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ChuckS1
11-01-2010, 09:39 PM
Was watching this one, but way too much for me!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rt=nc&nma=true&item=290492895561&si=lCKkuH%252BIDu5HQDYc8xenu90AXvo%253D&viewitem=
cheese1566
11-01-2010, 09:42 PM
Yeah, but it only had $5 shipping!!!:veryconfu
PAT303
11-01-2010, 09:48 PM
I seriously don't get people on ebay.You can buy a brand new HP mold for less than that. Pat
HeavyMetal
11-01-2010, 09:53 PM
Somebody wanted this bad!!!

Someone somewhere thinks this is worth the money.

God Bless them that they have it to spend!
Jack Stanley
11-01-2010, 09:58 PM
I think that is the only forty-four hollow base mold I've ever seen . Maybe the guys a collector and having one modified to that just wouldn't do . We all know it's pretty unlikely that Lyman would make any more for the customers out there .

Jack
Bret4207
11-02-2010, 06:56 AM
Somebody wanted this bad!!!

Someone somewhere thinks this is worth the money.

God Bless them that they have it to spend!

That or the seller had a proxy bidder boosting the price for him.
mtnman31
11-02-2010, 06:12 PM
I was shocked by that one as well. For 300 bucks I could have a couple of custom molds made and feel much more secure about whether or not they will drop a bullet that is useable. I guess that is the practical side of me since I don't quite understand the need of the collector to buy molds and not use them.

I could swear I saw one of the same molds go for around 55 bucks a few months back.
9.3X62AL
11-02-2010, 06:16 PM
This is no more ridiculous than a S&W or Colt collector spending a zillion dollars on some desirable revolver or autopistol--then staring at it in a display case or sealing it up in a safe. Bizarre.
BCB
11-02-2010, 07:51 PM
I don't know much about it, but I think the "Hollow Base" is the part that caused the price to go so high...

I think I would like to try a few boolits from it, but I wouldn't spend that much money...

I guess the uniqueness of it demanded the price?...

BCB
Shiloh
11-02-2010, 09:43 PM
Unbelievable.

I should not be astounded anymore about e-bay, but I am. What mtmman 31 said, one could get a couple of custom molds made for that.

SHiloh
beagle
11-02-2010, 09:58 PM
That's a ridiculous price no matter what. I have a couple of 429422s and they just don't shoot that great. Maybe it's the nostalgia of owning a hard to find Keith design. But, if you got deep pockets and want one, why not./beagle
PAT303
11-03-2010, 12:36 AM
This is no more ridiculous than a S&W or Colt collector spending a zillion dollars on some desirable revolver or autopistol--then staring at it in a display case or sealing it up in a safe. Bizarre.

I've never understood that either.But I can't complain about ebay,for me it has been the single best thing once I started to cast as casting is not that big here.I have bought some real bargains,one a week ago. Pat
Echo
11-03-2010, 01:14 AM
Yeah, but it's an Ideal mold - not Lyman - and that makes it more desirable to a collector. Sure, one could but a couple of new custom dies for that money - but I'm looking at a 1959 Jag coupe that would cost more than a new Buick...
Shiloh
11-03-2010, 10:31 AM
Yeah, but it's an Ideal mold - not Lyman - and that makes it more desirable to a collector. Sure, one could but a couple of new custom dies for that money - but I'm looking at a 1959 Jag coupe that would cost more than a new Buick...

If you went with the Buick, how many custom molds could you buy with the difference? :kidding:

Shiloh
cajun shooter
11-03-2010, 11:25 AM
I have refused to buy anything from e-bay. The bidding is rigged on so many auctions. You bid on a shooting product and here comes first time bidders raising your every bid. If you stop bidding which I do they bid against each other until the price is the same as new then you add shipping.
mdi
11-03-2010, 01:03 PM
Well, the only way it would be worth $297 to me would be if Elmer himself had Ideal make it and he used this mold himself! But in my limited knowledge a hollow base at .44 magnum velocities/pressures would prolly lead to some problems...
Daddyfixit
11-03-2010, 03:16 PM
I know there's a guy at work that set up a new fleabay account on his work station just to bid things up!
buck1
11-03-2010, 03:24 PM
Still someone paid $ for that mold. I wish I was born rich instead of so darn good lookin! LOL:kidding:
MtGun44
11-03-2010, 07:43 PM
Rare old design with some history to the design. Kinda like the prices you are seeing for
M1 carbines. Turned one down years ago for $17, can't quite figure what I would do with
one now for $800. BUT, some folks like them a lot and are willing to pay that price.

Same for that rare old mold.

Bill
PAT303
11-03-2010, 10:43 PM
I wish more people hated ebay,I'd get even more bargains. Pat
Jack Stanley
11-04-2010, 08:43 PM
I wish more people hated ebay,I'd get even more bargains. Pat

You got the idea Pat303 !! 8-)I look at it like any other auction , set a price of what it's worth to you and go go above that . Some of that stuff is a bargain , the bad part is it's not the stuff I'm looking for he he he .

Jack
Ole
11-04-2010, 10:32 PM
Evilbay is good for some things.

I have gotten some smoking deals on vintage solder rolls from ebaY.
XWrench3
11-04-2010, 11:04 PM
for certain someone who really does not know the value of a dollar bid that high. well, really, probably a couple of them. probably, doctors or lawyers. someone with an almost unlimited income. when you have "cubic dollars", you do not need much common sense!
lwknight
11-05-2010, 01:51 AM
You really gotta watch out on EVILBAY.
I saw this:

100lbs of hardened lead bars, Brinell Hardness of 18-20 as tested. This is recovered bullet lead from indoor ranges which has been cleaned and poured into bars. This is NOT wheel weight lead. High quality lead ready for bullet casting.

What a load of lies. The skanky liying sack of rot trying to say 20 bnh from range scrap! Sheesh !
Dannix
11-05-2010, 02:08 AM
I hardened when it cooled from liquid to solid. ;)


You really gotta watch out on EVILBAY.
I saw this:

What a load of lies. The skanky liying sack of rot trying to say 20 bnh from range scrap! Sheesh !
madsenshooter
11-05-2010, 09:23 AM
That or the seller had a proxy bidder boosting the price for him.

I was bidding on a Griffin and Howe mount that had a rusty Alaskan in it, back when you could talk with the others who were bidding. This other guy kept running the price up and telling me how rare it was, and how much more he'd seen similar items bring. I got digging around and the guy was in the same business as the seller, antique glassware, and lived not far from the seller. My bidding on the hunk of junk stopped, but I think it wound up going for over $700 and not to the schill.