For Those Who Didn't See This Battle Royal

I saw it... You got to love those old 105s... I think that's the one that was here on the forum a few weeks ago... :eek:
 
I noticed that not one question to the seller was asked. Yet the knife went for $660!

WOW
 
I'm sure the seller was asked many questions, but most sellers DO NOT choose to allow the questions to post on the auction for everybody to see.
 
That's another interesting auction. Thanks for sharing it.

Seller lucked out.

Big bid by sniper hit a big bid by another earlier bidder who bid very high.

Two people wanted it really bad. Very nice knife, but not that nice.

There's always a chance there will be a buyer backing out when that happens......in this case the second-place guy might back out, too.

:)
 
the 105 does not suprise me much at all the
118 however .. well .. hard to say
real good 105's like that dont show up often
and for the prospect that the org owner may have gotten it from al or HH buck ?
and has a tale of it .. priceless provonance
 
That would be 1973-1980 and probably pre-78, as that's when the one-piece box began to phase in.
 
I purchased that exact same vintage 118 knife on eBay last month, absolutely mint with sheath, for more than $200 less. The box and papers don't bring $200 to the table. I'd rather skip the box and take the discount. To each their own, I guess. I don't display my knives with or in the box anyways. Boxes are carefully stored away elsewhere, they damage too easily. Just opening and closing them wears them. I'm just as happy buying a mint knife without the box so I don't have to deal with it. Usually comes at a much better price which stretches my play money further. So... question/poll to the rest of you. How important is the box and are you willing to pay more to get it?
 
Complicated question.

Some boxes and some sheaths are scarce and very valuable.

Generally, I'd rather have a mint knife at a bargain price.....and you can get them that way sometimes.

The trouble is.......once a box is involved the prices can go up to a ridiculous extent, and as you say, boxes have to be stored and cared for. Does make things more complicated.

And sometimes......the NIB is NOT NIB but really just an excellent but used knife and sheath that somebody teamed up with a box and some papers--so you have to watch out for that kind of trickery.

Each deal has to be considered on its merits. I'll buy NIB.......sometimes.

:)
 
Exactly.

When two high bids collide in the last seconds......often both will retract their bids.

If not, the seller was very, very lucky.
 
I read an article somewhere on the internet awhile about bidding strategy on eBay (If it's on the internet it must be true, right?) The conclusion was that bidding what you're willing to pay, but not until the very end was the most successful strategy in the long run. Early bids on an item attracts more bidding activity. If I am not going to be home when an auction is ending and bid early what I'm willing to pay, I NEVER get the item. Someone will sit there and peck away at my bid a dollar at a time until they get over me so I usually loose the item for a dollar.

To counter the problem of an early bid getting pecked at because you won't be available at the end of the auction, there is a strategy called Atomic Bidding where you make a bid much higher than you're normally willing to pay so hopefully the pecker (!) will quit at a still reasonable amount. You bid high enough to cover the possibilities but gamble that your bid won't actually be met in the fullest. The strategy usually works and you win the item, although at a premium price. The problem comes, as possibly in the case of the 118, when two Atomic Bidders collide, or an Atomic bidder collides with an addicted bidder who gets caught up in the moment and has to win at any cost. This situation causes the sale price to exceed sanity and frequently results in buyers remorse.

The GunBroker auction site has an interesting bidding rule that I'm surprised that eBay never picked up on. If there is a bid at the end, the auction automatically extends in time until there hasn't been any bidding activity for 10 minutes. Better circumstance for the sellers and eliminates sniping an item for a deal....oops, this got long!
 
110 Dave said:
the 105 does not suprise me much at all the
118 however .. well .. hard to say
real good 105's like that dont show up often
and for the prospect that the org owner may have gotten it from al or HH buck ?
and has a tale of it .. priceless provonance
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I completely agree. The older they are the harder to find :)
 
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