How does today's cast iron market compare with years past? Do you see eBay really driving prices (higher, lower?)? Have you noticed prices at flea markets/consignment/antique malls rise? I feel like I've noticed in the past couple months local prices going higher. Anything marked Wagner or Griswold is skyhigh, but I can pick a Victor out of the same stack for $10. Any thoughts on pricing trends?
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To the senior members/long time collectors
- Thread starter DaleR
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While there are still good deals to be had on eBay, it seems you have to look harder to find them than you did say 5 years ago. Back then, the daily average number of listings in Collectibles > Kitchen & Home > Kitchenware > Cookware > Cast Iron was around 4000. As of this writing, it's over 12,000. In a world where demand is constant, a jump in supply such as that should translate to lower prices, but we can see that in the world of online auctions, that's not the case. I can remember around that time buying a beautiful older Favorite Piqua #12 block TM outside heat ring skillet for $50, and a Griswold #8 Slant EPU heat ring skillet for $20, neither with any real bidding competition.
Out in the real world today, at least in the locales I search, it's all over the place. I still see bargains, I see things priced about right, and I see things that just make me laugh (rusty Taiwanese skillet $29, Griswold #3 SBL skillet $110 on sale for $75!). Our toughest part out there these days is the seller who looks at the ridiculous asking prices on eBay and thinks that's what things should or actually do sell for.
Out in the real world today, at least in the locales I search, it's all over the place. I still see bargains, I see things priced about right, and I see things that just make me laugh (rusty Taiwanese skillet $29, Griswold #3 SBL skillet $110 on sale for $75!). Our toughest part out there these days is the seller who looks at the ridiculous asking prices on eBay and thinks that's what things should or actually do sell for.