i remember 35-40 years ago, a Winchester Model 12 was the cat's meow among gun traders in Tennessee. EVERYBODY wanted one and owning one was like money in the bank.

Over the years, it has slowly lost its premium little by little....I think the older crowd that appreciated these has been growing older and dying off. Newer generations just don't appreciate these like they did back in the 1970's-1980's.

I saw the same thing happen with 1957 Chevrolets and that is starting to even creep into early 60's musclecars.

I have a local classic car dealer that has or had a 1980's Toyota Supra in stock and it was more expensive that many of his classic cars.