Thread: Has the world gone mad!?

So I was at the 17th annual collectors show here in Hawaii, looking to see if I might be lucky enough to find a straight worth buying. My God! Have the people here gone mad? They wanted ludacris prices for straights that looked like... like it would take some major work to get back into shape. Am I out of line here? Do the antique shops else where charge $40+ for razors?

Guess they have caught on to the "trend" of straight razor shaving, then... Supply and demand, that sort of thing...

Originally Posted by custommartini

Am I out of line here? Do the antique shops else where charge $40+ for razors?

I've seen it to. This past friday, I stopped at one of my usual Antique shops and they had two razors. Both were horribly chipped and one was rusted to an extreme. They were tagged at $25 each. All I could do was sigh and walk away.

I can see the scenario before me. An antique dealer telling another: "You know, straight razors go for lots of money on eBay. There's a great interest in those things now" and the other guy goes: "Hmmm, I have a couple of those. Better raise the price on them..."

Knee jerk reaction? Not knowing the true worth of what they have?

Just speculation, on my part, of course.

could be, but some were asking for *gasp* 60 and 80 dollars a piece. I'm talking about seeing chips with the naked eye, bad shape. I was almost waiting for one of them to tell me about how much they "go for" on ebay. I mean, I'm far from an expert, but I watch ebay daily ("ebay's the devil, Bobby Buchet!") and know what they go for (Thank you Lynn for the good info on what to look for on your DVD...You are awesome )

It has to be a special razor that I will pay anywhere near that for it. To me most razors should be in the 40 to 50 dollar range. To my way of thinking anyone paying close to a 100 for a fixr uper is crazy.

So RichZ,

You are saying that in antique shops and shows, a decent price to pay is about 40 dollars or should it be lower (I wonder if I can pay in Canadian... )

Every now and then, one of the members comes up with a good deal from an antique store or knife show, but for the most part, these sources have always been unreliable and highly overpriced for garbage most of the time.

I would still say to keep on looking for the good deals as you can find them, especially at estate sales.

Have fun.

Lynn

Around these parts, the antique store prices seem to be reasonable. I usually see razors in the $10-15 range, and I've seen a couple as high as $25. I've gotten some nice users from antique mall-style stores.

Western Pennsylvania seems to be some kind of mecca for straight razor stuff, though. I can't explain it, but I've seen a disproportionate amount of stuff on eBay from Pittsburgh and the surrounding region. It can't be the steel connection, because a lot of these are imported razors like Solingen blades. Maybe around here people just keep stuff for a long time?

Josh

With all that, I've picked up some really nice finds at about $20CDN a pop, including a minty Heartring that I enjoyed shaving with yesterday