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New High for a Black Beauty?

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00 Offline Mechanickal

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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #60 on: October 27, 2018, 08:50:19 AM
Yes you’re right ulli. I make the same experience - I saw a really rare tool in the collection of a collector... I asked him, if he want to sell the item... he said no and i excepted it. After a couple of months he contacted me. I asked him why he contacted me and why he wanted to sell the tool. He said he contacted me because I didn’t think about making money...
That's how I buy my tools from a quited collector.

He charges me the prices he payed back in the days or sells at a loss.
He even tosses in a freebie or 2 every now and then, just because "you are a true collector"


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New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #61 on: October 27, 2018, 09:04:23 AM
Another auction with high price:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Victorinox-WALTHER-108mm-rare-vintage-knife-Taschenmesser-Safari-like-Mauser/173600687513?hash=item286b684599%3Ag%3A1x8AAOSwO2hbzLFw&LH_Auction=1

Well, it is a very rare piece.

I have a Walther but the Walther logo is almost completely worn off (if the light falls on it a certain way you can only see a vague contour that reminds it was once there...).

I paid € 80 for it. So now we know that the word "Walther" alone is worth almost € 700 

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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #62 on: October 27, 2018, 09:12:01 AM
By the way the guy is also selling a 108mm Fireman. So anyone who's really set on completing his/her 108mm collection (an has deep pockets) does have an opportunity to get two rare pieces  :D
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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #63 on: October 27, 2018, 01:54:52 PM
Even though I'd love them... I'm a cheapskate...


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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #64 on: October 27, 2018, 03:50:45 PM
Even though I'd love them... I'm a cheapskate...
:iagree: 110% I will wait.  :cheers:


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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #65 on: November 05, 2018, 08:26:56 AM
About shill bidding on Ebay: You can not bid on your own items, not even with a different account, from the same IP-address.

That’s probably very easy to bypass with something like a VPN connection or proxy server.

Or one or two mobile phones. Much easier I guess.

I sincerely hope it was an honest bidding frenzy. And why not. I remember a buyer from the Middle East who just bought everythig and anything he liked, regardless of the price. You only need one or two of those guys and prices will skyrocket.
This happened to a couple of my SAKs as well so I'm not complaining :)
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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #66 on: June 28, 2019, 08:25:16 PM
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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #67 on: June 28, 2019, 08:32:32 PM
:popcorn:


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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #68 on: June 28, 2019, 10:43:41 PM
Don't bid on knives when drunk...
You could wake up the next day with a painful hangover
Once you go black you never go back
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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #69 on: June 28, 2019, 10:48:08 PM
I don't have to bid on knives to wake up with a hangover after drinking :shrug:


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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #70 on: June 28, 2019, 11:15:10 PM
I don't have to bid on knives to wake up with a hangover after drinking :shrug:

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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #71 on: June 28, 2019, 11:17:41 PM
Exactly...

I do wonder what this one will go for.
And I also hope to find one on the cheap... :D

As everyone I guess...


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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #72 on: June 29, 2019, 10:35:33 PM
Noob here, but...is that model sposeda have the small driver on the can opener?  :think:


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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #73 on: June 29, 2019, 11:17:35 PM
Yes.
It's a Victorinox.


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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #74 on: July 02, 2019, 02:56:48 AM
This auction ends at 2 AM my local time, so I won't be able to watch the crazy bid frenzy in the last 10 seconds.   :(


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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #75 on: July 03, 2019, 06:19:25 AM
The bid from 6/24 is still holding the lead at $890 with less than two hours to go...

75 watchers might be the highest I've seen lately.
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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #76 on: July 03, 2019, 08:09:42 AM
$1,183 or $1,207 shipped. $8 higher than the one in the first post.

And the winner was willing to go higher than that!
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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #77 on: July 03, 2019, 08:14:55 AM
So… who bought it?  :popcorn:
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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #78 on: July 03, 2019, 07:15:38 PM
So… who bought it?  :popcorn:

Maybe it's like the lottery.  :think:  Winners go into hiding...  :dunno:
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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #79 on: July 03, 2019, 08:06:09 PM
Paying that much, that gem likely went to a good home and fine collection. Always nice to know a tool is basically guaranteed to never get used, so that is one less collection piece that will be used/damaged, from someone using it, not knowing better.  :)
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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #80 on: July 03, 2019, 08:08:06 PM
And the winner was willing to go higher than that!

If you know that, then you are the winning bidder.
You should seriously visit vicfan.com. All the hoopy froods are doing it.


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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #81 on: July 04, 2019, 12:29:50 AM
If you know that, then you are the winning bidder.

Nope, not me. I only wish I could justify that kind of cost per knife...or IOW, I don't know of a knife out there that I'd value that high that I want for my collection.

But if you look at the bid history detail, the winner has the two top spots. So *anybody* can see that the high bidder was willing to go higher.  Could just be the next bid increment for that price level...or who knows. The auction price is determined by the increment over what the #2 bidder is willing to pay. 
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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #82 on: December 10, 2019, 08:20:49 PM
my favourite black beauty is a bit older....



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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #83 on: December 10, 2019, 08:28:53 PM
 :drool: :drool: :drool: they are gorgeous  :drool: :drool: :drool: :tu:
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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #84 on: December 10, 2019, 09:21:45 PM
 :iagree: 110%  :cheers:


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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #85 on: December 10, 2019, 11:57:01 PM
my favourite black beauty is a bit older....

Fantastic!  Are you Hobie?   I love his (your?) videos.  Thanks for posting. 



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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #87 on: December 16, 2019, 02:35:00 AM
And not even sold with the box.  Wow. 



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Re: New High for a Black Beauty?
Reply #89 on: December 23, 2019, 03:10:04 PM
It makes me wish Victorinox would do some re-issues.  Like how about an Old Cross Pioneer series in silver, red, and champagne?   And can you imagine if they did a true Swiss Rail Black Beauty re-issue?  MTo members would buy the lot!


 

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