Why is this razor so expensive

This is on Ebay ending today with very high price. What is special about this?

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Scale collectors.

As for me, it's a circus.
But possibly, the handle with patriotic eagle is really rare ...but not for that price.

The scales do look to be in quite good shape, it has a nice un-restored patina @ the pins, and its Americana. The price still seems excessive. Maybe it is a rare model.

I don't get it. The blade is far from mint condition. Very far. The eagle is nice but it's filthy too. Celluloid is not the rarest of materials either. Maybe if they were mammoth or T-Rex or something.

Even if they were carved out of moon rock, I wouldn't spend $2,000 for a set of scales!! Holy cow, that is amazing. Good find too!

As far as the blade goes the winner couldn't care less he could probably throw it away. Its the scales plain and simple. Think of it as a piece of rare art.

Nuts just totally nuts!!!!! No way it's worth anything close to that!

Isn't that the long lost Razor that belonged to George Washington himself??

It would have to be to spend that kind of scratch!!!

I wonder how it shaves?

.:beer2:

This razor is that expensive just because someone is prepared to spend that much money on it.

Someone should send this auction to Obama as proof that the recession has truly ended and the population is once more loaded with disposable income. :)

Regards - Walt

It could also be someone bidding on their own razor to drum up the price before they actually sell it.

i do think i have seen those scales a couple of times before, never close to that price tho.
Blade looks a bit too dremel worn for me so i hope it was a collector piece

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Originally Posted by deighaingeal

It could also be someone bidding on their own razor to drum up the price before they actually sell it.

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Thats what I was thinking. I have one of those razor appraisal books but I rarely look anything up. Here it is:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/membe...praisal-1.html
I think I'll look through it 2morrow.