Eightbore,
As the owner of a Ferrari I take exception to your statement that "few would be purchasing Ferraris if they could not be sold for a good percentage of their purchase price". While most people who purchase a used Ferrari can usually recoupe most of their purchase price (god forbid if you buy a new one and take a $100K hit in 3 years), the maintanence bills will eat you alive in terms of an investment. For the past 5-6 years I have averaged almost $10K annually in maintenance and repair bills. That is almost $60K. Even if I sold my car for the same price or more than I purchased it for, I am in the hole due to the mantenance bills.
People who buy Ferraris do so because they love cars, love to drive and love the history of Ferrari. They do not buy Ferraris to make money (in rare situations you can make a lot of money but that is the exception). I think the same can be said for those people who buy a Purdey, H&H, Boss, etc. They love guns, enjoy using the best gun available and like the romance of using a historically important firearm. Just my .02.
Ken
