The gun market is stuck

Sergio Natali · 01-12-2019, 06:20 AM

After all these years, of collecting firearms (and making mistakes) I've come to the conclusion that truly collectible items must be: a) 100% original b) in fairly good condition c) rare.

A firearm that doesn't fall at the same time into those three categories is not a collectible.
For so many years I collected old 1911s, then German K98Ks looking for the unicorn (truly all matching K98K), I've collected vintage Lugers until not long ago, and more recently I re-started collecting M1911s and M1911A1s.

I've always liked to be able to sell something to partially finance the acquisition of something better, but in the last two years I've not even managed to sell one single gun. The market here in Italy is virtually stuck and the only way to "sell" a firearm is to give it half price to a gun shop,

in the past I did it a couple of times, but now I refuse to trade or sell any more at such a big loss, and now I'm seriously considering to sell the rest of my collectibles to a younger friend that has got money to throw away and more confidence in the future than me.

01-12-2019, 06:20 AM	#1
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	The gun market is stuck After all these years, of collecting firearms (and making mistakes) I've come to the conclusion that truly collectible items must be: a) 100% original b) in fairly good condition c) rare. A firearm that doesn't fall at the same time into those three categories is not a collectible. For so many years I collected old 1911s, then German K98Ks looking for the unicorn (truly all matching K98K), I've collected vintage Lugers until not long ago, and more recently I re-started collecting M1911s and M1911A1s. I've always liked to be able to sell something to partially finance the acquisition of something better, but in the last two years I've not even managed to sell one single gun. The market here in Italy is virtually stuck and the only way to "sell" a firearm is to give it half price to a gun shop, in the past I did it a couple of times, but now I refuse to trade or sell any more at such a big loss, and now I'm seriously considering to sell the rest of my collectibles to a younger friend that has got money to throw away and more confidence in the future than me. __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.