I used to buy them from Shershah and Lawrence Road. The shops usually break them up for the copper windings, I have bought fans which were OE Ferrari too. As no one buys them in Pakistan they simply break them up.
Before people got smart about the green body gear reduction type self starters in Honda (called bearing wala self) those used to be broken up to be sold in weight.
They were cheaper than cheap, I have once bought a 1.2KW honda green starter for Rs 500/- and 3 spal fans for Rs 600/- The godown lot owner was more than happy to recieve the Rs 1100/- for scrapped items.