Thread: CRAZYYY a $2500 razor?!!

You're right.
I've found it just now.
Moderators, merge this topic with that one.

Oooopsy Sorry about reposting about it, didn't know about the other thread.
@manah: from the look of the scales, Axel Augustson might've been a bit of a royalty, who knows... I don't know how authentic it is, but sure is nice.

I notice it sold for 1700. Still not a price I would consider for anything but a truly spectacular custom, but a lot more reasonable than the initial BIN suggestion from the seller. Here's hoping it has gone to a good home.

James.

I think it's hard to determine what's "reasonable." If the seller had been asking $3500, instead of $2500, and had then sold it for $2800, that might look reasonable. Value is always a function of the proverbial 'willing buyer.' Items vary in value from day to day and buyer to buyer. The Berg that sold was one of a kind, and deciding the value of something that's unique is always difficult.

Well, to be technical, anything less than the original asking price is my working definition of "more reasonable". In my mind, all vintage and antique razors are unique - they all have a history, they all vary in many and subtle ways. Nothing makes this one any more unique than any other in that respect.

But you are quite right - beauty and reasonable price-edness (??) are in the eye of the beholder. The fact that I find those scales garish, ostentatious and overpriced is neither here nor there. In the end, someone bought them. And good luck to them, I say. I hope whoever it is looks after them and preserves them for future generations.

James.