Now that I am retired, I have started to sell my guns. I kind of bought them as an investment. But I bought them at the right price and I bought the guns that I knew would always appreciate in value. About ten years ago, I started buying Colt Pythons when they were in the $350-450.00 range. I also bought Diamondbacks, King Cobras and Anacondas until I had a safe full of them. So in the past two months I have sold two King Cobras, an Anaconda and a Python and have made a good profit on them. I sold two Model 12s, a Superposed two barrel set and two handguns at the Louisville show and made right at $2500.00 on them. I bought them at a good price, it was nice to own them, I stuck them in the safe and I really did buy them as an investment. I have probably bought one or two guns over the years and paid more than they were worth, but not much more. But I can't really see myself losing money on the guns I bought. You shouldn't expect to make a killing, but if you buy them right, and take care of them, you shouldn't lose that much money. But I will tell you something about case coloring. If you ever see a display of Doug Turnbull's guns, you won't mind having one redone. His Colt handguns, Winchester rifles and his Fox shotguns are gorgeous. Jay Shachter from Michigan used to buy Fox shotguns, have them redone and they were pretty nice, too. So, I never minded having a gun that was redone as long as it was done right.
