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That sight must be a hundred years old at least. Cars and girls don't look that good when they're a hundred years old.Aussie Chris wrote:Wowsers.......I can think of better things to spend my hard earned money on. Like cars and girls.....
There's a lesson in there... somewhere. Good analogy But you're lucky one of the other auctuin attendees didn't smell a rat!adirondakjack wrote:Hey, if ya want one, he's got one. Economics 101.
Did I ever tell ya about the time I rescued a baseball bat from use as a window prop at an auction house? I told the auctioneer "put that old bat up, I'll bid on it." He looked at me like I was nuts. I bid $5 and took it home. I knew it was old, really old, and it was. Made no later than 1905, it sold on Ebay for $185.
The auctioneer was happy to get $5 for it. I was happy to get $185, and the lady I sold it to already had it sold to a fellow in Singapore for over $500. I take it there are no 100 year old ball bats propping up windows in Singapore.
KirkD wrote:That sight must be a hundred years old at least. Cars and girls don't look that good when they're a hundred years old.Aussie Chris wrote:Wowsers.......I can think of better things to spend my hard earned money on. Like cars and girls.....
JB wrote:Stroebel's gunsight book lists that site as valued between $200-$400, but I guess if someone's willing to pay over $1,000 for one, they must need it bad!
Griff wrote:There's a lesson in there... somewhere. Good analogy But you're lucky one of the other auctuin attendees didn't smell a rat!adirondakjack wrote:Hey, if ya want one, he's got one. Economics 101.
Did I ever tell ya about the time I rescued a baseball bat from use as a window prop at an auction house? I told the auctioneer "put that old bat up, I'll bid on it." He looked at me like I was nuts. I bid $5 and took it home. I knew it was old, really old, and it was. Made no later than 1905, it sold on Ebay for $185.
The auctioneer was happy to get $5 for it. I was happy to get $185, and the lady I sold it to already had it sold to a fellow in Singapore for over $500. I take it there are no 100 year old ball bats propping up windows in Singapore.
True, the books often drag behind current market prices. I've found idiots and gun auctions to go hand in hand. I've sat through many auctions and watched people pay $250 to $300 for a used gun they could buy brand new at Walmart for $219.99! I've told my family to sell my guns at public auction.Nate Kiowa Jones wrote:JB wrote:Stroebel's gunsight book lists that site as valued between $200-$400, but I guess if someone's willing to pay over $1,000 for one, they must need it bad!
There's actually three people bidding on it. It started at $800. I've learned the hard way a book is only one persons idea of what it's worth. The best source is to search completed auctions. This will show you what something actually sold for.
A good example is the Browning 86's and 92's. They generally sell for about 30% more than the book.
Here that brother. Auctions IME are not very good places to find deals and steals. Ya end up bidding against others that want an item and ALSO people who don't want the item but are bidding just to bid and run up a price. The best deals I've seen at auctions are the so-called boxes'o'junk that they throw together of misc stuff. You can find some real treasures in some of those boxes. As for gun value's.......I rarely see a dealer with gun prices in line with book value (most are well over in today's market) but they'll dang well beat you over the head with that book on a trade or if you're selling.JB wrote:
True, the books often drag behind current market prices. I've found idiots and gun auctions to go hand in hand. I've sat through many auctions and watched people pay $250 to $300 for a used gun they could buy brand new at Walmart for $219.99! I've told my family to sell my guns at public auction.