Mike, the realization that you now have is a result of a mistake in the beginning. Thinking of them as investments, when purchasing, was wrong thinking, IMHO. They should have been bought for the same reason you would buy a book, or a boat ......... to enjoy. Period. What's left of them after that enjoyment has passed is salvage value. If you want to worry over lost investment value put a pencil to your next new automobile or truck purchase. As Nitrah said, there are a lot more things to wring your hands over than lost $$$ in a gun.
Fine English guns have been overpriced for as long as I have been interested in S X Ss. There's just no way possible to get $80K+ more enjoyment out of hunting with a Purdey, Boss or Woodward than I can out of my nice Parker, Fox and LC Smith guns.
The decline in the English gun market doesn't bother me one whit. It only gives me increased opportunity to own a very nice one at a much more reasonable cost.
