I am selling these leadholders, but they are in terrible condition!
Any suggestions for a starting bid on eBay?
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All depends on what you paid…. $25 is what I’d say with a buy it now for $50
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I cann’t remmeber how much I paid for them, that was too long ago.
Do you think I would do better selling the pencils individually? I also think I can list two good sets, each of all four colors (black, blue, silver, and gold).
They’re pretty ugly, yes. Maybe you could take them apart and put together a pair of good ones with the best parts.
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I’d say make the sets
Sell them 45 a piece and auction the rest starting at 10
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I will create the sets and list the rest at a starting bid of $10. I know it is better, historically, to have them all in one lot, but the opportunity cost for such an option may be high…
Thank you very much @DarkwingDuck & @First_Sail
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Just here to say that this is very interesting, using push button color to indicate lead grade is something I’ve never seen done before! And it’s metallic! They’re pretty cool.
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Staedtler used to do something like that, and in a very clever way: every one of their 2.00 mm lead container for 12 lead cores had a tiny space at one end for a color-coded rear button which could be traded for any of their leadholders original cap; in this way, not only it was possible to tell the lead content of a clutch pencil at a glance, but it was possible to carry the lead core and its identifying cap all over a collection of leadholders.
See here for a short video explaining the technique with a direct example.
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The Faber Castell tk9595 I think or the 9502 (or both) comes with spare caps for that also
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