A 1950's Sunbeam egg cooker.
Sold for $222.50.
I don't get it?
Sure, it's mint in box, but so are a lot of mid-century small appliances and such.
It's not particularly space age atomic shaped or anything that screams "great design" either.
So... Why did it sell for so much money HERE?
$222.50.
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Because people are stupid. Someone probably wanted to buy back their childhood and picked this to do it.
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell?! Perhaps something fishy with the bidding. Or maybe it's just a good old fashioned bidding war. It's a ridonkulous price and nowhere near worth it (except when it comes to recapturing memories, I guess?)
ReplyDeleteBlimey that's a lot of money! It's nice enough, but not $222.50-nice!
ReplyDeleteI'm all about buying back the childhood, but jeez, spread the cash out over several things that buy it back. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteBecause at least 2 people REALLY wanted it. Prices on eBay often don't make sense. =)
ReplyDeleteBecause someone had some eggstra money laying around the coop.
ReplyDeleteUgh. Some folks have too much money. I don't know why this is so flippin expensive.
ReplyDeleteeBay is so cryptic...
Hugs, Miss A!
Those are actually rather rare, especially MIB. I would never pay that much as I will never in my life have the cash nor the need to eat that many eggs...BUT...if I did love eggs that much and had the money, I would have paid that. I LOVE Sunbeam appliances. There's just something about them. I for one prefer the early 50s, pre-atomic things often a lot more than the atomic stuff.
ReplyDeleteHmm well I've seen mid-century espresso makers and malted milk makers sell for a lot of money, but never an egg cooker. And I watch a whole lot of auctions. =O
ReplyDeleteApparently you have not encountered those creatures called Appliance Collectors. My former partner is a member of the Vacuum Collectors Club, and those folks have been known to bid things up very high (and a lot of them collect vintage appliances in general)...when two fools want the same item. I suspect this is a rare piece, and that combined with condition caused a couple of people to go nuts :-)
ReplyDeletelol... I understand some appliances selling for a lot of money. Often it's the design, or like I said,, espresso machines. Things people use.
ReplyDeleteBut I still do not get this item selling for THIS much.
I'm afraid I agree with Barbara. lol
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of people out there who have no idea what things should cost. Whoever bought it probably thinks they got a great deal.
Amazing. You would really want to have it to pay that much...not sure why. Although it is pretty cool looking.
ReplyDeleteIt does look cool but not THAT cool, however the market will find the price, maybe on another day without the right people watching it would go for $30?
ReplyDeletefor 25% of this price my ex fella has bought a 50's stromberg carburetor with the complete box...
ReplyDelete222 $ for a egg cooker !! oh my !!! that's a joke !!!
I probably never put more that 8 $ and under torture !!! ha ha ha ha
At least it wasn't something you wanted.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I find heartbreaking. Not just that the things I like are ridiculously expensive but that the things I considered obtainable (cheap) will probably never be within my grasp.
Wow! That seems like a lot of money!
ReplyDeleteActually I have a Sunbeam egg cooker like that one... and I even use it - makes a fine poached egg. ;) But I didn't pay anywhere near $222 for it (more like $4 or $5), and I wouldn't buy it for that price even it was mint in box. It may be a simple case of a bidding war as Kim suggested, maybe between a few of those rabid appliance collectors that moviemag46 mentioned. Ebay does funny things to people. ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd ditto what MoonDoggie said.. I've had the same experience too many times...
Oh dear! So sorry to hear this turned out this way! I was sure I had seen those when I was shopping with my mom, she actually was looking at them. If you needed some proof, next time I am at pier one I can see if they have an old catalogue, would that help?
ReplyDeleteShermy
Oops I posted that on the wrong post!! Silly me!
ReplyDeletelol no worries Shermy
ReplyDeleteIt may not have been from Pier One "Literally", but the sculptures are NOT "eames 1960". Maybe IKEA?