Knife Help!!! Extremely Rare and Valuable Knife....

[diggummup]

Thanks GibH. I know I did piss a lot of people off, but I think listing it correctly will be worth it. I think I'll see 2k for it. A lot of people have been messaging me on eBay. There were definitely a few other buyers that were waiting to snipe some bids in the last few minutes.

diggummup, where have you seen the ones for sale for 3800 and 3000? and when was that?

Active now this one, rough compared to yours...
Vintage RARE Custom Hand Made A.J. VANADrSTIN Robert Van Adestine Hunting Knife

The other ended in March, it was $3500 not $3800... vintage antique VAN ADESTINE custom made hunting knife & sheath | eBay

 

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[trdhrdr007]

Not necessarily. As it was, there were really only two bidding against each other. It isn't likely they were going to let other collectors know it was there. As for pissing either of them off, they aren't going to let that over ride their desire for a rare collectible. If it gets re-listed in the proper category and with the right title/description, it is still going to do pretty darn good. I don't collect knives, so I don't know it's value, but I'd be willing to bet it goes for $1500 or better.

All it takes is 2 bidders. I would imagine that anyone interested in these knives & serious about bidding on them would have an active search for Vanadarstin, the full makers name, & any variations of the 2. I didn't bother to check the category it was in but believe it's all about the keywords in the title. A good title with the right keywords & plenty of clear pictures will bring top dollar. Anyone that is interested in something like this knows more about it than the seller could put in their description.

 

[AlienLifeForm]

VANADESTINE KNIFE. FIND THIS KNIFE AND GET A $400 REWARD. HAND MADE VANADrSTIN KNIFE

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1...1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.1.213.bWIQ1FP6EwI

This guy's grandfather was the knifemaker - he says he has 80 something of them in his collection! He is sitting on a gold mine.

 

[Drmad7]

This is all well and good...but when are you listing that knife?!? We are waiting (me, impatiently) for it to start so we can follow along.

 

[Omega]

Sorry for the delay. The knife will be going up as a .99c auction on Thursday for 10 days, so it will end Sunday the 13th, sometime between 4 and 6 PM Pacific time.

 

[Omega]

Will keep yall updated.

 

[diggummup]

diggummup, where have you seen the ones for sale for 3800 and 3000? and when was that?

Your welcome per reply #21.

 

[Paleo_joe]

Have you considered an auction house? That is where I send $$$ items. My sense is that wealthy collectors don't surf ebay on a weekly basis.

I am studying on items that I can buy on ebay and resell at auction houses.

 

[Omega]

RARE Custom Vanad-Stine VANADrSTINE 5.5 Inch Fixed Blade Knife! Original Sheath!

 

[Drmad7]

I bid on it just so I'll get a notification before it ends!

 

[Drmad7]

My highest bid was $672.00! Congrats on a nice pick and sale!! That last 3 seconds was killer!

 

[GibH]

Not bad at all for a $5 investment.

 

[diggummup]

Nice. I think there is a happy collector somewhere. $1000 bucks was a good price. Good for you too though. I'd be happy.

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[buckstix]

This guy's grandfather was the knifemaker - he says he has 80 something of them in his collection! He is sitting on a gold mine.

I now have 81. They guys offering the ones on Ebay (past and present) for $3,500 and $3,000 are just fishing.


http://buckstix.com/vanadestineknife.htm

 

[AlienLifeForm]

I now have 81. They guys offering the ones (past and present) on Ebay for $3,500 and $3,000 are just fishing.


FIND THIS KNIFE

Ah, the man, the myth, the legend!

Welcome to the site!

 

[Drmad7]

I now have 81. They guys offering the ones on Ebay (past and present) for $3,500 and $3,000 are just fishing.


http://buckstix.com/vanadestineknife.htm

Did anyone earn the $400 finders fee?! I love this site!

 

[buckstix]

Did anyone earn the $400 finders fee?! I love this site!

Nope. Although several people emailed about the original Ebay listing, I had already found the auction through my daily Ebay searches. Finders Fee is not paid for knives already discovered.

 

[Drmad7]

Welcome to TNet! I will be searching for those knives in the future!

 

[GibH]

I was one of those that emailed. I had already posted the links here and wasn't looking for a finder's fee.

Welcome to TNet.