Value is determined by the agreement between seller and buyer. I would rather have a nice original gun that shows it's age gracefully than a refinished gun that looks factory new. I have had stocks and Damascus barrels refinished to either bring out the pattern in the barrels or take 100 years of dirt and oil build up out of the stock. I have a CHE Damascus 20 that the barrels fairly shine and have considered having them redone but as they say "it's only original once" and I have decided to leave them as is.
At the end of the day the value is what your willing to pay for it and if you like it than that's what counts.
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There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter...Earnest Hemingway
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