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What's driving this eBay sale price up? Got more examples?

Often, i find myself researching a bunch of knives in a "lot" sale on Ebay to determine why bidders are going nuts. Sometimes, I can spot it right off. See if you can spot why this sale is climbing fast.

Ebay Lot of knives

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Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on November 17, 2013 at 12:26

Jan, the price was in the mint or near mint condition not good using condition. If the camp knife is in mint conditon it some times fetches $60 but is really worth around $45. In good usable condition i wouldn't go over $35. The old timers are $10-$15 knives. I think you might beable to recover a $200 purchase of the lot by piecing it out but it would be a gamble.

Permalink Reply by Clay Strong on November 21, 2013 at 3:15

Will it go up? I think it will if research is done. There is a nice sailor knife and an Eskilstuna with the name of a man who attended a 1905 Hardware Association meeting while representing Miller Brothers Cutlery Co. 1872-1926. I'm sure other tidbits can be found. Ebay sleuthing

Permalink Reply by Clay Strong on November 21, 2013 at 4:48

I love to find bargains. I won't be bidding on the above lot though. I hope some other iKnife collector snaps it up, I bought an Eskilstuna hunting knife of high quality today for $10.78 total. Age? 50+ years. The stamp is so seldom seen that those who collect knives from Eskilstuna don't recognize it readily. I knew I'd seen the name in my studies of Swedish knives.

Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on November 21, 2013 at 6:31

I would like the condition to be better before I bid. I've dealt with that seller, before. He's a good guy but some times his descriptions are off by a decade or two or five , especially when it comes to WWII-Vietnam Era military knives.

Permalink Reply by Clay Strong on November 27, 2013 at 12:26

This knife lot went for $59.99. The combined age of these knives is in excess of 350 years. One knife that was improperly described is over 100 years old. It alone is worth more than the price paid for the lot. I was sorely tempted to bid after saying I would not. I won't be so quick to say I will not bid in the future.

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on November 22, 2015 at 20:23