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    Now I almost can see why a duck will go hundreds of dollars when a wooden and I mean completely wooden, scale and blade, razor goes for this much. Am I missing something here ?
    Antique 19C. Folk Art Wooden Straight Razor Trade Sign - eBay (item 190345691044 end time Nov-09-09 17:31:03 PST)

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    It's large, and there is probably rather specific group of collectors interested in them for... whatever reason. If you watch the bay, you'll notice these don't come along very often.

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    thanks Dylan, but still... I mean ... come on... it's an old razor made of wood...

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    And a Dubl Duck is just a razor that's probably made by Dovo...
    And lobster scales are just lobster scales...
    And etc etc

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    I think it got the folk art crowd going. Personally, I consider folk art to be a god-awful form of "art" (probably better only then performance art), but there are people that will pay lots of money for it.

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    It's just a vintage barberiana type thing and there are many people who collect them and pay whatever for it. No different than people who collect old bottles.
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    Note that there were 17 bids on the thing. Collecting is a powerful instinct for some people. One man's trash is another man's treasure for sure.
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    Damn! And I just dumped a bagful of unique stuff in pristine condition to the trash bin.

    In a way, I understand that huge bid, since that is actually quite rare thing to have. Kinda analoguos to some asking "you spent HOW much on a razor?" I just wish I would have 100 of those stashed somewhere...
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