|
Forum Rules | Firearms Safety | Firearms Photos | Links | Library | Lost Password | Email Changes |
Register | FAQ | Calendar | Search | Today's Posts | Mark Forums Read |
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
January 1, 2020, 08:57 PM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: August 21, 2007
Location: Illinois - down state
Posts: 2,399
|
Must be a collector's item?
Handful of guns at an auction today including a Mississippi Valley Arms, double barreled, 410 gauge. I figured this thing, made by Cressent, would be like a Sears gun, or a Western Auto gun and worth a hundred bucks or so. The thing went for $1300.00!!! Really! So I'm figuring this must be a collectors item.
Talk to me. Life is good. Prof Young |
January 1, 2020, 11:32 PM | #2 | |
Staff
Join Date: March 11, 2006
Location: Upper US
Posts: 28,677
|
Quote:
__________________
All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better. |
|
January 2, 2020, 01:13 AM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: February 13, 2006
Location: Washington state
Posts: 15,248
|
Oh yeah! Those collectible Crescent shotguns!
It happens when people get into bidding wars. They missed out on a gun they wanted at some point, so they go all in. I have had it happen to me in online auctions; I stop at a point where I know I can buy one elsewhere, but some guys just want to charge ahead.
__________________
Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services |
January 2, 2020, 04:01 AM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: March 3, 2011
Posts: 140
|
Seems there's always one or two or three guys at the auctions that just won the lottery or whatever and will run up the price on anything. That or some of the seller's buddies are there doing it for him.
|
January 2, 2020, 02:40 PM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: February 13, 2002
Location: Canada
Posts: 12,453
|
"...bidding wars..." Which is exactly what the auction company wants.
Mississippi Valley Arms isn't on the Crescent Arms list, but it'll be on the list of somebody like them. Allegedly, Mississippi Valley Arms Co. was a Trade name used by Shapleigh Hardware Co. of St Louis, Mo. One of the suppliers to Shapleigh was H &D Folsom, who of course owned Crescent Firearms Co. Stevens apparently had something to do with 'em too.
__________________
Spelling and grammar count! |
January 18, 2020, 12:48 PM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: August 21, 2007
Location: Illinois - down state
Posts: 2,399
|
Follow up report.
Went to a preview for a gun auction last night. Talked to the auction company's "gun guy." Told him about the MVA 410 sidebyside. He found the gun on a web site that indicated it may well be a $1K gun depending on the model. I should have asked about that web site. I'll see him again I'm sure. Will post more after that.
Life is good. Prof Young |
January 18, 2020, 01:52 PM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 20, 2007
Posts: 2,437
|
Old doubles in .410 bore are relatively rare, and usually command a premium over, say, a 12 gauge. If that shotgun was an L.C.Smith, it would have been 3 or 4 times that price.
|
January 18, 2020, 03:51 PM | #8 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: October 23, 2005
Location: US
Posts: 3,649
|
Quote:
__________________
Support the NRA-ILA Auction, ends 03/09/2018 https://thefiringline.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=593946 |
|
January 21, 2020, 09:36 AM | #9 |
Staff
Join Date: November 2, 1998
Location: Colorado
Posts: 21,824
|
You did good if some one paid 1.3k for it.
__________________
Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. Molon Labe! |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
|