Thread: Need help valuing straight razors

I have a small collection of straight razors and stuff to value and auction on eBay. I’m going to start looking them up tomorrow. I’m sure I’ll need help on a few. Thanks rob

Originally Posted by Robbor

I have a small collection of straight razors and stuff to value and auction on eBay. I’m going to start looking them up tomorrow. I’m sure I’ll need help on a few. Thanks rob

Valuations not allowed on this forum. Best is to check ebay sales.

One of the tricky things with straight razor is, condition is a lot. So if you do searches on eBay for sold listings to do price comparisons, you need to look closely at the condition, both in terms of defect and original condition. Also the era of the razors changes. For example not all Filarmonica 14 razors are the same, there were several generations. Some eras are more sought after than others and that will likely be reflected in past sales. Some razors, like very rare ones you might not be able to find a comparison.

Best just to start it at a dollar and let demand set the price.
Most the time that will go to just about what someone will pay. Sometimes more sometimes less.
But unless you know the market and how to determine what the majority and minority will pay, you may lose money, or have an item sit for a long time.
Unless you have a whole bunch of those, it's probably not worth your time to study the market enough to know.
Even taking into account "past sold" items can be misleading if you don't have a skilled eye to spot condition.
This is important as many of these buyers DO have that skill and will see things you will not, concerning condition.
I know this, because even after years of buying, I sometimes may think I'm getting a great deal, wondering wow how did no one else bid on this, only to get it in hand and realize that I missed that flaw.
IMO you should simply auction them starting at a dollar.
Good luck!

Set it at a dollar and let it run. Just remember nobody gets rich selling straight razors.
If they are good razors (most ain't even close to valuable, unless never used, or used by a straight razor enthusiast) the bids will reflect it. If nobody is biting you probably have junk. Sorry to be so blunt but auction sites abound with sellers trying to fetch obscene amounts of money, i. e. more than 100, for a useless razor. After watching auctions for a couple years the vast majority are garbage razors. Yes certain, very knowledgeable, sellers do offer up nice pieces all the time.

And be sure to end the auction at a good day and time. On a thursday at 2am is not a good time to end. Wait, thats a good time for me to buy.

Thanks all . I looked up what I could find . Only see a few that had much promise. All new to me. Neat seeing this old stuff and the names.

List the nice ones on this site. Maybe some of us may be looking.

I don’t believe I can list them here.
And I did not see how to post pics.
I’ll see if I can do a gallery or something

You can list for sale but you will have to pay 10 bucks to list them. Its good for a year. Follow the info at the top of the BST thread.

You can also find i fo on posting pics in our library.

Read my man. You will find what you need.