What am I Missing Here?

[nsfisher]

Obviously I am missing something here, as there are 11 bids for this offer. Is it perhaps age? Were these Cobs made so many yrs ago that they are now worth 4-5 times the retail?
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170891706622&clk_rvr_id=374854662348&item=170891706622&lgeo=1&vectorid=229529

 

[guitarguy86]

I'm not too knowledgeable, but those pipes look nicer than any cob I've ever seen. Then again, the bids could be people like me not knowing much, just going for looks.

 

[taerin]

$60 "with faint teeth marks?" W.T.F. moment... They are gold banded with vulcanite stems and one shape is no longer sold, but still...

 

[sjpipesmoker]

maybe it's real gold? Nice, yes, but Nsfisher is right....4-5 times retail???

 

[gmwolford]

Obviously, it's the fact they are "matched" and in their box. :roll:
No way I'd pay anywhere near those prices…

 

[tokerpipes]

They are over $100 now. Who owned them first? Elvis?

 

[mrenglish]

Insane. Probably for the reasons listed above (matched set, vulcanite stems, gold band) and throw in a bidding war; there you go.

 

[havanarick]

nsfisher, its just a corn cob!!

 

[cigrmaster]

Ya gotta love it..ebay is great for that kind of stuff. The market always rules.

 

[waznyf]

Probably went for so much due to the gold bands (I assume that they are gold.)

Very nice pipes but I don't see myself spending that much money on two MM cobs.

 

[topd]

I would have paid $30 American for them.... $103.50--- No!

 

[reichenbach]

It reminds me of when I used to tell my dad how much my baseball cards were worth: 'It's only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.' It's worth $103 to someone. Not me either though.

 

[unixhelp]

To me it looks like 2 bidders ( with 100% bid activity with that seller ) driving the price up....justa guess but to me it looks like the seller might be running a scam...but i could be wrong