...are the Ebay prices for straights on the increase?

I browse Ebay to see what's happening in the world of used and collectable vintage straights and I am oft surprised at the opening prices for razors that are, even to my untutored eye, relative garbage.

Razors that are so worn, or with truncated blades - that there's really no hope of rescuing them - with plain-jane scales that really cannot justify the $30+ opening bid.

Recently, it seems that sellers have started raising the prices, believing the desirability of straights is on the increase. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't - but, for those of us whom Ebay is a 'sole' supplier - it seems that the world of straights is catching the mainstream trends of, "it's old, so it must be rare" and "I saw one of those go for hundreds - this one must be worth just as much" and "It must be worth a lot - it's sooooo old! Like 50 years or something! Real art-deco!"

Or maybe it's my cranky imagination and it's time to take my meds again