Sadly Doubs, I fear that these prices are becoming "normal." Looking at what some recent items sold for on Gun Broker and Auction Arms, as well as some private solicitations I've received, the prices seem to have settled comfortably between outrageous and stratospheric.
Compounding this is some gross misintepretation of the values quoted in Michael Reese's Luger Tips (which itself refers to Ralph Shattuck's Luger prices).
The good news is that this can and does change. have collected flannel game worn major league baseball jerseys from the 1940s-1960s. Between 199-2001, the prices skyrocketed. Not only have they returned to earth, but the newbies got out of the trade and began dumping their overpriced acquisitions on the market for less than the earlier, more reasonable price.
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