Has the market for average Parkers bottomed???

[Dean Romig]

I should have made a low-ball offer...... but I was afraid he'd accept it.





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[Hammer Gun]

I think that most of us that have been Parker buyers for some time have seen prices go up and down, win sometimes and lose sometimes, I buy usually to enhance my collection sell off a gun to acquire a better condition gun or a rare one.That has always made me ask the question " Which is better a high condition gun or a rare one"? There are several high condition guns around in all grades, but you have to look hard to find a one of a kind! Gary

[Drew Hause]

There will always be individuals and "dealers" selling a vintage gun with a "name" who have no clue as to what they are selling, and those buying with no clue as to what they are buying. As said, as the greatest generation passes, leaving guns to those without interest therein or knowledge thereof, there will be more and more guns appearing for sale with prices disconnected from reality...and some at a bargain. Thanks to internet auction sites and collector's forums such as this one, there is no justification for not having a somewhat educated price range targeted for the gun one is seeking.

Relevant story: a buddy was at a small auction and bidding on a damascus barrel Parker hammer 16g against an older lady. She outbid him and bought the gun and he approached her politely afterward and asked why she wanted the gun - for her grandson for turkey hunting! He tried to explain, again politely, that plan might not be wise, which she didn't believe.

Hopefully we can get a report from the upcoming Las Vegas show. I thought the last one I attended was a sad reflection of the aging, and passing, of the "gun guy" generation.
OTOH as that generation passes, their accumulated wealth will go to their heirs, some of whom may share the interest in high grade, high value, collector and using grade guns.

[C.O.B.]

A wise man once told me two things. 1 it's easier to buy a gun than to sell a gun and 2 it's easier to sell a $3000 gun than a $30000 gun. I have found these to be true on more than one occasion.

[Victor Wasylyna]

Originally Posted by Rich Anderson

1 it's easier to buy a gun than to sell a gun and 2 it's easier to sell a $3000 gun than a $30000 gun. I have found these to be true on more than one occasion.

If you own $30k guns, why can’t you pony up $30 to support the PGCA? You certainly spend enough time here.

-Victor

[C.O.B.]

Originally Posted by Victor Wasylyna

If you own $30k guns, why can’t you pony up $30 to support the PGCA? You certainly spend enough time here.

-Victor

Its a personal thing for me. If you want to know more then PM me. I never said I own a $30,000.00 gun

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Drew Hause

There will always be individuals and "dealers" selling a vintage gun with a "name" who have no clue as to what they are selling.

This particular dealer knows exactly what he’s selling. I think he may be in over his head on this gun, and he may have made a BIG mistake when he (or his consignor) bought it... and too late discovered his mistake.





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[Mike of the Mountain]

As a range owner, I see more shooters bringing SxS guns to shoot clays. Many more express the desire to own and shoot SxSs. Those same shooters have no desire to spend any more than a few hundred dollars on a double gun but will buy the latest/greatest veg-o-matic and realize it didn’t help their scores. Then they want to sell the used gun for new prices. As the saying goes, “It is what it is.”

[Dean Romig]

Actually it’s $40 but the point remains...





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[J.B. Books]

Just an observation. If this is the case it's happening when there is plenty of money floating around, unemployment at 3.7% and stock market at all time high. What would be happening with the prices of these guns if the country was in hard or even average economic times?