John762 Posted January 19, 2017 Share #1 Posted January 19, 2017 http://www.ebay.com/itm/172483483405?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Or has our big spender already got one of these? LoL It's almost as much fun watching these as one of my favorite old sitcoms. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted January 19, 2017 Share #2 Posted January 19, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillus Posted January 19, 2017 Share #3 Posted January 19, 2017 can you explain I am not a bayonet guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John762 Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted January 19, 2017 can you explain I am not a bayonet guy Wilde Tool is a fairly rare maker and over the last few weeks a couple of well healed buyers have been driving prices through the roof. IMO this should have sold for about 1/2 of what it brought this evening. Recently an uncut example brought over 1k. It's been a bit nuts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted January 19, 2017 Share #5 Posted January 19, 2017 Crazy! SKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John762 Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted January 19, 2017 Our friendly bidder "r***r" strikes again, I hope he completes his collection soon so the rest of us can get back to adding some decent blades to ours.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/332090238256?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccyooper Posted January 19, 2017 Share #7 Posted January 19, 2017 It is crazy. I actually thought the barrel bottom was falling on these. A friend picked a beautiful one up at the SOS last year for 600 (full length). I searched around and found two cheaper, one was a little rough but correct and complete with a DG scabbard and could have been had for $450. I thought about $550 -600 was the norm for them (16 inch) in VG condition now vice the $650-800 people were paying 4-5 years ago. In my opinion a cut down WT without correct grips is a $150-200 rig at most. But if you have a hole to fill, I guess the sky's the limit. Several have sold on the bay in the 175-250 range in the last few months. A long one besides the exception noted sold for less than $410. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy69 Posted February 6, 2017 Share #8 Posted February 6, 2017 Another sold for $1001 today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy69 Posted February 6, 2017 Share #9 Posted February 6, 2017 This was the item 122331874776 Realize I posted this on the crazy cutdown thread and not the crazy 16" thread, but you get the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John762 Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share #10 Posted February 8, 2017 I watched that auction end, (along with my dreams of finding a nice WT at a fair price) LoL I still believe that what we have is a very few bidders running the price up against each other. I threw a bid in early on one of these at the lever where I thought it should sell to a reasonable buyer, my bid was blown up with about 6 days to go. SMH I believe that it's just a trend, hopefully a short term one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy69 Posted February 8, 2017 Share #11 Posted February 8, 2017 There is another up and it's just shy of $600. Most I ever paid for one was $750 to Scott Duff for a basically NOS 1943 one. Two things that are tough to figure is that it is very sharp and has two perfect NOS looking WWII black grips. The edge looks machine done and the grips are hard to figure. End of production and they got some to complete? Discussed this with Gary C. and just no way to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John762 Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share #12 Posted February 8, 2017 Take a look at the one that you mentioned again, it has a broken grip and some staining and it looks to me like the tip is broken also. In my opinion (and that's worth just what you paid for it) this one is way overpriced for it's condition. I understand that there have been some sales over 1k but at least those "showed" better. LoL I can understand some of the super nice examples going for some tall dollars but this one just doesn't fit that description. Someone mentioned a few weeks ago in another thread that this is a common occurrence around tax return time, I'm seriously hoping that's the case. I know there are still some good deals out there as I just picked up a 1942 dated OL (not a cut down), it has a broken grip panel and no scabbard. What it does have is a nice even patina and no grinding on the edge, I got it delivered for just under $100.00 so I'm pretty happy with that. I guess I'll keep shopping for something that's NOT a WT and hope for the best! Happy Hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy69 Posted February 9, 2017 Share #13 Posted February 9, 2017 Yeah, the latest one is a bit rough. The high dollars are getting them out of the wood work. The Scott Duff one I bought was the most I paid for one and it was my first. My last pickup was a chromed WT 16" 1943 with proper grips. At $250 I could not help myself, had a scabbard too. Just keep looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy69 Posted February 9, 2017 Share #14 Posted February 9, 2017 You made me look, $635 with 6 days 23 hours to go. I'm guessing $850 plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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