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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
This is collector vs enthusiast. I don't really think about value, I like to enjoy what I own and hope some of it will be worth passing down to my kids someday.
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I know guys with multi million $$$ collections, when you are dealing in that kind of money the $$$ become important because it becomes an investment. So if you pay $92K for a Singer 1911 automatic you don't pull the trigger because it is fun. Or if you drop $675K on Henry #6 you don't pull the trigger either. Your dealing in history, rarity and condition. Generally condition is what is collected, and anything that might effect condition is to be avoided.
I talked to a guy who collected nothing but Colt 2nd gen SA's in the box he wouldn't buy it if the cylinder was turned...and left a cylinder ring. Everything he had was pristine. His prices were to match.
With a lot of stuff if you pull the rigger what does it matter, as they have been shot. That is most of what is collected. So this NIB is just the rarefied air of a few collectors and or pieces. I have a couple of NIB pieces whose value would be effected by shooting and as such I will not shoot them, what is the point. Shooting one Python is as good as shooting the next..
I just consider this whole train of thought rather silly.