Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:41 pm
I can see how someone would pay that much, I would not but maybe they once owned one and want another. It is hard to guage peoples response to stuff like this. It is a fact however that we are in a sport/pastime, vintage diving, that has at it's disposal a limited and declining pool of resources. The second problem is that there are so few of us that there really is no market to attract the larger companies into marketing new vintage style products. Therefore, when a fellow sees something on ebay they want then sometimes unexpected things can happen if another person thinks they want the same item. Nope, I am not the guy that bought that mask. I think that blue Healthways mask I bought past spring, complete with vintage box, was about 35.00 off ebay. Limited supplies equals high cost. Heck, I sold a set of mint Voit fins for over a hindred dollars that used to run about 10 dollars in the day. You know, Voit made some really cool masks and fins. I could see me spending 100 dollars on a mint w/box oval blue Voit mask with equalizer pockets--don't tell my wife. James