Looks like it's good data then. The only problem is that I cannot sell it at $3000 loss unless I am desperate. Supposedly, there is a $2000 Persian in similar shape waiting a buyer in future auctions. Patience will reward you.
I don't know who bought that $4k instance. At loss of $2k, his instance will also be out of supply for sure. But this is still not the worst case, who bought that $7500 instance from pre98.... even assume there was a little bit discount, I am sure it was not too far away from asking price. This type of difference definitely takes these guns out of market for decades.
Now, we understand why it's rarely seen.
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On the other hand, since market realized price is way higher than book, that should attract more old timers and their heirs to sell their instances. Turkish "Exc" $5000, ,,,, it should appear, a little bit higher than book is not unacceptable
