Been A While...What Happened?

Friends and Clients,

You may have noticed the seeming absence of new postings over the last 3 months.  Well, I have a note from the teacher - I've been consulting out-of-town for a considerable length of time.  Rest assured that we are preparing some very special things for this holiday season.  Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, Ramadan or just enjoy the cold, clear nights of winter, we will have something that will be special to you.  Keep checking our store and ebay, particularly in a couple of weeks, for some very nice things.

The Vintage Shaving Shoppe Is Now An eBay Top Rated Seller!

Thanks to all of our customers who have given us 5 star ratings on eBay and thus contributed to us being named a Top Rated Seller!  This highest honor shows the faith that our customers have in our ability to deliver the highest quality items in a timely fashion.  Keep an eye out every week for more great material as we continue to go through our vast inventory.

The Vintage Shaving Shoppe Gets "The Chair"

It's not just about the razor or the quality of the shave - at least it isn't for me and for most serious collectors I know.  Razors hanging on a wall or even in a nice glassed-in case look somewhat odd and forlorn set there alone in a living room or office.  The finest and most enjoyable collections I have ever seen are put in a setting that gives it context, history...a flavor of shaving past if you like. 

It is with this in mind that I am proud to announce that The Vintage Shaving Shoppe has just laid its hands on a near mint condition 1920s era Koken Barber's Chair with child seat.  This beautiful item is all porcelain and nickel plated iron. It has the original headrest, original upholstery (or if re-upholstered, it was done many years using original materials).  The hydraulics work wonderfully and the chair tilts and swivels like new.  The chair is SO good, that all I have done to it is added hydraulic fluid, lubricated the moving parts and polished and protected the finishes. The only work I am having done (at no small expense) is re-plating the two footrest surfaces with nickel to return them to "showroom" condition and re-upholstering the child seat.  The chair should be available for sale in two to three weeks for $2,500.  It weighs approximately 350 lbs, so local pick up is required.  I will work with serious collectors who don't mind the considerable expense of having the chair shipped to a distant location.

I have also been buying other items that will provide context to and enhance, your collection, including two Gillette display cases, two wooden Sanitizer cabinets and a early 20th century beauticians license.  Please feel free to contact me at assistance@vintageshavingshoppe.com if there are items you are searching for that I may not be currently displaying.

Here are a few "preview" pictures of the chair:

Congratulations To Winning Bidder: The Unger Bros. Sterling Silver Scaled Straight Razor!

Congratulations to the gentleman with the discerning eye who won our auction on eBay tonight for the rare Unger Bros. sterling silver scaled straight razor.  He paid a total of $606 for one of the rarest razors I have ever handled.  The spirited bidding started at $299, ascended to $380 where it sat for a few days, before rising to the winning bid price in the last few minutes of the auction.

Keep your eyes open for "bargains" like this one.  It is the razors that were expensive and rare at the time that they were made, that will end up being the best investments of today and tomorrow.  Here is one last look at this fine example of the art of the Unger Bros. of New Jersey before it "disappears" into a private collection.

Again, congratulations to the winner!