Actually, it was 140 different 1/4 valves, though I didnt' look all the way to the end of the list.    (I didnt' search for 1/4" because I wasnt' sure how to write it, so 1/4 probably includes 1 1/4 and 2 1/4
etc .)Like a lot of places they won't tell you the shipping charge before you give them your credit card number, but it turns out, they won't  tell you before you complete the order!!  Maybe not until you get thecredit card bill.
But everyone agrees they are normal price or downright cheap.As others have pointed out, a "globe valve" ain't a ball valve.The globe valve is you basic bottom on the line brass valve.   The  hollow "globe" is where the metering of the fluid takes place. Typicall the water flows into the bottom of the globe.   A partition with a hole is the
"valve seat."    The valve stem enters from the top.The true "globe valve" is "in-line."    From the side you can see the basic globe shape.Some "gate valves" have some of the shape features of a globe valve.Modern plastics make the ball valve just about the only way to go for full on OR full off valves.    The globe valve is good as a metering valve.
After some service they often don't provide leak proof shut off.

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