Antique locks, What are they worth?

[Doogs]

Her's a site I stumbled across. Some of you may be familiar with it but I thought I'd share and someone may discover they have a jewel in their collection.
http://www.antiquesnavigator.com/antiqu ... guide.html

[oldlock]

On the 1st available trip with a time machine to the 1800's I'm off to cotterills factory to buy a group of mint & boxed padlocks, dribble them slowly onto the market over the next decade and I'd be setup for life ......

[mercurial]

On the 1st available trip with a time machine to the 1800's I'm off to cotterills factory to buy a group of mint & boxed padlocks, dribble them slowly onto the market over the next decade and I'd be setup for life ......

Indeed! I was following that auction, and was astounded when I saw how high it went. I know that Cotterill padlocks command high prices, but was surprised by just how much the price was inflated by virtue of the lock being in mint condition.

...Mark