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Some rare razors but still...
 
Only two very rare razors I would say, the bottom dial just doesn't come along and the winner is a new bidder and probably a sniper so it looks more sincere than cynical to me.

Look carefully at the description of this from the same seller.

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True the winner looks genuine but look at the guy with 19 feedback, that's a shill bidder if i've ever seen one, if i saw it before the end id have reported it.
 
I seen that auction being discussed on B&B and of course they don't post links but it was easy to find. It deserved to fetch a good price but I think it went for an excessive price. The Toggle and the 195 aren't cased while that doesn't matter to a shaver grade one the case is a very important item to a collector. If they two were cased then it would have been more worth it but I think someone got carried way.

As for the other Auction, despite it being made of brass I can't comprehend it weighting 20kg (46lbs), if was made of lead it would not weigh this much, surely a mistake?
 
Just re-read the description I thought the measurement was the case, he is saying the razor alone is 16 inches (40cm) so it is an oversized advert. So I retract my post earlier, 40lbs is possible for something this size, he really should have put something other then a tape measure along side for scale like a normal DE from the other lot.
 
In the end, somebody decided to pay for it, schill influenced or not but I don't smell the same rat, these are keepers.

Check the B&B thread, an Australian B&B member was prepared to put up $2500 for his collection. The rules about condition just go out the window.
 
The 195 is interesting, never seen the appeal in toggles ... the one i think most of em are after is the prototype Super Speed.

Interesting yes , desirable oh hell yes ... at that price?

HAH! dream on.
 
Good grodney, an OC Flare Tip :shock: now I see what you mean, too early in the morning for me. Looking at the big picture it is not quite OC, there is a bar running along the bottom but it is notched, like a sort of hybrid, has to be an engineering sample of some kind.
 
Audiolab said:
Good grodney, an OC Flare Tip :shock: now I see what you mean, too early in the morning for me. Looking at the big picture it is not quite OC, there is a bar running along the bottom but it is notched, like a sort of hybrid, has to be an engineering sample of some kind.
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there's a seller called 'glasgowgoodies' who has caused a few threads on *&*, he has had at least 1 other SS with the same bar, i think that went for $300

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/rare-1959-Pr...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item518cb638c3
 
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