I just watched an auction of mixed wares, and was absolutely gobsmacked at the incredible prices collectible items can fetch. It got me to thinking; is there any airgun being produced today that you think will have collectible value? If so, what?
but if you buy said item you need to have a safe place to store item any tiny scratch or larger ding reduces the price especially the box /packagingHistory has shown that item made for the purpose of collecting IE limited editions and such seldom do as well as standard items. I am not talking limited editions of very desirable items like R1s or today’s equivalent. It seems stuff that is made to be collected is collected and easy to find in mint condition. The stuff that was just run into the ground gets to be harder to find. I think the trick is to buy whatever young folks want now and can’t afford. like us in 40 years when they have disposable income they will pay whatever is necessary to finally own said item.
Agreed. That’s why I will never truly be a collector. I buy the nicest vintage airgun I can afford and then I use it. I take extremely good care of it but the reason I bought it is to shoot it and in my case as a retired master mechanic I will likely rebuild It. As soon as I want to shoot something else that perhaps I never owned or miss, the above mentioned airgun will be on Ebay to pay for my new want or dream.but if you buy said item you need to have a safe place to store item any tiny scratch or larger ding reduces the price especially the box /packaging
THIS is it. THIS!!All I do in the airgun space is collect vintage airguns. To me the collectability is the art of blued milled steel made in a time that will never come again. CNC machines have taken a lot of collectability out of current airguns? Bottom line is collectability of modern manufactured airgun will be pretty problematic. You would probably need a low production run that thus probably failed in the market place but years from now has some cool features? Good luck with that. View attachment 499451
That is toooo cool!All I do in the airgun space is collect vintage airguns. To me the collectability is the art of blued milled steel made in a time that will never come again. CNC machines have taken a lot of collectability out of current airguns? Bottom line is collectability of modern manufactured airgun will be pretty problematic. You would probably need a low production run that thus probably failed in the market place but years from now has some cool features? Good luck with that. View attachment 499451
Im courious what airgun you have, that has increased in value, if you care to share?You also should keep the original box which is a pain if your collection gets large. I only have 1 gun out of many that increased in value after 10 years. The others have decreased.