Thread: Craigslist 250 razor listing, $5500 continued...

Well guys, RodB and me went to the guys home today. here is a link to some pics...

New Richmond - a set on Flickr

The owner had everything laid out ready for inspection. He had been collecting for a number of years.

We briefly looked at the collection and asked what he wanted for his "culls". He said they were part of the package and would not separate them out. He also had a box of empty coffins and gave the same response to those. I asked if he had any DE's and he said yes but did not have them out and they would be for "another day".
We looked at the display cases on the wall and only 2 were interesting. The one with the 12 W&B and the one with 12 Framebacks. Then I went back to the table and started opening and inspecting the razors. I am glad I did. At least 2/3 of them had one of the following...pitting, chipping, cracking, excessive hone wear, excessive blade edge wear.
The seller had been on Ebay and was of the opinion that the W&B would go for high bucks...and some of them would have. But what he failed to realize was what the buyers on Ebay were actually looking for. Large blades, fancy handles, minimal wear, good trusted name brands, unique grinds etc.

Rod and I discussed the collection during the drive home and kinda concluded that the max value was about $1500...and that's being generous.

The guy could have made himself several hundred dollars today...but he blew it. Almost not worth the gasoline.

I am posting this not as a complaint but rather as a cautionary tale of what you can expect to find when chasing the collections. This is the 3rd collection I have seen like this. The biggest one was 600+ razors and the smallest was approx 120 razors. I have seen only one very nice large collection.