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I'm curious as to what is the most highly valued old pocket knife out there, is there anything realistically worth as much as 5 figures? I know some things like old switches and case tested 5375 or 6375 long pull in minty shape are worth well more than a grand, but is that the upper echelon?
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Paul a 6488 Case Congress recently sold for $14,000. There are are some custom knives that have sold for much more. The highest I have seen was 2.1 million.
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Here's the Buster Warinski custom that sold for 2.1 million dollars.
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Here's another one we discussed here on AAPK with historical significance. A Tiffany Buffalo Skinners set for $25,000.

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I like those Tiffanys a lot. The other one? I believe meretricious is the word; not my cup of tea; I like my goodwife in blue jeans better than those painted ladies. :D
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tongueriver wrote:I like those Tiffanys a lot. The other one? I believe meretricious is the word; not my cup of tea; I like my goodwife in blue jeans better than those painted ladies. :D
Cal I seem to remember another one we talked about for $56,000 but I can't recall what that was. Also do you remember what the guy wanted for that Holley Charter Oak
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I believe a Teddy Roosevelt knife was auctioned off last year. I do not know what it went for. I think that would probably be expensive. Maybe someone knows what it went for. I would like to know.


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I think Teddy had a set of those Tiffany Buffalo Skinners.
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KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:I'm curious as to what is the most highly valued old pocket knife out there, is there anything realistically worth as much as 5 figures? I know some things like old switches and case tested 5375 or 6375 long pull in minty shape are worth well more than a grand, but is that the upper echelon?
I think that the knives need to be in various categories. A custom made knife over a hundred years old by a known maker and maybe owned by a historical person is one category. A production run knife made in a factory over a hundred years ago but with unknown provenance is another category. Lots of other categories, but those are pretty well separated. I would be interested in learning the maximum price of a factory made knife without any history. Who actually pays $500 for a pocket knife, no matter how desirable?
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Dinadan wrote:
KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:..........,,,,,,, Who actually pays $500 for a pocket knife, no matter how desirable?
Me. I have done that. Several times.

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Paladin wrote:
Dinadan wrote:
KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:..........,,,,,,, Who actually pays $500 for a pocket knife, no matter how desirable?
Me. I have done that. Several times.

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peanut740 wrote:
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Me. I have done that. Several times.

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Paladin wrote:
Dinadan wrote:
KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:..........,,,,,,, Who actually pays $500 for a pocket knife, no matter how desirable?
Me. I have done that. Several times.

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Mel if you are talking about a brand new run of the mill factory built knife I would agree 5 bills would be hard to chunk down. But many of the Case-Bose collaborations sell for over that and I would consider those worth it. As far as some of the older folders $500 is a drop in the bucket.
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Voyles live auction about 10 years ago at Parkers Show a Case green bone 6488 hammered down at 13000 plus 10% buyers premium.For those mathematicly challenged that's $14300.Supposely a auction record for a Case pocket knife.
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gsmith7158 wrote:
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Me. I have done that. Several times.

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Mel if you are talking about a brand new run of the mill factory built knife I would agree 5 bills would be hard to chunk down. But many of the Case-Boss collaborationz sell for over that and I would consider those worth it. As far as some of the older folders $500 is a drop in the bucket.
Wow, thanks for the responses. I guess more folks than I thought are willing to lay down $500!
peanut740 wrote:Voyles live auction about 10 years ago at Parkers Show a Case green bone 6488 hammered down at 13000 plus 10% buyers premium.For those mathematicly challenged that's $14300.Supposely a auction record for a Case pocket knife.
That is along the lines I was wondering. A factory made, not unique (when it was made) knife. Still seems incredible, but I try not to argue with reality!
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I would rather have a nice old knife that is worth $500.00 than 50 $10.00 knives. That is just me. Somehow I have some of both.

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stockman wrote:I would rather have a nice old knife that is worth $500.00 than 50 $10.00 knives. That is just me. Somehow I have some of both.

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Haha! Harold your singing my song. I could have sworn some of those $10 ones would soon be worth millions.
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Harold I'm with you on that. ::tu::
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stockman wrote:I would rather have a nice old knife that is worth $500.00 than 50 $10.00 knives. That is just me. Somehow I have some of both.

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Yep Harold. Always quality versus quantity. I agree.

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gsmith7158 wrote:Here's the Buster Warinski custom that sold for 2.1 million dollars.
I remember the article that Buster wrote for the magazine that featured that knife. As I recall he spent two and one half YEARS constructing it and I forget how many POUNDS of gold he used in the process.I think he said he would NEVER attempt something like that again.Apparently gold can be very difficult to work with and can become unworkable. His biggest hassle was learning the granulation process(making and adhering those tiny gold spheres to the knife).
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stockman wrote:I would rather have a nice old knife that is worth $500.00 than 50 $10.00 knives. That is just me. Somehow I have some of both.

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I also would rather have one $500 knife than fifty $10 knives, but I would rather have ten $50 knives than one $500 knife.
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stockman wrote:I would rather have a nice old knife that is worth $500.00 than 50 $10.00 knives. That is just me. Somehow I have some of both.

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I'm with you on that, only problem is I don't have any $500 knives. I did just buy one for $272, I've never spent that much on a single knife before.
edge213 wrote:I also would rather have one $500 knife than fifty $10 knives, but I would rather have ten $50 knives than one $500 knife.
But what about five $100 knives? ::hmm::
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KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:
stockman wrote:I would rather have a nice old knife that is worth $500.00 than 50 $10.00 knives. That is just me. Somehow I have some of both.

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I'm with you on that, only problem is I don't have any $500 knives. I did just buy one for $272, I've never spent that much on a single knife before.
edge213 wrote:I also would rather have one $500 knife than fifty $10 knives, but I would rather have ten $50 knives than one $500 knife.
But what about five $100 knives? ::hmm::
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I have a $500 knife but it only cost me (less than) $5 some 50 years ago when I bought it. I had no idea what it's value was until 7 or 8 years ago. In fact, I questioned it's legitimacy up until I started researching it.

The most I've ever spent on a knife was $150. It just about took the stuffin' out of me the first time I spent $80 for a knife (GEC).

Hey you big spenders. How about showing some of those $500 knives.
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