|
|
02-04-2015, 09:06 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Thorne Bay, Ak
Posts: 1,301
Likes: 682
Liked 1,485 Times in 515 Posts
|
|
Bad shape don't make it old, old don't make it valuable
Well I've seen it all now folks
A local add is now running for a "90 yr. old, rare" NEF 12ga. single shot, "$700 to $1200 value" for only $695. The kicker is it has enough rust etc. to look the part.
Now the quandary, to post a few cold, hard facts (true fair value, ~$50) or just keep on keeping on minding my own business?
What say you, what would you do? What would P. T. Barnum do?
|
02-04-2015, 09:08 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 4,358
Likes: 9,227
Liked 6,399 Times in 2,220 Posts
|
|
Think you're real generous at $50.
|
02-04-2015, 09:14 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: SW Ohio
Posts: 983
Likes: 1,236
Liked 987 Times in 404 Posts
|
|
Not too bad of shape for the condition it's in.
|
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
|
|
02-04-2015, 09:16 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Western New York
Posts: 5,937
Likes: 15,487
Liked 10,871 Times in 3,656 Posts
|
|
Perhaps it is worth 700 bucks to some poor, misguided sap (I mean soul). Unless you actually know the poster, shake your head, chuckle and let it go.
Just my .02!
__________________
paws for friendship
|
02-04-2015, 09:16 PM
|
Absent Comrade
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Louisville, KY, USA
Posts: 19,336
Likes: 53,737
Liked 38,387 Times in 11,802 Posts
|
|
One of Barnum's spiritual descendants probably ran the ad.
Sadly, some idiot may fall for the scam.
__________________
Oh well, what the hell.
|
02-04-2015, 09:20 PM
|
SWCA Member Absent Comrade
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: East of San Antone
Posts: 2,572
Likes: 3,408
Liked 4,680 Times in 1,158 Posts
|
|
Maybe you could flip it on gunbroker for over a grand?
__________________
Bill
Dis B. Leaf
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
02-04-2015, 09:28 PM
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The SW Va Blue Ridge
Posts: 17,548
Likes: 89,907
Liked 24,947 Times in 8,539 Posts
|
|
90 years ago, there WAS no NEF: it was Harrington & Richardson (H&R).
__________________
John 3:16
WAR EAGLE!
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
02-05-2015, 01:49 AM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: HOUSTON, TEXAS
Posts: 10,186
Likes: 7,180
Liked 14,377 Times in 5,413 Posts
|
|
I have encountered many gun sellers who view $1,000 as the minimum price for anything identifiable as having once been a firearm of any kind. This is not surprising.
|
02-05-2015, 04:31 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Kansas
Posts: 152
Likes: 5
Liked 77 Times in 30 Posts
|
|
In my youth, a gentleman named Robert Carey spent time feeding my obsession with firearms. At that time he was one of the top 5 or 6 U.S. Military firearms collectors in the country. He also did appraisals of various firearms from time to time. One of the observations he made was that the toughest thing about doing an appraisal is convincing people that just because something is old does not mean it's worth a fortune.
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
02-05-2015, 04:35 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Coastal NC
Posts: 2,936
Likes: 2,341
Liked 4,673 Times in 1,599 Posts
|
|
If I could get them to come down to about $40, it'd make a great base for a floor lamp.
__________________
Ret'd LEO
SWCA #2275
|
02-05-2015, 04:38 PM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: REPUBLIC OF WEST FLORIDA
Posts: 15,230
Likes: 3,020
Liked 3,451 Times in 1,625 Posts
|
|
Ditto...over the years I've seen far too many store/hardware brand shotguns that belonged to Grand Paw that weren't worth more than the sentimental value they place on it. People tend to get their knickers in a wad when they hear it.
__________________
NULLI SECUNDUS
|
02-05-2015, 05:20 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: So Cal (Near Edwards AFB)
Posts: 14,710
Likes: 2,926
Liked 17,102 Times in 6,271 Posts
|
|
I wouldn't give $50 for a new NEF shotgun. Also, the New England Firearms (NEF) trademark wasn't used until 1987. So at most the gun can only be 35 years old.
You'd have to pay me to take that one.
__________________
Freedom isn't free.
|
02-05-2015, 07:02 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Thorne Bay, Ak
Posts: 1,301
Likes: 682
Liked 1,485 Times in 515 Posts
|
|
Easy to up it's value
If you were to break it down to basic parts,
The barrel would prolly do for a jack handle
The stock pieces would make fire wood
See how easy it is to double the value of an El cheapo
|
|
Posting Rules
|
|
|
|
|