Borchardt w/o reserve on Gunbroker

[alvin]

Originally Posted by conehammer

according to.... who? Is this a general statement or specific to firearms? I'm assuming it is "aimed"

Sometimes, I could have a little bit insight by myself

Here is the thinking path. There are two types of rarities. Historical great guns (e.g. Para, Mauser, Browning, Walther, etc.... even Tokarev) have something in common: they were made across decades, they have some variations, they have production volumes, etc. Some variations in the big family are rare today because it's a development stage in its lifespan.

But rarity could come from another direction. Above Sugiura is a typical example, no before and no after, not sure why the production volume was so low, highly unlikey coming from some positive factors. Not saying it's not interesting at all, but definitely this rarity is another type.

To the extreme, here is another example in the cyberspace gunshow:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=142039741