John:
You will remember a gentleman whose initials were HS. He was my hunting,
fishing and shotgun mentor for many years. For about 20 years we had a couple of tables at the Houston Gun Collectors Association shows. This was before the majority of items on display were handguns and strategic rifles. His wares were always in good condition and reasonably priced. You in fact bought some doubles from him. And he from you. He had a good number of Spanish guns and Berettas. We took one particular high grade AYA to those show for years. There was one looker who stopped by our table at least once a show, often two or three times, to admire the gun, always wandering off saying he would be back.
After about 5 years of this HS scratched through the price on the hang tag and raised it 25%, when he saw our looker walking down the aisle. The chap noted that the gun had been priced lower since he first looked at it 5 years before. HS told him that he discovered the gun had been priced in error. The looker pulled out a wad of cash and bought the AYA. People are strange.
