Age vs price on Parkers

[Wild Skies]

Speaking of age vs. value . . . wouldn't a Parker that was built with the replaceable wear plate in ~1905 and later have a little more added value than those built previous to the wear plate?

[TxHuntermn]

Originally Posted by Greg Baehman

Speaking of age vs. value . . . wouldn't a Parker that was built with the replaceable wear plate in ~1905 and later have a little more added value than those built previous to the wear plate?

That is what I mean by the impossibility to define any single characteristic such as age as a rule.

I will ask this question. If presented with two Parker guns, new in the box, exact same age and configuration, would they still have absolutely equal value?

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Mark Ray

I will ask this question. If presented with two Parker guns, new in the box, exact same age and configuration, would they still have absolutely equal value?

There's the BIG question. You said nothing about condition Mark and that particular factor is and has always been the most deciding factor on a Parker's value.... Condition, condition, and of course, condition.





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[John Knobelsdorf II]

Originally Posted by Mark Ray

I will ask this question. If presented with two Parker guns, new in the box, exact same age and configuration, would they still have absolutely equal value?

Two thoughts come to mind:

1.) Notice first, Parker Bros. got the same price for them. So yes (then and now [for me]), they have equal value in the market place (in general).

2.) I would still want to get to examine them to pick out which one I get to buy and keep. I have seen three (3) from 1926 that are all Grade 3 and appear on the same page in Price & Fjestad. The journeyman engravers’ work (not the dogs and birds) are in the same patterns, but different enough to notice and I have preferences there. I might even pay a little more to get the one I liked the best. So, not “absolutely equal value” to me.