Lefevers sell like hotcakes on Gunbroker when there are decent guns listed without ridiculous reserves. But they just don't have the same cult status and demand that some other vintage guns have. I look at the Lefever listings on Gunbroker nearly every day, and in general, actual sales prices are roughly twice or more what they were 10 years ago... and that includes the much maligned 12 gauge guns.
The recent Thread about the very non-original E Grade with two re-blued (hot blued ?) barrels and blued sideplates, shiny nickel plated action, and black walnut replacement stock shows that there was a lot of bidding interest in a gun that sold way too high given the current condition.
Currently, there are very few NEW Lefever listings there. Most are guns that mikeej99 has trolled there with high reserves for many months, if not years. The nice little DS grade 16 gauge currently listed caught my eye, until I saw those pretty nasty barrel dents. Smallbore DS Lefevers typically have pretty lightly struck barrels, and those sharp dents would probably take some additional striking to totally remove them, which could leave them uncomfortably thin fairly close to the breech. Add in the time or cost of a proper rust blue job, and it adds up to a gun I do not need.
The current best deal in my opinion is a fairly nice 18xxx F grade that hasn't been abused and still has a fair amount of case colors. However, the lower right toe area of the stock has a couple inclusions. And I don't know what to make of the number 4 stamped into the water table and the barrel lump. I won't be bidding on this one either.
