yes, not so endeared with ANY auction house, know of several locally that folks have taken their Rugers to for "auction" and the folks did not even get back what they had into the cost of the guns,,,,I know for a fact that the one local to us here in NE Ohio, and good friends son, got a mint old model 45 convertible for less than $500, so , so much for auction houses , as well as the fees, both seller and buyers, again, a shop closed down here in Mentor ,Ohio the entire contents went to auction just east of here, and the owners wife( the WIDOW) got not even half of any of the values, how about brand new shotgun barrels for $15 a piece, new ,some still on the blister pack!!!!!!ammo went for dirt cheap , and T/Cs Encores went for a little over $100.I feel sorry for the family,,,,screw the auction house,,,and I will not even go into the other one that "lost" the live auction business, they "played games"
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you want a honest value of the gun in question, NEED to see and know the overall condition ( Let alone that it is ORIGINAL) and just what the ivory grips may have come from factory or secondary market....many variables, and YES " opinions" :wink:
FMC reminds me of the day Pop ( Bob C) was sitting with me at the Berea ,Ohio gun show years ago, and I was brought a NICE old model 357 mag flatop, by another "dealer" and wanted to see if I had original woods grips for it and I said why not sell it just the way it is?? so he sold us the gun,,,,,I kept the factory ivory grips and Bob said he wanted the gun, "as is", less the grips, so he gave me my money back,,,,,,,,$575..........and two other people were standing there in disbelief, and can vouch for this...my wife still has her "free" pair of factory ivory grips, and jut maybe the family still has that early flatop,,I recall in the #17,000 range???? I'm getting old, as to the exact serial number... :roll: 8)