General question about Parker value

[OH Osthaus]

[QUOTE=Ronald Scott;275793 1) do a search in the major gun websites and compare what other people are asking for the same gun,
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you may look for those that sold -asking price is often unrealistic, or at best very hopeful

[Ron Scott]

Originally Posted by Rick Losey

you may look for those that sold -asking price is often unrealistic, or at best very hopeful

Most sites just say "SOLD" and don't provide the actual selling price. I figure the asking price is almost always more than what the seller will ultimately take. Either way I'm comparing asking prices in both cases -- the gun I am interested in and the gun I am comparing it to. So it's a fair comparison. I think the internet has made price shopping almost too easy, at least from the seller's perspective. But it also evens the playing field and allows the buyer a way to make sure he is not over paying. The exception being the case like this one when you can find no comparable gun. I doubt a serious collector would be interested in a restocked gun unless it was so rare that there is no other way to get that particular gun. That's not the case here. It's not that rare and for me it would be a shooter.