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Posted: 10/20/2009 3:48:32 AM EDT
| i posted this in the shotgun section also but with not much help. so i figured maybe you guys could help. im trying to find the value of antique demascus double barrel. its a W&C scott and son 12ga side by side. whats the best way to determine th value of this. thanks |
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none of those match exactly what i have, it does give me a rough idea though. thanks |
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Call the nearest Cabelas and schedule an informal appraisal if you don't have a local gun shop that you trust. Don't let someone "steal" it from you. You could also buy a copy of the "Blue Book of Gun Values" for around $30.00 and get some idea on your own. how detailed is that book, does it give descriptions of different model types? |
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Guns International prices are super-inflated on a lot of guns! I especially like how sellers have a pre-64 model 70's being upgraded with recoil pads professionally installed. Give me a break. Takes a $950 30-06 down to a $750 gun, but it's listed @ $1,450! Asking price and sellling price don't mean the same thing. It is more of an upscale site, with a certain clientele with more money than sense, who believe anything Cabela's tells them. Now, I know in my previous post I recommended Cabela's for your appraisal and I stand by that, but their ads on Guns International amuse me at times.
The Blue Book is a good book. There are a bunch of color pages in the front describing "Condition". The gun listings are all text after that and they do list descriptive features. Flayderman's Guide is another good source for ID, but it is not as cut and dry as the Blue Book of Gun Values. |
| Checked my copy of Flayderman's Guide (it's a year or two old now, fwiw), and don't see that manufacturer listed, but "generic" antique, Damascus, double barrel 12ga's in "fine" condition list as $250, up to $600 for excellent or better condition. Probably doesn't help you out too much, but thats what I got. Also, my Blue Book (about 5 years old now), didn't have that maker either that I saw. |
| Be very careful in getting a value on high end British shotguns. I have an old Purdey that my Father rescued from a pile of guns before he drove his tank over them, (as ordered) at the end of WWII. Most of these guns are handmade works of art. For example my Purdey was one of only 315 made in the year it was made. Most of the "experts" I've asked have tried to low ball me with an offer. I have two professional written appraisals one for $16,000 and one for $23,000 and I turned down a 25K offer. My advise is to get is to take some photos and go to some of the shotgun web sites such as SXS or double guns and try to find some that knows WC Scott doubles. There are some very knowledgeable collectors on these sites and most are real gentlemen. Good luck and know that you own something special. |
| Amen to 357 Sig's post. I know the value range from the very old guns ranges broad. I can look at an old rusted out piece of gun and see nothing and another guy would know it is a steal at $5,000.00! I had a friend who happily paid $950 for a cast iron side plate for an old Winchester lever gun circa 1873-1876 or there abouts. The key is "They ain't making them anymore", just like land! |
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