Thread: Bad Trip through Boston

Over the weekend, I went to visit my little girl at college, in Boston. Beacon hill is littered with antique shops, so I decided to check a few out. I found only one razor, and it was priced a bit high for me. It was a Rogers with a good bit of hone wear and some rust near the pivot. It did have some neat whale bone scales though. The shop wouldnt move off of the forty dollar price tag, so I had to say goodbye. Had a name carved into the scales and was early 1900s blade.
Same shop had a neat occupational shaving mug. It said "Autoist" and had a cool car on it. Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars! Thats $450 American! Four one hundreds and a fifty. Holy Moses. Needless to say, I left empty handed but with a new appreciation for my local antique stores and auction houses.

I wouldn't say a bad trip.
You got to see some cool stuff.
Beacon Hill is the ultra high rent district.

Pete <:-}

Occupational Shave Mugs are big time collectors items for mug collectors. Some are far more expensive than that one.

I've got a couple high rent shops around here too. Always after top dollar for a pile of ssshhhaving cream.

One of the memories of my childhood is that Shhhhhaving Cream song being on the jukebox in the bar where I used to hang out with the neighborhood guys. I would read the funny papers and look at the Pimlico entries while the older guys bought me sodas or pastries for the day. I was raised by the neighborhood, as my mom had to work and my dad had passed when I was just three. Good memories of some awesome people.

Some antique shops are run by the owner who has the ability to negotiate prices. Some are cooperatives where the merchandise is owned by a number of individuals and the customer service staff is not allowed to alter the sticker price without the permission of the owner. You may have run into one of the later shops, or perhaps the owner figures if you weren't willing to pay the posted price, someone else who came along would. That is the problem with shopping in high-rent districts.

Yeah I keep my local shops picked pretty clean, and one of the shops just puts his blades aside for me. (The awesome George Savage that Outback honed for me was one of those. Ten bucks is all he asks and he knows the real price.) Those Beacon hill shops are costly and without having a relationship, there isnt much desire by the owners to really flex on prices. I try and hit up shops where ever I go. There is nothing like finding one in the wild.