Vintage detergent prices??

[sharples]

I have found a couple of vintage dteregent boxes but they want any where from 18 to 25 dollars. They are in good condition. Is this a fair price or should i skip them? Thanks a bunch!!

 

[gansky1]

At estate sales, I usually pay anywhere from 50 cents to a whole dollar for old detergent/additive boxes. Depending on where you're buying them, brands, and their availability, that might not be too far out of line.

 

[wiskybill]

I was at the local fair grounds yesterday for a antique show. One vendor had a box of vintage Oxydol in the blue and gold box for $15 and a box of vintage soap flakes, a brand I did't know, for $18. He offered them both for $25.
I thanked him and continued browsing.

 

[gadgetgary]

Guess this one can now be considered 'Vintage'

Does anyone remember the Palmolive Automatic Dishwasher Detergent?
I used to love this stuff.

 

[exploder3211]

Gary
That was great stuff.. We used it in our family for years and years until it was no more.. Sad day

 

[bobbins]

Oxydol....I would die for Oxydol!

 

[oxydolfan1]

Yes! Excellent product....

I had a stock, and used it for ages after it was gone....

 

[launderess]

Time was one could have vintage detergents for less than one dollar, but times have changed and some dealers seem to believe they are selling gold nuggets. Then there was the member who spied several boxes of vintage detergent at an estate sale, only to have his head handed to him, promply told off and asked to leave by the seller. Apparently those boxes of detergent were "spoken for" and our poor member trod on someone's toes by having the nerve to try and buy something at a sale.

If you really wish the detergent, then no price is to great, so it is really your call. Someone was selling vintage boxes of Oxydol detergent several months ago on fleaBay, and couldn't believe the prices paid.

L.

 

[exploder3211]

I bought an anchient box of rinso for $9 on fleabay.. Great stuff

 

[sharples]

Does anyone?

SO does anyone out there buy new detergents to save for prosterity? (Future collectibles?)