Ed White: no longer in demand?

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$9,000 + shipping (+sales tax if sold to a US buyer..).

https://www.ebay.com/itm/114254269236?orig_cvip=true

So how low is that Ed White demand?

Probably not the best comparison to use...

This seller used to be " international2013-2013" and then changed usernames due to poor service and extensive shill bidding. A lot of their watches turn back up for sales months down the road. An Air King I was looking at previously resurfaced 1+ years later.

We trust you though! The Speedy market is ever strong. The dealers continue to make money hand over fist! 👍
 
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Probably not the best comparison to use...

This seller used to be " international2013-2013" and then changed usernames due to poor service and extensive shill bidding.
Even better! Now imagine if it was a nice example from a reliable source... 👍😉
 
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extensive shill bidding

As a cause for this price perhaps.

Even better! Now imagine if it was a nice example from a reliable source... 👍😉

I'm sure it would make my eyes water.
 
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Probably not the best comparison to use...

This seller used to be " international2013-2013" and then changed usernames due to poor service and extensive shill bidding. A lot of their watches turn back up for sales months down the road. An Air King I was looking at previously resurfaced 1+ years later.

We trust you though! The Speedy market is ever strong. The dealers continue to make money hand over fist! 👍

The shill bidding is strong with that guys dumps. I've seen the same watches over and over and over. I haven't seen an 003 sell on the open market for a 'good' price on 'chart' in a while.

The very few exemplary cases, well that's not a market... That's a once in a blue moon occurrence.

Speedmasters just sit right now unless priced aggressively. And collectors understandably are keeping their best examples.
 
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Replaced beer pong...
When I was in college it was Roxanne by the Police. When he said “Roxanne”, half the room drank. When he said “red light”, the other half drank. It was hard to make it to the end of the song.
 
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When I was in college it was Roxanne by the Police. When he said “Roxanne”, half the room drank. When he said “red light”, the other half drank. It was hard to make it to the end of the song.

Did this at a dormitory Tour de Chambres fourteen years ago (wow, has it really been fourteen years?!?) where we had themed our rooms and offered drinks and games at each place. This particular guy had made a brothel theme including dressing up accordingly, all 6'6" of him. I woke up the day after in a different bed than I used to in a different hall... Never found my shoes.
 
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Did this at a dormitory Tour de Chambres fourteen years ago (wow, has it really been fourteen years?!?) where we had themed our rooms and offered drinks and games at each place. This particular guy had made a brothel theme including dressing up accordingly, all 6'6" of him. I woke up the day after in a different bed than I used to in a different hall... Never found my shoes.
Lol! So those were your shoes?!?!
People under the age of 25 don’t seem to realize that we were once them- although we didn’t have as much tech to occupy us, so we found other ways.
 
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Lol! So those were your shoes?!?!
People under the age of 25 don’t seem to realize that we were once them- although we didn’t have as much tech to occupy us, so we found other ways.

It was the same TdC where we lifted the room doors from their hinges and swapped them… I think I possibly had a 80s themed room, but cannot remember.

In my current occupation I work in an organisation where there are very liberal ways of socialising (meeting with a friend for wine after job tomorrow and had to pass an after work garden party) and most of the people are twenty-two to thirty-five. I can't keep up with them anymore!
 
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Lol! So those were your shoes?!?!
People under the age of 25 don’t seem to realize that we were once them- although we didn’t have as much tech to occupy us, so we found other ways.


Same for people under 60...
 
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It’s been said a few times in other “bubble bursting” threads and didn’t dawn on me until explained and illustrated- condition, condition, condition. The better ones are going up, middle to poor ones are going down. Neither of these are great.

this is good news for collectors who can live with signs of use in a half century old object; lower prices means I can fill my boots with models I like.

As someone who enjoys watches for what they are, it’s great to get a 50% discount for a sympathetic set of replaced hands for example.

The true bubble bursting will come when the current older generation of collectors pass, and their children unleash the collection of perfect watches they have been forming since the 80s.
 
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this is good news for collectors who can live with signs of use in a half century old object; lower prices means I can fill my boots with models I like.

As someone who enjoys watches for what they are, it’s great to get a 50% discount for a sympathetic set of replaced hands for example.

The true bubble bursting will come when the current older generation of collectors pass, and their children unleash the collection of perfect watches they have been forming since the 80s.
I think this is an interesting perspective and one that doesn’t get looked at much in the macro of collecting- the waves.
My friend Ed has been in the stereo business since 1971, his father opened the shop in 1931. His father was a dealer for McIntosh, Marantz, Tannoy, JBL, Bozak, etc- people who were buying this gear in the 50’s & 60’s were already established, kids couldn’t afford it- they were in their 40’s+ at the time. Flash forward to the 90’s- the market was flooded with this stuff, Ed was getting it for free from clients bringing in gear their parents bought from his father 30 years earlier and wanted to trade it in for something new- then the flood turned back into a trickle by the 00’s.
30 years later, Ed is sitting on a goldmine, but he is in his 70’s, as are many of the collectors who were buying this stuff for peanuts in the 90’s....and within the next 10-15 years...the second flood is coming.
 
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this is good news for collectors who can live with signs of use in a half century old object; lower prices means I can fill my boots with models I like.

As someone who enjoys watches for what they are, it’s great to get a 50% discount for a sympathetic set of replaced hands for example....

Plus you get to wear it without thinking about nicks and scratches. Win-win. (Downside is you could end up buying more watches, the 100% plus the 50%).