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Old 08-09-2018, 12:47 PM
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Welcome to the Forum. Post factory engraving, as you stated, removes all pure collector value as a factory original Combat Masterpiece and it is automatically a refinished gun. Does it add value, certainly for some.

Ivory stocks also are a big question mark, partially since the current laws one can potentially be breaking are many. There are so many caveats that it is hard to tell if one can own, sell or transport (especially across state lines), maintain required documentation, certification of age, how much can one own, etc. Personally I do not care for the animal faces and it makes me nervous even owning anything ivory, so the true value may only be realized by a small number of people??

So what is the value of the gun as it sits today? Almost impossible to predict, but I do not think as high as some have opined. All issues mute if you keep it in the family and pass it down someday.
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