy to help reimburse you for your losses.

Congratulations on the amazing finds.