Folks,
The simple reality is that the boosters and restoration techniques have both gotten so good of late that unless one does an *extremely* detailed inspection it is almost impossible to spot the restored and/or boosted guns.
I think we are going to witness an instantiation of Gresham's Law such that all of the authentic ORIGINAL minty pieces will disappear into collections and the only thing available on the open market will be the "improved" pieces and the salty old war dogs.
The guns in private collections, especially the rarer breeds will continue to be bought, sold and traded, but it will be done privately between collectors who know one another's collection and are familiar with the provenance of the pieces contained therein.
The net result will be that the younger, less affluent fledgling collectors will have one hell of a time getting established in the hobby.
Tom A
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