Was this meant for @DebAZ ? I have a sauté pan I love. It was my first copper pan.
I know it can be hard to fathom, but here is how I rationalise such a decision. Take my current one, which cost me 350 euro 12 years ago. I wanted to sell it on an online market place a few months ago, and somebody offered me 225 euro.
So, in all, my annual cost of having this grinder would amount to:
((350-225) + 35 repair and maintenance once) / 12 years = around 13 euro a year
That’s not too bad, I reckon. Plus with the grinder I can buy 23 euro bags of very good coffee beans, versus 36 euro for a similar bag of pre-ground Illy less good coffee.
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Everyone has different goals and different abilities to purchase or use. Especially in this coveting discussion, a longing for expensive stuff comes up. I am very happy with my current stuff, even though I think if I was a millionaire, I would buy better. But, for this current reality, just-good-enough is fine. Just-good-enough in terms of 1. how many and 2. how much it costs, as well as 3. cooking satisfaction.
What I have coveted my whole life is the realization that I got enough. It wasn’t until I was in my 50s did I achieve this. Now I have some money to fund charities I support.
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That resale thing is interesting. When I first responded to your post I tried to find what my old Braun grinder is selling for. Apparently they stopped making it a long time ago. But I did find people selling used ones on eBay for 175-250 USD. I don’t recall exactly what I paid for it 20 years ago, but knowing my habits it probably was about 30-40 USD.
In the case of this Braun grinder, I think people are just posting ridiculous prices in the hopes someone will bite. I seriously doubt an average value of these is even 100 bucks. Even if people think they’re “vintage” or some such nostalgia attaches to them.
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I think there’s a large market cohort that likes and wants to keep using Small Appliance X after theirs dies. If SAX is no longer made, it may be considered a bargain to pay 5-10x for a working unit. Have you ever looked at what a minty Sunbeam T-20 is going for in 2022?
I have what I think is the same Braun burr grinder you have. The hopper cap cracked and then finally broke, so I found a replacement on eBay. That reminds me: I should probably also source a fresh(er) burr setup, because I can see some wear after 30 years…
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Why yes, yes I have. 
(T-40 rather than -20, though)
You’ve probably nailed the rationale behind it.
Regarding burr wear - my sister has an old burr grinder that stopped grinding well; would barely grind at all. I took it apart and told her it was done for - they were smooth as silk, even polished looking. Then I put it back together and it worked just fine! SMH. (She likes a relatively coarse grind)
My hopper barrel is getting vertical stress cracks in the clear polycarbonate but still holding up. The white body is now more like a light beige or dark eggshell instead of the original white, I guess from years of old fluorescent lighting before I put in can-LEDs. I have two rubber bands around the grinds box. One horizontal to hold it up against the main body, and one vertical to keep the lid on. Otherwise it vibrates itself loose and starts blowing grinds all over.
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Ah yes it was and sorry for my error. I type my responses in bed just before drifting off to sleep, which contributes to my sometimes unfiltered comments.
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I can relate. I often type mine as I emerge from sleep and still am not adequately caffeinated.
Make and model?
Falk 20 cm gratin, as coveted above. I purchased it at the Black Friday sale.
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Great. I hope you agree this is a very versatile pan. Enjoy!
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Expanding my copper collection in preparation for my new gas range. Added this incredible 24cm Bourgeat saucier. 25-30 years old. Weighs over 7lbs and I measured it at 2.7mm thick. Got it for under $200 on eBay. Gives me immense joy just looking at it.
Also bought the 14cm and 18cm Bourgeat 2.5mm copper saucepans on eBay from a seller in France, but they haven’t arrived yet.
I’m searching for the Bourgeat 2.5mm thick copper 20cm saucepan. It’s the final piece I want/need. Going to be checking eBay every day for awhile I think.
I believe these are called Bourgeat Alliance pans. They are the professional series with a minimum thickness of 2.5mm.
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What a sexy pan! It’s also called a ‘sauteuse bombee’.
No poeles or frypans? The Bourgeat oval fish pan is also a head turner…
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I already own the 10” and 11.8” Mauviel 250c fry pans. They don’t make them anymore so very glad I got them and not the inferior ones they make now at 2mm.
I don’t think I’d use a fish pan much, if at all, and not totally sure what a poele is, but probably an unnecessary additon. I have the 5.2qt Demeyere Atlantis saute pan so I’m set there, plus the 9.4” and 12.6” Proline pans. I even have the Bourgeat 12cm 0.9qt 2.5mm thick saucepan. Cute little thing.
Really just needed a larger saucier (or sauteuse bombee!) and a few saucepans. If I could just find the 20cm I’d be done.
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Envious! Congrats. I’ll keep coveting. Beautiful piece, that gratin, though.
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I have that pan! Bought it decades ago, when it was semi-affordable.
‘Edit: mine is larger - 11”
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Nice! 11” is too big for me. I have other pans that get the same thing done without taking up the same amount of stovetop space for less volume.
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Never thought I’d own this and thrilled, absolutely thrilled, I do.
28cm Bourgeat Brasier, aka, a saute pan, but instead of a long handle it has the two shorter handles, which is actually perfect considering how heavy it is empty.
This was found at an estate sale of a home built in 1920. It is 2.7mm thick, which matches the 2.7mm thick saucier I recently acquired that was 25-30 year old and is 0.2mm thicker than the more recent Matfer Bourgeat pans I have, which leads me to believe Bourgeat pans before the merger with Matfer were 2.5mm of copper and after the merger are 2.3mm of copper (0.2mm of SS in each case). What a stunning pan.
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After staying at a holiday inn for the last two days, I’m looking for a quickcakes automatic pancake maker.
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