for you knife lovers out there

[Pilgrim]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110183630650&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=001

A woman from Sycamore, IL bought this knife at a Barn sale for $5, she didn't know what she had and put it up on eBay with a starting bid of $14.95.

 

[Twigg]

I hope she gets her money.

The winning bidder's only negative feedback was as a non-paying bidder.

 

[Tiktock]

True story....ive been following the auction. Scagels are absurdly hard to come by and this is the beggest ive seen.

 

[Big_Red]

What exactly is so special about this knife? Sorry, I am not a knife collector, nor do I play one on TV

 

[Tiktock]

Heres a lil: More at: http://stonecenterpiece.com/hobby2.html
William Wales Scagel was the 6th and youngest child of John and Annie Lee Scagel; born on Lincoln's birthday, February 12, 1875. By the 1960s and 1970s, Bill Scagel was virtually unknown to most of America's growing leigons of knife collectors. But Scagel has become a household word to knife collectors today. He was the first truly great knifemaker of the 20th century. It was a Scagel knife that inspired Randall to begin his knifemaking career and it was a handfulof Scagel knives in the Randall Musuem that led collectors to begin searching out knives by this great pioneer.

 

[95blklsc]

OMG almost 11K!!!

 

[Tiktock]

Im surprised it didnt go higher....Loveless basic knives commonly go above that:
http://knifepurveyor.com/bob_loveless_custom_knife_micarta_riverside_chute_knife_133.aspx

 

[Martlet]

What a great story. Toss a knife up for 14.95 and your first bid is $300 bucks. She must have crapped her pants.

 

[dreppucci007]

Wow

 

[N.E. CHARTERS]

WOW! Thats a lotta Bucks and Does

I did not know kinves were worth that much.

 

[Tiktock]

Tough to say, but not thousands....maybe hundreds, but im not familiar with specific model numbers.....if you want to know for sure, send me a PM and i have a guy who will give you an exact quote. It having been well used may or may not destory the value....some old knives are appreciated to have been used, but under 50 years, collectors usually want pristine as-new condition-wise.