Amazon.com has the 10-1/4 inch Matfer Bourgeat Black Steel Frying Pan at under $30. Shipping is free with Prime membership. It was $28.79 a few days ago but it has not been much below its normal price of $40 for quite a while.
EDIT: I just changed this post to add a link with a lower price from another store, but which will be fulfilled by Amazon. I see that the prices for these pans are very volatile and have been jumping up and down by a couple of dollars every few minutes, so the prices may be different when you view them.
Some other sizes:
11 inch model for $34.49
11-7/8 inch model for $39.83
12-5/8 inch model for $40.02
These carbon steel pans by Matfer Bourgeat have received a lot of attention after being featured by Cook’s Illustrated as one of their most highly rated cooking utensils, and as one of the best pans to use for cooking. They were in short supply for awhile, so the prices stayed high.
Here is a link to the Cook’s Illustrated video review of carbon steel pans.
However, if you plan to get one, you should first read about properly seasoning it first as well as understand that as a carbon steel pan, it needs more care than stainless steel or aluminum pans with regards to drying after being washed. This will last a lifetime, like tri-ply steel pans. These will sear foods better than tri-ply pans, and will work on induction cooktops (not all tri-ply will).
I recommend the hot oven method of seasoning with a very, very thin wipe of oil. The stovetop oil/salt/potato skin method recommended by the company did not seem to add much of a seasoning layer to the bottom and left uneven seasoning along the vertical edges. The pan is thick and heavy (61oz., compared to 38oz. for an All-Clad, and 27oz for a T-Fal non-stick aluminum), but less fragile than a cast iron pan (which can crack).
Here is a link to a video for instructions for seasoning it in the oven:
Carbon steel pan seasoning video
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