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This razor is $2500! Can anybody tell me why or if its even worth that? Its beautiful and looks like it has alot of hours put into it but lord! I can get myself a nice Martin acoustic with that money!
RARE Erik Anton Berg Swedish Straight Razor~SHAVE READY | eBay
It is a pretty unique piece.
$2500 is a pretty penny, but I'm sure that it is worth it to some people out there.
If it sells, then that's what is it worth. At least:)
People can ask what they want, price-wise. Doesn't mean they'll get it. I think the seller is banking on those scales being rare enough, both in materials and aesthetics, to induce someone with more money than brains to hit the bin button. And perhaps there are serious collectors out there who recognise it as being a one-off, unique piece and are prepared to pay that kind of money for it. It's their money I guess.
However, I am always more interested in the blade of straights. Bergs are good shavers, but you would have to fill every orifice in my body with crack before I would even consider that blade for that money. YMMV.
James.
Careful, someone might hold you to that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
Honestly, that is the coolest Berg I've seen.
I could eat off the dollar menu for 2 1/2 years with that kind of money
Liar, everybody knows you'd just snicker a day for 10.95 years instead!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by hoglahoo
That's pretty cool scales, but even I would rather spend that money having John make me several different pairs and start my own history. And I don't need crack at all, my precious bodily fluids are by now just alcohol.
it was a hop-othetical, nothing moreQuote:
Originally Posted by gugi
anyway, if that razor was in plastic scales it would be priced like any other 'nice razor!'
You mean it "was not intended to be a factual statement"... you should consider a long career in politics! You'll be rich ***ich!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by hoglahoo
No, you mis-spoke. I could certainly do it (remember 'supersize me'?), but I would not choose to. Those who can succeed in the political arena are apparently doing so :)Quote:
Originally Posted by gugi
Well it says 'or best offer'. I wonder whether the seller set the price or if it was a consignee ? Ambitious one way or the other. Still, as a buddy of mine used to say, "If you don't shake the tree, you don't get any fruit." :)
Gugi, if you combined crack with your bodily fluids you'd go up like mentos in a soda bottle.
James.
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no, IANAL :pQuote:
Originally Posted by hoglahoo
I am not familiar with that acronym - Are you referring to the human bottle rocket James referred to?Quote:
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I am quoting this before you delete it!Quote:
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James.
Ha, two can play that game!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
LMAO boys boys... It is a nice piece but I could have a few from max, maestro, kenny and room to spare for that. I choose door number 2!!!
Paul
Did I hear someone say 'bodily fluids' ?Attachment 75587Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
with $2500 i can get myself a hell of a guitar. i like the scales tho.. so i think ill get someone to make them for me at like 25% of what this thing is worth!
Yeah, that's kinda how I see it. Nice blade, waaaay overpriced IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
Bear in mind Zowada was selling a custom made Damascus razor made from meteorite steel and mammoth ivory for similar money...
I don''t know....That guy's stuff is always top quality...I bet there is some justification behind that price..He should just list it..Seems like a pretty unusual piece. I just don't hav ethe buckss for most of his stuff...although all his work that I have seen is worth the money.
TouchéQuote:
Originally Posted by hoglahoo
James.
if thats what you choose to believe...
As the seller implies (okay, shouts), it's a piece of art (as in Art), rather than a mere razor. And I have to admit that I agree. Pretty darned amazing piece of work. There's some real history behind that blade. Who was the engraver (a master)? Who was the recipient (I'll bet there's a great story there too)!? A lot is going on in those 6-7 inches of straight edge razor. I couldn't guess its worth, but it's one knockout piece of Swedish--and razor--history.
I couldn't guess either. It is unlikely but if it does sell we'll get to see in 'completed items.' Talking about what things are worth ..... I don't know how many times I've watched Antiques Roadshow and seen stuff that I wouldn't have looked at twice in a garage sale go for mega bucks. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by pcg
Agreed. And the seller isn't pitching this razor to guys like us. He's hoping to snare a museum, or an elite collector. Can you imagine having this razor in your collection? It would be the centerpiece, and anyone who handled it would be asked to wear white gloves!
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Very few people would be allowed to touch it! My only problem is that I would want to shave with it! Ummm Lynn, mind if I show up with it for honing??? Hey that brings up a good question... Which I will post elsewhere... what is your most expensive/prized razor you honed and shaved with??
This one has always completely blown my mind on antiques road show. It just looks like an old blanket.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
http://www.antiques.tv/video/usa-top-10-treasures-navajo-blanket-$350k-$500k,70
..for all of us to drool at :)
RARE Erik Anton Berg Swedish Straight Razor~SHAVE READY | eBay
Now, I'm not apt to comment on the listing price, but that thing is really something.
Regards,
Adrian
Mod Edit: This was the start of a separate thread on the same topic so I merged them.
Really beautiful razor. But I don't see, why it's so expensive.
The handle isn't native (see pins). And possibly, was made separately
for Axel Augustson. I don't know who was Axel Augustson, maybe, it's the important factor.:)
So, it's rare, as all personalised razors. IMO.
There's another long thread about this razor already going here. Might make sense to poke around & see what's been said.
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.
