Some plugs going up

[Steve Jelf]

I've been spoiled. I'm used to buying usable old spark plugs for under $5 at Hershey, Chickasha, etc. Sometimes I find decent restorable old plugs for $2. Fortunately at this point I have enough to last until the sale after I'm gone.
Currently there's a set of four NOS Edison 14 on EBay. The bid is $61. The sale will end Sunday afternoon. What will be the winning bid?

[ThreePedalTapDancer]

Double now.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/116163117270?i ... R8yprePmYw

[CudaMan]

Not my fault, I already have enough Edison 14s and 13s to meet my needs, so I won't be bidding. They are great plugs.

I'm going to give away a trade secret - I use auctionsniper.com to put in a last second bid for me. I go to their site, enter the item number, and put in the absolute maximum I am willing to pay. The site puts in my bid five seconds before the auction ends. They do collect a very reasonable percentage for their service, but only if you win the auction.

[Terry_007]

Yes, the cost of old plugs has gone nutz! As a collector of interesting early plugs for nearly 50 years now, I've enjoyed those "good old days" when you'd be able to go through a bucket of them at Hershey and come away with a half dozen you'd never seen before - and at a buck a piece. Now, they are displayed in showcases for hundreds. Unfortunately, most people selling hem know absolutely nothing about them. They are just trying to squeeze as much as they can, and having seen the occasional piece on evil-bay selling for hundreds, they think anything with a brass top on it is rare and valuable. Nope. It's taken me a long time to figure out what's rare and what isn't.

Then there are the "gotta have it" bidders that run up the price at auction. I love it when I out-snipe them in the last couple of seconds. No, I'm not interested in those overpriced Edison's

Steve, you've got the right approach. They are still out there and like you, I enjoy the thrill of the hunt and the excitement of discovery.

Here's an interesting Ford plug I acquired not long ago -
Terry

[skyhunter]

Not my fault, I already have enough Edison 14s and 13s to meet my needs, so I won't be bidding. They are great plugs.

I'm going to give away a trade secret - I use auctionsniper.com to put in a last second bid for me. I go to their site, enter the item number, and put in the absolute maximum I am willing to pay. The site puts in my bid five seconds before the auction ends. They do collect a very reasonable percentage for their service, but only if you win the auction.

You can do the same yourself by opening a second window with your max bid filled out and ready for place bid. Then wait till 5 seconds and go to second window and place the bid.

[Chris Barker]

The prices are surely going up because folks like you lot above, and many others have built up their own lifetime collections!

[Tadpole]

Wonder what they'll be worth when we're gone?

[John kuehn]

When you look up auctionsniper there are definitely lots of pros and cons about it according to the blogs and posts about it. Folks will always find a way to beat the system or use other means to beat the other guy or come out on top!
The good folks in government figured out how to make the big bucks in the stock market by having folks in the stock market let them know when to buy and sell to make the big bucks. They use their position to do it.

But is it right or wrong. That depends on how ethical folks want to be. But what are ethics’s these days or does it exist any more.

[RVA23T]

Wonder what they'll be worth when we're gone?

They will be "priced-less".

[TWrenn]

Wonder what they'll be worth when we're gone?

They will be "priced-less".

Ha ha I was gonna say "nothing". Guess I just did!

[Terry_007]

The prices are surely going up because folks like you lot above, and many others have built up their own lifetime collections!

So,what do you collect?
Terry

[Carl]

Remember ,,,it’s not Hording ,,,if it’s good stuff….!!!

[Chris Barker]

Terry,
I seem to have more than enough old timers - but that's useful as I'm recreating a modernised Duntley using Lucas points......

[RecklessKelly]

Just installed Champion X's in my coupe. Havent ran it with them yet maybe sunday if it doesnt rain. They came with the car NIB, I see they are pretty pricey. $45.00. I think the caps were extra on top of that.

[1925 Touring]

These prices are shocking!