Thread: Antique shops think they're Ebay now.

Originally Posted by Leon

One other thing I noticed is that the price span is small for the razors market. For example, a vendor might tag a rotten and broken razor with 10 Euros and have a nice good razor electible to a restoration project for that price also or only 5 Euros more.
I don't get it...

It's because people have no idea that anyone today would actually shave with a straight razor, and even if they thought you might, they wouldn't know what factors make the razor usable. They don't assign any practical value to them. Since they assume the value is almost solely based on the novelty or the rarity of the straight razor in general, what difference should it make how much hone wear is on the blade or whether or not it has been rescaled, etc. A broken blade will be worth almost as much as one that has never been opened

That's my theory

a few by me are getting e-bay itis also i laughed at 1 that had a fat boy that was covered in rust with all the plating gone trying to sell it for 15 dollars i told her to look at the prices a little more clearly as that was only good for the trash can i paid 1 dollar for mine in great shape at another