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Post by razorhound on Feb 11, 2018 14:23:52 GMT -6
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Post by wchnu on Feb 11, 2018 23:13:46 GMT -6
WOW what a find, and you doubled their asking price. What a peach you are.
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Post by GarnerPW on Feb 12, 2018 6:14:43 GMT -6
That is one hell of a haul and all for $10 bucks. You stole it.
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pj3r
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Post by pj3r on Feb 12, 2018 7:34:39 GMT -6
Why I didn't find anything like that? Ever?
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Post by razorhound on Feb 12, 2018 9:19:17 GMT -6
WOW what a find, and you doubled their asking price. What a peach you are. Well initially on my first trip and purchasing the cased razor and aftershaves and cologne I had never heard of, while paying out the elderly lady(family member...not professional estate sale agent) did not know what to charge me for the razor and two packs of blades as they were not marked. She asked if I would give her $2, and i guess when I smiled and my jaw dropped a bit she hurriedly went to $1. And I openly chuckled and then felt rude and guilty since I lost my poker face and explained about the razor a bit and gave her $5 and told her it was a good deal for both of us. The PUB gift set alone is potentially worth (to those who would pay it) a obscene price on ebay because it is rare(probably because it was discontinued rather quickly due to lack of interest) and those prices are not even for complete gift set in box in great condition and full bottles. I passed initially on the Old Spice talcum powder(was not sure what to do with it) until I got back home and googled it and seen its use and unavailability commercially. The boxed full bottle dates to 73-81 and small plastic red container (half full and most of the graphics gone) dates to 60-68. I went back and they now had found a half bottle of old spice aftershave and two mostly full bottles of small travel size Old Spice cologne and after shave, all shulton product and I snagged a HUGE hand painted coffee mug to use as a shave mug. They wanted 3.50 and again I gave them $5 thinking the full boxed talc alone was worth that. I dont like to be a COMPLETE chump or snake with common folks, I save that for antique dealers and estate sale agents.
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Post by razorhound on Feb 12, 2018 9:44:24 GMT -6
Why I didn't find anything like that? Ever? I did not mention that I nearly pissed my self did I? Reason being that I have went to many of these estate sales locally and this is the first time I have seen any razor that was not plastic or plugged into a electrical outlet. You have to go early on the first day to beat the auction agents and antique dealers if it is listed.(this was not listed) Then you have to hope the deceased is of an advanced age, was male and was a bit nostalgic and a hoarder or very frugal or that the surviving wife who is now deceased falls into one of these categories. Lets face it, most of the goodies we are interested in ended up in the dump when the next great and newer or "convenient" option came along. It is exciting to find something in the wild but unless you range far and wide....it don't happen often.
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Post by wchnu on Feb 12, 2018 20:23:28 GMT -6
Great story!!
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Post by twhite on Feb 13, 2018 21:17:45 GMT -6
Why I didn't find anything like that? Ever? I did not mention that I nearly pissed my self did I? Reason being that I have went to many of these estate sales locally and this is the first time I have seen any razor that was not plastic or plugged into a electrical outlet. You have to go early on the first day to beat the auction agents and antique dealers if it is listed.(this was not listed) Then you have to hope the deceased is of an advanced age, was male and was a bit nostalgic and a hoarder or very frugal or that the surviving wife who is now deceased falls into one of these categories. Lets face it, most of the goodies we are interested in ended up in the dump when the next great and newer or "convenient" option came along. It is exciting to find something in the wild but unless you range far and wide....it don't happen often. That is exactly why I love the hunt. I will go 6 months without finding a thing. I go to garage sales almost every weekend. Then hit the antique stores. There are only a few stores around here. My all time favorite find was my Old Spice score. An old glass mug and 2 partial bottles of Shulton. All of $5. The people thought I was a fool. 😂
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Post by GarnerPW on Feb 14, 2018 5:00:18 GMT -6
I did not mention that I nearly pissed my self did I? Reason being that I have went to many of these estate sales locally and this is the first time I have seen any razor that was not plastic or plugged into a electrical outlet. You have to go early on the first day to beat the auction agents and antique dealers if it is listed.(this was not listed) Then you have to hope the deceased is of an advanced age, was male and was a bit nostalgic and a hoarder or very frugal or that the surviving wife who is now deceased falls into one of these categories. Lets face it, most of the goodies we are interested in ended up in the dump when the next great and newer or "convenient" option came along. It is exciting to find something in the wild but unless you range far and wide....it don't happen often. That is exactly why I love the hunt. I will go 6 months without finding a thing. I go to garage sales almost every weekend. Then hit the antique stores. There are only a few stores around here. My all time favorite find was my Old Spice score. An old glass mug and 2 partial bottles of Shulton. All of $5. The people thought I was a fool. 😂 Did you do a little happy dance also? I would look at you funny also if you started doing a happy dance.
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Post by razorhound on Feb 14, 2018 8:22:14 GMT -6
Embarrassingly I know I acted like a small child getting a unexpected toy when the family member took me in the bathroom and opened the medicine cabinet and produced the cased razor covered in dust. I think I practically snatched it out of his hand.
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Post by wchnu on Feb 15, 2018 12:37:28 GMT -6
Embarrassingly I know I acted like a small child getting a unexpected toy when the family member took me in the bathroom and opened the medicine cabinet and produced the cased razor covered in dust. I think I practically snatched it out of his hand. We would all be guilty of that!!
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