Newbie needing advice!

[brandy]

Hi,
New to the forum, and really not a knife person, but have some questions about a bunch of schrade knives I bought when they were going out of business.
At the time, it seemed to me that these knives would only increase in value. I bought them thinking it might be better than stock, lol ...now, with the knives being made in China, I am not sure

I have a Stockman 296 Trapper that is one of the Cigar box classics. It is serial #15, out of what I think is only a 1,000 run. It has its original plastic package, and the paper seal to the cigar box has never been opened. I have been researching on Ebay to try to get an idea of value, and no luck.
Not sure of rules here, but if somebody could give me an idea of value, would be great!
Also have a bunch of 100 yr Anniversary Old Timers that are all made in USA with boxes, and paperwork. I have a Rancher, Senior, Middleman Jack, Bearhead Lockback, Gunstock Trapper, and a Minuteman. Also have a Uncle Henry Rancher 100 yr.

I have an ebay store, and can list them, but as it is a fixed price forum, I was curious as to what they might be worth in todays market. I can sit on them, as they were bought for speculation, but curious as to your guys ideas about keeping for a few years, or sell?

Thanks for any help!
Brandy

 

[Bartleby]

Keep monitoring e-bay. The value of the items you have is connected to the rarity of the items themselves. The introduction of the Chinese knives has nothing to do with the number of knives produced prior to Schrade's American demise, so this will not affect value. Generally knives produced as collector's items tend to be kept by collectors in unused condition, so fewer are lost by attrition (become used knives of lesser value). This causes their value to rise more slowly than one would think because the supply of unused articles is relatively high. It is different than collecting old knives, that were not thought of as collector's items when they were produced. Almost no one bought knives just to put aside until fairly recently. Most were bought to be used like any other tool. The rarity and value of those knives increased over a long period of time. Keep in mind that the knives in question will take a long period of time to increase in rarity and value. Speculating in knives takes a great deal of patience. Hope this helps.