Value of cuffs

I have the following restraints and would like to know what they are worth. Any help is much appreciated. -Craig


ITEM YEAR COUNTRY CONDITION

German Grip of Unknown Origin 1970s? Germany mint

Heid and Roth Original Model 1910s Germany excellent minor tarnish in one area

Pistol Grip 1950 USA excellent

Tower Leg Iron by Balco 1920s USA mint

Bean Cobb Leg Iron 1899 USA excellent very minor rust in one area

Smith & Wesson Model 94 Version 3 1970s USA excellent

Tower Bean 1909 USA excellent very minor rust in one area

Tower Double Lock Union Hardware Swivel Model" about 1910 USA mint

Russian Manacle A Houdini original
McColl Version--brushed brass body (original 1900) 1990s (?)
Australia excellent

Indian Flexible Darby Later 1900s India surface rust

Mirror Handcuff McColl Version (original 1904) 1990s (UK)
Australia mint

Griffin & Nichols Late 1800s UK rusted

Hamburg 8 1930s ? Germany mint

Bagno (thumbcuff) ? ?

Securitech Rotary Handcuffs ? ? excellent with minor rust

Craig

I would be glad to help you with the value of a cuff or two, but for that information you need to send a good set of pictures. It is very hard to evaluate a cuff by name only.

No offense intended, but if one knows enough to accurately name the cuff, then one should be able to assign a rough value.

I often find that names of cuffs are assigned merely by choosing the closest picture on the web. This method often fails. That is why I can not usually give a value without a picture.

Another way to value cuffs is to look at the past auction listings.

http://www.handcuffs.org/auctions.html

Joe

I have the following restraints and would like to know what they are worth. Any help is much appreciated. -Craig


ITEM YEAR COUNTRY CONDITION

German Grip of Unknown Origin 1970s? Germany mint

Heid and Roth Original Model 1910s Germany excellent minor tarnish in one area

Pistol Grip 1950 USA excellent

Tower Leg Iron by Balco 1920s USA mint

Bean Cobb Leg Iron 1899 USA excellent very minor rust in one area

Smith & Wesson Model 94 Version 3 1970s USA excellent

Tower Bean 1909 USA excellent very minor rust in one area

Tower Double Lock Union Hardware Swivel Model" about 1910 USA mint

Russian Manacle A Houdini original
McColl Version--brushed brass body (original 1900) 1990s (?)
Australia excellent

Indian Flexible Darby Later 1900s India surface rust

Mirror Handcuff McColl Version (original 1904) 1990s (UK)
Australia mint

Griffin & Nichols Late 1800s UK rusted

Hamburg 8 1930s ? Germany mint

Bagno (thumbcuff) ? ?

Securitech Rotary Handcuffs ? ? excellent with minor rust

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You might want to add if they have a key or not and whether or not the key is original...

I have the following restraints and would like to know what they are worth. Any help is much appreciated. -Craig


ITEM YEAR COUNTRY CONDITION

German Grip of Unknown Origin 1970s? Germany mint

Heid and Roth Original Model 1910s Germany excellent minor tarnish in one area

Pistol Grip 1950 USA excellent

Tower Leg Iron by Balco 1920s USA mint

Bean Cobb Leg Iron 1899 USA excellent very minor rust in one area

Smith & Wesson Model 94 Version 3 1970s USA excellent

Tower Bean 1909 USA excellent very minor rust in one area

Tower Double Lock Union Hardware Swivel Model" about 1910 USA mint

Russian Manacle A Houdini original
McColl Version--brushed brass body (original 1900) 1990s (?)
Australia excellent

Indian Flexible Darby Later 1900s India surface rust

Mirror Handcuff McColl Version (original 1904) 1990s (UK)
Australia mint

Griffin & Nichols Late 1800s UK rusted

Hamburg 8 1930s ? Germany mint

Bagno (thumbcuff) ? ?

Securitech Rotary Handcuffs ? ? excellent with minor rust

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I have gotten photos taken of the cuffs with keyes in my collection. I will be posting them soon for feedback regarding their value. I am also curious about auctions. Joseph, you responded with a link to past auctions. Were these Ebay auctions or some other special auction? If I put my cuffs on Ebay, do you reccommend that I make an anouncement through this site prior?

Thanks
-Craig

I have the following restraints and would like to know what they are worth. Any help is much appreciated. -Craig


ITEM YEAR COUNTRY CONDITION

German Grip of Unknown Origin 1970s? Germany mint

Heid and Roth Original Model 1910s Germany excellent minor tarnish in one area

Pistol Grip 1950 USA excellent

Tower Leg Iron by Balco 1920s USA mint

Bean Cobb Leg Iron 1899 USA excellent very minor rust in one area

Smith & Wesson Model 94 Version 3 1970s USA excellent

Tower Bean 1909 USA excellent very minor rust in one area

Tower Double Lock Union Hardware Swivel Model" about 1910 USA mint

Russian Manacle A Houdini original
McColl Version--brushed brass body (original 1900) 1990s (?)
Australia excellent

Indian Flexible Darby Later 1900s India surface rust

Mirror Handcuff McColl Version (original 1904) 1990s (UK)
Australia mint

Griffin & Nichols Late 1800s UK rusted

Hamburg 8 1930s ? Germany mint

Bagno (thumbcuff) ? ?

Securitech Rotary Handcuffs ? ? excellent with minor rust

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to get a rough idea on your bean's & tower's go to the home page and read about them under BEAN THE AMERICAN GIANT & TOWER THE AMERICAN STANDARD, at the bottom of these JOE has listed values (estimated) and yes please post when you are going to place on ebay

I have the following restraints and would like to know what they are worth. Any help is much appreciated. -Craig


ITEM YEAR COUNTRY CONDITION

German Grip of Unknown Origin 1970s? Germany mint

Heid and Roth Original Model 1910s Germany excellent minor tarnish in one area

Pistol Grip 1950 USA excellent

Tower Leg Iron by Balco 1920s USA mint

Bean Cobb Leg Iron 1899 USA excellent very minor rust in one area

Smith & Wesson Model 94 Version 3 1970s USA excellent

Tower Bean 1909 USA excellent very minor rust in one area

Tower Double Lock Union Hardware Swivel Model" about 1910 USA mint

Russian Manacle A Houdini original
McColl Version--brushed brass body (original 1900) 1990s (?)
Australia excellent

Indian Flexible Darby Later 1900s India surface rust

Mirror Handcuff McColl Version (original 1904) 1990s (UK)
Australia mint

Griffin & Nichols Late 1800s UK rusted

Hamburg 8 1930s ? Germany mint

Bagno (thumbcuff) ? ?

Securitech Rotary Handcuffs ? ? excellent with minor rust

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Craig

The recent auction reports are all from ebay. That is a very good place for you to sell your cuffs. A good set of pictures is very important. People will also want to know about any printed markings on the cuffs. You also need to show the key if you have one. If you don't have the key then say so.

You are quite welcome to post a notice here when you start you auctions. Visitors to this site are always interested in auctions that offer something nice.

Good luck
Joe