This thread is on track. I'll try to add a bit of quantative insight. First off, sort gun owners into four groups: Shooter - interested in utility only, Shooter-Collector - values utility (U) above pride of ownership (POO), Colector-Shooter - values POO above U, and Collector who values POO only.
As most of you know, I base market value on Brand Value, Original Quality, and Current Condition. BV is the primary driver of POO. OQ and CC are the drivers for U. There are 5 levels of BV and 9 levels each for OQ and CC. That is 405 pigeon holes of value.
So, let us consider a Boss/H&H/Purdey/Woodward (BHPW), these being the BV1 maker's names. The gun will likely be a OQ1, best work. In CC1 condition (the best 1 or 2 individuals of a sample of 100) we are looking at around $40,000. I would be surprised if a choke tubed individual BV1-OQ1-CC? would hammer at auction for more than $20-25K (maybe less). BV1-OQ1-CC3 = $20,915.
Next case: same gun except in CC4 condition (Heavy use, but no abuse); BV1-OQ1-CC4 = $15,918. With tubes, likely BV1-OQ1-CC5 = $12,041.
Note that BV and OQ levels are fixed. CC changes (goes down) over the gun's life. Higher CC draws increased collector interest (big bucks) and lower CC reduces value and draws increased C-S and S-C interest (utility bucks).
Choke tubed vintage SXS guns are rare enough that I don't have a statistically significant population --- yet.
Questions?
DDA
Last edited by Rocketman; 03/04/19 12:18 AM.
