Pre-WW2 Browning Superposed 12 gauge with 2 Triggers

I don't know what you have so I'm not saying that it is or is not worth that kind of money but I've seen a lot of US gun sales websites with above average asking prices and also auctions with unusually high reserve bids. I've always thought this was more of an exercise to drive prices up rather than to actually sell the guns so care must be taken when using those ads to evaluate your own guns.
 
Falconflyer said:
I don't know what you have so I'm not saying that it is or is not worth that kind of money but I've seen a lot of US gun sales websites with above average asking prices and also auctions with unusually high reserve bids. I've always thought this was more of an exercise to drive prices up rather than to actually sell the guns so care must be taken when using those ads to evaluate your own guns.
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My earlier comment however was based on actual selling prices...for example auctions.
 
Mount Sweetness said:
They're not making 1931 Superposed anymore....
Some of these members commenting want to buy it badly and are waiting to see if you'll let it go undervalue.
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Or.. more likely, the OP will get a reality check when he lists this shotgun (if for sale) for over double the market value (due to some inflated unrealistic US website) and it sits on the EE for years.
 
Mount Sweetness said:
They're not making 1931 Superposed anymore....
Some of these members commenting want to buy it badly and are waiting to see if you'll let it go undervalue.
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Not me in the slightest. It’s an OU, I already have a 1953 Superposed 20 gauge and I have a list of SxS I’m considering/negotiating to buy right now that is 5 guns deep. I spend most of my time trying NOT to buy.

I think that if you investigated the two markets carefully you would find what we’ve been saying to be true. I know numerous other members here besides falconflyer , gunsaholic is just one, who agree with me.
 
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Mount Sweetness said:
They're not making 1931 Superposed anymore....
Some of these members commenting want to buy it badly and are waiting to see if you'll let it go undervalue.
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It’s nice to read so many other opinions etc
I’d rather keep it in my safe,then let it go for ,,undervalue,,
Once it’s gone it’s gone
This is not your regular BSup,that’s for sure
I just found old-style horn butt for it,so thinking of changing it,giving that gun really vintage kind of a look
 
A friend of mine passed away recently and he had a gun that he though was worth $10,000 based on the research that he did, so his wife sent his gun collection to auction and this particular gun brought slightly less than half that much. I had previously evaluated the gun at $6k and the auction was well advertised and well attended by online buyers so the money it sold for was the real value. What I'm saying is that the gun is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it and all those Supers on websites like Guns International have not been sold yet, and some of them have been for sale for a long time!
The bottom line is this, if you like the gun and want to keep it as a shooter then it doesn't really matter what it's worth!
 
Further to Falconflyers comments. I am looking at a 20 gauge shotgun to buy right now. Less than 3000 ever made by a guy widely regarded as making the finest boxlocks ever produced. The majority I see are 12 gauge. A normally small number are 16 gauge and a few 10 gauge show up now and again. In 10 years of looking in the US and Canada I’ve seen exactly two 20 gauge. They are both high grade versions, one higher than the other, and they are currently listed for sale on GI for $42,000 and $27,500. Listed, not sold.

The interesting thing is the less expensive one, identical to the one I am negotiating on, sold at auction 5 years ago for $9,200. And when I contacted a collector friend who may have more of these guns than anyone, he thought the range estimate I should pay, for a gun identical to that $27,500 gun, was $8-$12K.

If I were you, OP, I’d use the gun. They are fantastic OU, if the chokes suit what you are hunting. But if you do want to turn it into cash, accept what the market tells you. BTW currently it’s about $400 and 3 months plus to move that gun into the US.
 
Been away from country for almost 7 months and now planning on buying a house,so really thinking of selling some of my,,unique,,guns
So this one might go to another good home,if I'll get a good,decent offer
Best regards!
 
Big Bad;[URL="[URL said:
tel:17446952[/URL]"]17446952[/URL]]I do like the sound of that setup. I wonder how reliable it was? I've had my share of issues just with single selective triggers.
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My father owns a Laurona O/U made in the 60's with that style trigger configuration and it always functioned perfectly back when he hunted. I would think it hasn't been fired since my father moved to BC from northern Ontario over 30 years ago and packed in the hunting.
 
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LOWENHART said:
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I did google it
Nothing..,
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I didn't think I'd have to explain this to you but he's the one who made the comment that some of us were trying to purchase the gun from you for less money than it was worth. I stand by all of my previous comments regarding the value of your shotgun and resent that someone who doesn't know me (and obviously knows nothing about your gun's value) would say that I was only trying to screw you out of it. I'd pm him if I were you, maybe he'll give you 4 or 5 grand for it... it's worth a try!
 
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