I have been getting inquiries almost daily about Lefevers. Most of them are Nitros for which the market is saturated. However, a number of low grade true Lefevers have surfaced as the economy has folks looking in their attics and cellars. You will see the same over-priced guns on the internet sales sites for months or years at at time. The folks who discover an old DS Lefever in their grandfather's closet go to these sites an expect that their gun is worth what somebody is asking for the same gun without realizing that it has been on sale for that price since Nixon was president. However, if anything comes up which is a Lefever C grade or better, watch out, the feeding frenzy will begin. I imagine the same is true of the other American classics, although I don't follow them closely.
So I don't really know if the current economy has brought forth a flood of lower grade guns that would otherwise have remained in the closet. It does create a buyer's market for those guns. However, the economy hasn't seemed to affect the very high end of the market anywhere near as much.
Last edited by DrBob; 08/19/11 02:34 AM.
