hypothetical question on setting gun price for a used gun

[greencobra]

how would you set a price for selling a nib, 40 year old pistol (approximately) with all literature and accoutrements untouched by human hands since the day the gun was packed. i've seen all kinds of prices online but never for a nib example. is there a percentage formula you could use? say find the average going price for a mint example of the same and add maybe 20%...or whatever. think about it, what would you do? without knowing exactly what it is, i want you to deal with the question at hand. if such a pistol exists, i can say it is desirable and has a cult following. so what do you think people. remember, hypothetical here.

 

[VTski4x4]

Reptile would ask "how much is in that 401k of yours"

 

[Agnotology]

how would you set a price for selling a nib, 40 year old pistol (approximately) with all literature and accoutrements untouched by human hands since the day the gun was packed. i've seen all kinds of prices online but never for a nib example. is there a percentage formula you could use? say find the average going price for a mint example of the same and add maybe 20%...or whatever. think about it, what would you do? without knowing exactly what it is, i want you to deal with the question at hand. if such a pistol exists, i can say it is desirable and has a cult following. so what do you think people. remember, hypothetical here.

Start the bids at a penny on gunbroker. make the buy-it-now price 2.5x what used version in mint condition are going for.

And just tell us what the pistol is for f***'s sake.

 

[Snora]

No, there isn't a magic percentage that applies to all guns that are NIB.

 

[Wickedcoolname]

Depends. Is it a 40 year old S&W or Colt, or is it a 40 year old Jennings or Taurus or Davis? Old junk is old junk.
If it's only unique quality is that it's unfired and it comes with the box you might get a few dollars more than a similar gun minus the box.
Personally, I don't pay a premium for the box and papers. I'm only interested in the gun. As far as I'm concerned the box is useless clutter unless it's really, really old. Even then, it's just a box.

 

[Boghog1]

$350

 

[joelcramer]

how would you set a price for selling a nib, 40 year old pistol (approximately) with all literature and accoutrements untouched by human hands since the day the gun was packed. i've seen all kinds of prices online but never for a nib example. is there a percentage formula you could use? say find the average going price for a mint example of the same and add maybe 20%...or whatever. think about it, what would you do? without knowing exactly what it is, i want you to deal with the question at hand. if such a pistol exists, i can say it is desirable and has a cult following. so what do you think people. remember, hypothetical here.

Well I have piece of string in my pocket. How long is it? Just another impossible question to answer with just about the same amount of info.

 

[NHCraigT]

$350

"tree fiddy"

 

[fencer]

As mentioned, I think it depends on the desirability of the pistol when made and today.

Vintage Python is worth something. Old Ruger was a POS then and it still is.

 

[fencer]

"tree fiddy"

Only if being sold by the Loch Ness Monsta.

 

[Grendizer138]

Easy.

1) post obscure question about a gun’s value to stir up interest

2) eventually reveal description of said gun

3) wait for PMs with offers

 

[Asaltweapon]

We’re waiting.

WTF is it?

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Be sure to add the word preban to inflate price further

 

[Stape]

Anything is only worth what someone is willing to pay.

 

[tinhorn]

There might be a difference between desirability and value. Hypothetically, you understand. If I'm comparing two Whitney Wolverines, both in excellent condition, I doubt I'd pay more for the virgin (value). I'd likely jump on it quicker so it didn't get away (desirability) but not overpay for a maidenhead and petticoats.

(Notwithstanding my currently running post in the Classifieds ballyhooing the virgin status of a 50-year-old revolver. No nibbles, which kind of confirms my theory. Hypothetically.)

 

[Mark from MA]

40 year old pistol you never fired NIB.

Hope it is a cult offering or your money was better spent in the stock market or real estate.

 

[MisterHappy]

Unless you're up against the wall, financially, and HAVE to sell ASAP, do some gunbroker research, and figure out the "average" price. Then, double it.

Slowly discount it, until someone bites, or you decide it's worth more to you, than the next step down.

Unique items can't be "priced" except through a sale, which determines the value.

 

[Reptile]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0YIJQ1jgEI

 

[jct61765]

Look at completed auctions on gunbroker. That will give you an idea. If you own it, it’s not new in box. You can’t prove it. I have many guns that are in great shape for their age. They look never fired, I’d never sell them saying never fired. I can’t prove it.

 

[Broc]

OP, just call it "Pre-Healey" - that bring the starting price to $3K.

 

[Mark from MA]

OP, just call it "Pre-Healey" - that bring the starting price to $3K.

Now I really want it.

 

[dhuze]

I'd throw the box and paperwork in the trash, shoot the shot out of it and look up the value of a used one on GB.

 

[Tartakovsky]

how would you set a price for selling a nib, 40 year old pistol (approximately) with all literature and accoutrements untouched by human hands since the day the gun was packed. i've seen all kinds of prices online but never for a nib example. is there a percentage formula you could use? say find the average going price for a mint example of the same and add maybe 20%...or whatever. think about it, what would you do? without knowing exactly what it is, i want you to deal with the question at hand. if such a pistol exists, i can say it is desirable and has a cult following. so what do you think people. remember, hypothetical here.

Not here for starters. Gunbroker.

 

[Tartakovsky]

Easy.

1) post obscure question about a gun’s value to stir up interest

2) eventually reveal description of said gun

3) wait for PMs with offers

That’s not how any of this works. Wrong pig. Wrong farm.