Had three of the BP commemoratives. two of them went to friends who wanted them early on; the third one I traded into a very nice (real) Springfield Armory 1911 of about 1914 vintage. I then sold that off at a decent profit and put the proceeds into a full-house engraving job on another 1913 vintage 1911 by a "name" engraver. I figure I parlayed that original $240 or so into a $3500 gun by the time I was done. One of the few times I actually ran a lucky streak out all the way.

As it has turned out, those BP commemoratives peaked in value early on and then got lost in the ground clutter. As far as I can tell they are now just a M66 with some significance to guys who like them. I think the others are about in the same category, and their prices tend to reflect that.

Personally I like that last 1911 a lot better.