have you ever sold an old knife with good profit?

Well...I have sold two or three like new knives for more than I paid for them. I had a Roselli Grandfather that I set a reserve price and and a buy right now price above what I paid (I always do that) and POW...sold it in one day. You could buy it for less at a dozen places.
 
I don't know what you mean by old, but I've sold knives for 3 times what I paid for them and none were over 10 years old. They don't have to be "old" to realize a profit, just no longer made and sought after by collectors.
 
When I sold off my small collection of Randall's, I made about 50 to 75% profit over the original purchase price. I had bought them back in the 60's when I was young and single, and in the 80's I was a family man and the knife collection didn't mean as much to me then. Some of my custom folders didn't do as well. Bob Ogg never got great recognition, but I about broke even on his stuff, while I actually lost a little on two Barry Wood folders. About broke even on a Clyde Fisher folder.
 
I sold Three Busses SHBM's I bought about 15 years ago. I beat on them for years then doubled my money on two tripled it on one.
 
I've sold knives, guns, bicycles, cars practically anything can be sold at profit if you buy right.. seen an old '50's Schwinn Phantom at an Estate Auction, I bid and won the bike at $800:eek: my brother thought I was crazy, thing is I only had intentions to sell... bike sold on ebay for $1800...

knives aren't any different... matter of fact I have a puma 971 game warden for sale right now that's 100% profit :)
 
I've sold some knives for a profit but lost money on others so it all seems to even out in the end.
 
I sold some knives with good profit, some with without profit, and I own some knives I think I will never be able to sell for what I paid, but I just like them.
 
Sure. One time I made 900% profit on a set of knives... ($500 vs $5K) I wasn't planning to sell 'em, but the offer was too good to pass ;)
 
Not really, my system of knife acquisition is buy high and sell low. Pretty much works that way for most things I want.

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Not really *old* but I did recently get 325$ for a Benchmade 42 that I paid 135$ shipped for a few years ago.

funded my first Sebenza
 
I think anyone that bought quality knives long ago(and some more recent) would make a profit.

I've sold alot of my older knives, but still have several from the late 70's that I bought in HS while I was in our towns knife club. Most are worth about 400% more than I paid back then.
About ten years ago I bought a very rare older D'Holder at Blade for $500. I knew it was a great deal, but didn't know how rare it was(nor did the seller). I took it over to D'Holder's booth and was offered $1200 from a collector. I turned him down, and every year at Blade he would ask if I still had it, and up his offer. About 4 years ago he offered a little over $2000, and we made a deal. I didn't want to get rid of it, but I could tell he wanted it more than I. Thats the most I've made on a single knife.

I've also lost a little money on several I've sold soon after getting them. If I order one and don't like it as much as I though I would, I'll usually just list it for the same, or little less than I paid.
 
I've won some and lost some, but I generally come out ahead. The best deal I've realized was on this naoshi naginata in good polish from the Koto period (basically a 500 year old large Japanese tanto) that I bought for $1650 and sold for an offer of over $5K to an overseas collector.

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