Thermactor
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Nubbs, I wonder about that air gun too sometimes.
The most expensive gun
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You are right that some guns have huge value because of association with historically important events or people. The plain musket that fired 'the shot heard round the world' and started the American Revolution...if it could be identified...would be perhaps the most valuable of all.
New guns though...that's not quite how I'd phrase it. It's not so much if it is new, but how many hours and find materials have been invested in it. There are famous gun makers like the mentioned Holland and Holland, Rigby and Sons, and many others who have 'off the shelf' high end models. H & H probably only makes and sells a dozen of their top grade gun. But these companies also make custom guns, and whatever demands you come up with, they will meet. Special engravings, gold, ivory, gems, etc etc. The sky is the limit. These guns, no matter if they are old or new, take the crown for the most expensive guns related to them being GUNS as opposed to items liked to history.
And of course there is some mix between guns being valuable because they are high end bespoke guns or guns owned by people historic import, because generally those rich enough to have a bespoke gun covered in hours of engravings and exotic materials are themselves rich enough to have impacts on history. These are the guns of Kings, Shahs, Czars, Khans, and barons of industry. Is a Rigby and Sons rifle covered in engravings and goldwork selling for hundreds of thousands enhanced in value beyond it's glitter because it was owned by a specific king? Probably.
New guns though...that's not quite how I'd phrase it. It's not so much if it is new, but how many hours and find materials have been invested in it. There are famous gun makers like the mentioned Holland and Holland, Rigby and Sons, and many others who have 'off the shelf' high end models. H & H probably only makes and sells a dozen of their top grade gun. But these companies also make custom guns, and whatever demands you come up with, they will meet. Special engravings, gold, ivory, gems, etc etc. The sky is the limit. These guns, no matter if they are old or new, take the crown for the most expensive guns related to them being GUNS as opposed to items liked to history.
And of course there is some mix between guns being valuable because they are high end bespoke guns or guns owned by people historic import, because generally those rich enough to have a bespoke gun covered in hours of engravings and exotic materials are themselves rich enough to have impacts on history. These are the guns of Kings, Shahs, Czars, Khans, and barons of industry. Is a Rigby and Sons rifle covered in engravings and goldwork selling for hundreds of thousands enhanced in value beyond it's glitter because it was owned by a specific king? Probably.
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One of the remaining Lugers in .45ACP was auctioned in the 1980s for around a million dollars, but when re-auctioned five years ago, it went for a little under half that.
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/15/local/la-me-luger15-2010mar15
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