I've always found it interesting that the price of used collector guns fall somewhat in line with new guns of the same quality. We don't have an American double gun industry now, but if you look at the world market and compare, say, Browning and Beretta, to the used Parker market, their new guns pricewise cover about the gamut of original Parkers when new. In other words, this gun was sold at about the price of current entry level Browning and Beretta guns when adjusted for inflation. Decent mid level guns such as a G or D level were sold new at an adjusted price of $3000 to $5000. The same rough trend was true for the higher grades. To some degree they tend to sell now at the same level, due to scarcity; the scarcity covering the difference of used vs new.
There is no formula implied and there are of course adjustments for extreme condition or rarity in both directions, but I think that as a general rule the overall market falls in this range. A decent mid range Parker from 1900 sells at about the same range as a decent midrange Beretta or Browning new ad current prices.
One of the few instances where demand kept the market value constant in adjusted dollars, even neglecting use and wear.
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