Rocketman's well researched pricing analysis goes a long way to answering both the why and the how much of this discussion.
We live in a world where brand name has value. Anyone involved in consumer products understands that. Rocketman has tried to quantify that value in the specific area of our interest, older double guns.
Brand name is consumer shorthand for quality level, sometimes accurate and sometimes not.
But the net effect in the marketplace is if you are concerned about resale, include brand name in your calculation. If you are only concerned about product quality, do your research and form a conclusion about the specific item.
This subject begs the question for each of us. Why do we buy or collect the guns we do? For monetary gain? For monetary security? For status? For use? For personal satisfaction? The answers will be different for each of us, but the answers are a good guide for considering brand value....for guns and for anything else.
