Salopian, agreed. What about provenance also? Adds value, cased, labels, etc etc...I don't think one can stick to the BV rule alone.
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I don't include provenance as it is highly variable person-to-person. Each buyer is, of course, free to tack on any premium he/she likes for any particular provenance; much as we do for small bore guns and rifles. When you are considering a high OQ grade gun, you rather expect it to be cased and will give price a ding if it isn't. Conversely, you don't expect lower OQ grade guns to be cased and will add some small premium for a good case.
BV is for brand value and has little meaning as to a gun's value until coupled with OQ (original quality grade) and CC (current condition level). A BV-OQ-CC series is required to indicate a value.
