Are Used Gun Prices Finally Stabilizing?

[AC Man]

It’s likely just you and the shill bidder.

Very interested in how that works? Please explain.

Last night I bid on a Pre model 19 mint and no box or papers. It was shipped on my birth date and year and I had to have it.

Everyone else was out at $1500. I went back and forth till $2450 and I was out. Every time I bid he countered instantly. He had over 1,000 purchases so he should be legit.

 

[AJ]

Was the auction in Cory, Pa.?

 

[jeffrefrig]

Very interested in how that works? Please explain.

Last night I bid on a Pre model 19 mint and no box or papers. It was shipped on my birth date and year and I had to have it.

Everyone else was out at $1500. I went back and forth till $2450 and I was out. Every time I bid he countered instantly. He had over 1,000 purchases so he should be legit.

Wow, that really sucks someone would run that up like that. Obviously the person must've seen something in the gun others did not. How often do you see a birthday gun come up for sale at auction? I would like to think a gun for sale on this Forum, with many good people, that some may pass on a gun if they know someone could be wanting a gun shipped when they were shipped, but how would they know. Plus it's not an auction, so "I'll take it" is final. I suppose one could offer to buy it off the buyer if said buyer had a soft spot...

 

[TIMETRIPPER]

Those prices are what I'd expect. The one thing about auctions is that they usually give you a good idea of what things will sell at, as opposed to an asking price. Sometimes you can get a really good deal and at other times a particular item will go for a ridiculously inflated amount. But in general, I've found selling prices at most auctions to be mostly lower than the tag prices that I see at gun show tables and gun store shelves.

John

 

[mrcvs]

Very interested in how that works? Please explain.

Last night I bid on a Pre model 19 mint and no box or papers. It was shipped on my birth date and year and I had to have it.

Everyone else was out at $1500. I went back and forth till $2450 and I was out. Every time I bid he countered instantly. He had over 1,000 purchases so he should be legit.

I don’t know, but when it’s just you and another bidder bidding on a firearm, or anything, for that matter, well higher than the rest of the crowd, it should, at the very least, raise eyebrows.

 

[brendonjames65]

I don’t know, but when it’s just you and another bidder bidding on a firearm, or anything, for that matter, well higher than the rest of the crowd, it should, at the very least, raise eyebrows.

Regarding GB, it only raises my eyebrows if the other bidder you’re engaged in a bidding war with has an NR or very little history, then I suspect a potential shill. If the shill wins the bid instead of just jacking up the price, I look to see if the seller re lists again as a “non paying buyer,” and I subsequently won’t do business with that seller in the future. Btw, GB will do nothing they could care less. For some of the guns I seek, unfortunately GB is the only game in town. Anyhow, if your opponent has a history of a 1000 purchases and little or no selling, well they probably are a person of means.

 

[mrcvs]

Regarding GB, it only raises my eyebrows if the other bidder you’re engaged in a bidding war with has an NR or very little history, then I suspect a potential shill. If the shill wins the bid instead of just jacking up the price, I look to see if the seller re lists again as a “non paying buyer,” and I subsequently won’t do business with that seller in the future. Btw, GB will do nothing they could care less. For some of the guns I seek, unfortunately GB is the only game in town. Anyhow, if your opponent has a history of a 1000 purchases and little or no selling, well they probably are a person of means.

To buy on Gunbroker, you really need to be a man of means, LOL!

Friends don’t let friends buy on Gunbroker.

 

[AJ]

To buy on Gunbroker, you really need to. E a man of means, LOL!

Friends don’t let friends buy on Gunbroker.

I have a friend that owns a gun shop. He sells a lot of guns on Gun Broker. Starts them at $0.01 and they usually sell over what I call normal value. It helps to keep his shop open. He is not twisting anybodies arm to buy them.

 

[AC Man]

Gun Broker is bitter sweet. You can narrow your search to say mint condition a pre model 29 44 mag revolver in original box. It would be near impossible to walk into your local gun store and find that firearm. If so it is usually priced over the top.

Therefore the last 36 firearms I have purchased was on GB. It is the only way I can find old firearms that I am looking for. Not smart enough to seek out and buy estate auctions or have someone come to me offering their guns for pennies on the dollar like a gun shop.