I guess it's rare but really?
RARE 1960 Gillette Fat Boy 195 Bottom Dial 1 9 Adjustable F4 Safety Razor | eBay
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I guess it's rare but really?
RARE 1960 Gillette Fat Boy 195 Bottom Dial 1 9 Adjustable F4 Safety Razor | eBay
The Bottom Dial is rare, but that is ridiculous. Also note that there seems to be some apparent shill bidding there, but EBay does nothing about those
Edit: PS, that is a crappy looking example, either someone got hosed badly, or the seller's wife/girlfriend/boyfriend owns the most expensive bottom dial ever ..
When I just read the thread title, I thought "$1300.00 for a Harley Fatboy? - That's a steal!" haha
Bottom dials go high. NIB/ANIB would bring more!
Lovely day for the seller.
Check the alignment of the silo doors in pictures 5 & 6, that the seller was unable to clean off.
Christ on a sidecar-This kind of stuff is getting out of hand. Guys who have more money than sense are really making this hard for those of us with less money, but more sense.
Or less money and less sense. I only saw 1 pic. How did you see the others?
Definitely. Saw a Fatboy it the antique store tonight. I will have to go back and check to make sure it wasn't bottom dial.
I'm sure. And I'm sure the one I saw was a top dial anyway. Still had a $175 price tag on it. I guess that is pretty standard.
Apparently, my version of "pretty standard pricing" and other peoples are way out of sync. If its not New In Box, why on earth would anybody pay 175 for a Fatboy? Rediculoyus!
Yard sale them for 20 tops! got my last for 35 (Excellent in box) and a slim for 10.
Okay, maybe I should have said in good condition in the original case it isn't uncommon to see them go for that on eBay. But that is really a mouthful. Point taken I will definitely be hitting some yard sales this summer.
3 years ago I bought a gold plated top dial fatboy at a major antique centre in Brisbane, Australia, for $12 - with the plastic case. I thought I was laying out quite a few bucks for some old DE - I researched it afterwards and grinned. OK, I wasn't quite that naive but I really didn't know that they were worth serious money until I started to check out the auctions.
I'll bet that made you feel good!
A -- the market sets the price on eBay
B -- this seller has a 100% seller rating, doesn't look like they've given anyone any problems
C -- nobody forced the buyer to buy an unaffordable, large deductible, taxpayer-subsidized Fatboy they didn't want.
You bet it did! I'm heading off to the next antique fair in my neighbourhood in May - it happens to be the last place I saw a fatboy. There's a lot of ignorance in the market here and you never know what might turn up - the last time I bought a very good Bengall and a John Heiffor - they're now my two favourite razors.
Hahahahahaha!....
But seriously you could have missed out on a bottom dial fat boy. I know it's scary but you need to conquer your fears or they will hold you back;)
$$$
Too rich for my blood.
I look at it as an investment. Someday it could sell for $1305. Won't we feel stupid if they are going for 10k in 10 years?
In the world of wine there are two groups - wine drinkers and wine collectors. The drinker is motivated by his desire to consume while the collector is motivated by his desire to possess. The drinker drinks and the collector covets. Drinkers can be satisfied by many wines but the collector only by a few. Prices are set accordingly.
I am with Bob on this one, by those standards I am a wine drinker.
If I wouldn't use it I would not own it.
Blades with gold wash on the spine in my house will show wear from stropping over time.
After a few months of asking why XXXX was so expensive, and getting an answer, someting along the lines of "because that what someone else will pay for it" i have ceased to be amazed.
You never know, the buyers grandad/dad etc may have used one exactly the same and (s)he may have had the funds and really wanted it.
Another so soon?
http://bit.ly/1p4Gcuh
eBay item 251505393528
They are extremely rare and are the Holy Grail for Gillette collectors of which there are many. I've seen plenty of good condition Toggles go for $600-$700 so I'm not surprised at the price. If it was in NOS condition with the original case it would be $2000+
Actually the same razor, apparently the owners of shifty looking, brassy bottom dialers see the supply of fools is dwindling, I need to see if I can spiff up the rare 1965 middle dial Fatboy and take some shots ..
Apparently, the buyer in auction first joined Badger & Blade, asked for re-plating recommendations, and has relisted the razor for 2X. PT Barnum comes to mind ..
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthr...lating-service
I wonder how had that would be to recreate. Just a thought(;-)