I went to an antique store once and got talking to the owner and mentioned that the razor I was looking at was probably about 150yrs old. He was asking $25 for it and I wasn't willing to pay that since it was heavily honed and in bad shape. Anyway I went back a few weeks later and the same razor increased to $40 and a tag stating it was very old. A lot of people think the older something is the more valuable it is no matter the condition. Also if something is sentimental in anyway it is a lot more valuable, but nobody wants to realize sentiment is only worth anything to the person that it is sentimental to.