I don't want to be an alarmist, but....

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Bill Holcombe

You all must remember that yall got into buying these guns when they were pennies on the dollar compared to what these guns are selling for now.

I think you paint with much too broad of a brush. I began actually collecting only sixteen years ago (though I had been shooting Parkers off and on since about 1960) and many of us began even more recently than that.

Some of you lose context of how you started collecting these toys and what prices/stage in life you were at.

The very first Parker I bought was a 1898 DH 12 gauge for the sum of $2,000. and it was not easy to convince my very frugal wife of the 'necessity' for such an extravagance.

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[King Cobb]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

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Yes Dean, but if you started 16 years ago, you weren't the young crowd which I was explaining not having the discretionary income to buy these guns at the moment. You were at a later stage in life and felt like you had some money.