Yeah, that seems to be a bit much. I'm sure they did some custom work but $1000 in the 1920s was an incredible amount of money. This ad from 1929 had their most expensive brush at $50.00 for "the world's finest deluxe brush."
"No woman today goes for a guy with a beaver" Great research work on recording the history of that brush. I wonder how many of those they made in sterling? It must have been quite limited if it only sold at flagship department store like Horne's in Pittsburgh.
Thanks, it was an interesting one for sure. The fluff-piece news article really is funny. I like the quote that the knot itself was worth $113 (in 1947 dollars) because it came from "Silver-tipped Siberian badgers." I can't imagine too many of these were made (or sold, for that matter) if they really did go for $400 back then. Way too much money for an item that was considered utilitarian.