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As a general rule, when we talk prices, we talk RETAIL prices. But anyone who has sold guns, either one at a time or in disposing of a collection will learn that when the purchaser is a dealer, the seller will (if lucky) get wholesale price. This applies to current production guns (why would a dealer pay YOU more for a used gun than he would pay his distributor for a new one), but also to most used and antique guns. A dealer, by definition, is buying in order to sell at a profit; he can't pay retail and stay in business.
So anyone selling a gun, whether a prized collectors item or an ordinary sporting firearm needs to look outside those retail price guides and on-line prices to see how much that handgun or rifle will really bring.
Jim
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