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Originally Posted by Steven Groh
Preservation versus conservation versus appreciation (not financial).
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That’s a good way to look at it. It’s not very often that alterations will increase the value of your gun - especially in the lower grades. Usually it’s the other way around because quality work ain’t cheap. So when you add the cost of alterations to the cost of the gun you quickly get upside down. Higher grade guns can be a different story..... sometimes. There are collectors here who have taken special Parkers, had them restored professionally and increased their worth. That’s the exception rather than the rule. Most of us who have been at this for awhile have paid our respects to the Parker Graveyard for Unrealized Financial Dreams and left our bouquets of red dollar signs. So my advice to anyone reading this who seriously wants to “Invest” in these guns with the intention of making money is to find someone who is successfully doing it and ask for their advice. If, you want to know how to buy guns and only lose several hundred dollars when it’s time to sell I’m your man - but I ain’t cheap!
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