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alanint · 09-20-2010, 05:58 AM

Right now, yes. The curent climate is that an import is an import. They are all lumped into the same class.
You might ask a little more for a gun with original finish, but you are still trying to sell a "shooter" among the thousands of "shooters" which were imported into the country in the last decades. You may get your price, you may not.
Would you buy a 10-15 year old used car because it has original paint over one that has been repainted? You may if you are hedging that it will be worth something years from now but most buyers, (the market) would take the repainted car, thus making it more "valuable" as a daily driver. As mentioned above, VoPo Lugers are coming into their own as collector's items but it will be years if ever before nuances like "original" finish make a difference in the sales price.

09-20-2010, 05:58 AM	#39
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Right now, yes. The curent climate is that an import is an import. They are all lumped into the same class. You might ask a little more for a gun with original finish, but you are still trying to sell a "shooter" among the thousands of "shooters" which were imported into the country in the last decades. You may get your price, you may not. Would you buy a 10-15 year old used car because it has original paint over one that has been repainted? You may if you are hedging that it will be worth something years from now but most buyers, (the market) would take the repainted car, thus making it more "valuable" as a daily driver. As mentioned above, VoPo Lugers are coming into their own as collector's items but it will be years if ever before nuances like "original" finish make a difference in the sales price.