Antique Stores / Flea Market Hunting

[Leon]

Hello.

I began to browse some local antique stores and flea markets and I just "scored" 2 razors worth rescuing. The large majority of the razors I pick up to take a good look are so unbelievebly crap that I start to wonder if the store clerks know anything about razors in general.
I feel I need to write what I found in a local antique store and to ask you if the antique stores in your area are run by complete fools.
I entered the store and I spotted 2 razors near the entrance and 3 more near the clerk. I thought "Well, at least one of those should be worth something, I guess". After asking the clerk to take a good close look at all of them, I realised that they were in the most terrible condition a razor wishes to be. Completely covered in brown dirt and rust and with huge hone wear. It gets better - the price? 10 Euros each!
Who in his perfect mind buys a razor that's so beyond any possible restoration for 10 Euros?
During my vacations last month I asked the local tourism office if there where any flea markets and in the following Saturday there I was, browsing and asking... I grabbed a nice Henckels 60 without any hone wear and with minimal rust. It came with the original case. That was my best grab yet. Sweet.
I'm yet to find a NOS razor... someday, oh yes... that's going to be cool.