demand and rarity drives cost.
everyone must have their fill.
as old guys plan for the great journey, (or widows clean up after ones gone) the nice old guns find their way into the market.
the common ones become stale like all the others are.
but the rare ones will get someones attention and go for a lot.
then the cycle continues. itll go into another closet for another 40 years.
its how nice guns are preserved for the next generation, unless the new generation shoots the daylights out of them.
which drives the others in great shape to go up in value.
we seem to be in a calm period where everyone is happy, or everyone is broke.
dealers will either hold to their prices and ride out the storm or cut costs and move on. basic business 101 says if they dont move inventory?, they will need to pay tax on it. so when you see lower prices...you know what they are up to.
if they hold fast...it means they can afford to pay tax and gamble. and they wait for you the buyer to open your wallets after the storm.
Yep. However, around here, all the good guns are on consignment. I doubt the shop owner has to worry about paying taxes on them. I go to little mom and pop shops off the beaten path too. To give you an example of how log this guy has had this rifle on the rack, it had a fine layer of dust on it. I mentioned to the gunshop owner that he must have had this one for a while, and he agreed. He didnt know how i knew that, since id never set foot in his shop before. I told him it had a layer of dust on it at least a year old...
