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  1. 11-20-2009, 09:04 PM #1
    ChrisMeyer
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    Default SCHMACHTENBERG BROS goes for big $$$ in bidding war

    Did you guys notice this Schmachtenberg Bros. razor that recently sold on eBay for $696.62?! Unless I'm missing something and this razor was extremely rare, it looks like a case of a bidding war gone wild. I wish I could get these guys to bid on auctions that I list!


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  2. 11-20-2009, 09:10 PM #2
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    Ya I guess there was a bidding war, the seller must be happy.
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    Some collector could also have wanted it for the scales too...hard to tell.
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  4. 11-21-2009, 12:47 AM #4
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    Some collectors go absolutely ga ga over raised relief celluloid scales. They seek them out and seem to desire them over other razors. Scales first, blade second.

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  5. 11-21-2009, 01:44 AM #5
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    On some of these I wonder if the seller ever sees the money.
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  6. 11-29-2009, 02:59 PM #6
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    I'm a collector as well as a user , and my max bid on that razor would have been $0.00 . No collector in their right mind would even bid on that razor , in that condition .
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  7. 12-06-2009, 07:27 PM #7
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    I love the string holding the scales together.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wireless00 View Post
    I love the string holding the scales together.
    That string was from the kite Benjamin Franklin flew in a lightning storm many a year ago.

    It's why that razor at that price was actually a great bargain!
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