Me and Bobby McGee

Celestino, I just presumed it was Sabini as he was quite active during that period but who really knows!  I love how they hold and release lather. Beautiful brush. Mine are the standard ivory 1,2,&3 xl's.

Some products, like those brushes maintain high aftermarket value while others seem to vanish. I was fond of the old Woods of Windsor, old being ironic as it was first marketed mid 70s. At the time it was one of the few Spanish leathers readily available and when the company went into receivership supplies slowly sold off for some time. I found several caches' of both AS and cologne and even the tallow soap ( lovely stuff except the essential oils burned.) Then the few sources seemed to have woken up to it's scarcity and $20 bottles on EBAY sold for $85. Corporate reorganization brought it back, reformulated with patchouli and instead of the castle some Rorsach inkspot logo. I used up my supply and felt no loss.
I Castellani seems to be the latest soap to vanish and a more savvy community snapped up everything quickly. The Shulton OLD SPICE was part of growing up. It, and Gillette Butterfly razors were standard issue in my family and much of America. I never thought it too would become a sought after item. Floid Blue, of which I am approaching an empty bottle, so many others.
I've read much of the antique and collectable market is driven by people hungry for items of their childhood. I'll pass , mine was enough to survive. I do miss those native guppies bought for pennies, now inbred into psychedelic displays of physical defects.