This is insane...

[OldMaineWoodsman]

Uberti Texas Paterson .36 cal in very nice condition - Black Powder Pistols & Muzzleloader Pistols at GunBroker.com : 900740562

Colt prices for an Italian replica. I know that a genuine Paterson would go for much, much more but come on.

I can think of far better firearms to spend that kind of money on. Each his own, their money their choice...

 

[smoothshooter]

Uberti Texas Paterson .36 cal in very nice condition - Black Powder Pistols & Muzzleloader Pistols at GunBroker.com : 900740562

Colt prices for an Italian replica. I know that a genuine Paterson would go for much, much more but come on.

I can think of far better firearms to spend that kind of money on. Each his own, their money their choice...

How much did they want for it?

 

[OldMaineWoodsman]

Started at $750 and sold for $2175 plus shipping...

 

[Ponderosaman]

What in the Sam hill? Some of you guys with the larger collections are going to be rich. If I was you, I would auction off half my herd and then re-buy them back for a quarter of what you sold them for in 6 months, plus whatever else you've dreamed of. This is pure bubble behaviour. My next door neighbors sold their house at the top of the market right before the housing bust. I thought they were crazy. I mean how are you ever going to be able to purchase a house if you back out while the prices are going higher and higher. They said they'd rather have the money. Boy did they make the right move. You guys have an opportunity. Opperknockity never tunes twice.

 

[rickystl]

I can't believe what black powder/muzzle loading guns are selling for on Gunbroker. Original or Replica. The pricing at the auctions is also heading upward.

Rick

 

[vervillev]

P.T. Barnum is laughing in his grave...

 

[OldMaineWoodsman]

For that money you could buy an actual Colt named after one of the snakes. Oh well, to each his own.

 

[hawkeye2]

"Opperknockity never tunes twice."

Ponderosaman that sure brought back memories. I even remember the magazine it was in. I guess that shows you that I'm an over the hill gearhead.

 

[Zonie]

Paying $2175 for that pistol is just an example of total ignorance on the part of the buyer. Whoever it was must have thought the pistol was an original Paterson in premium condition.
I can't totally fault the seller in this sale either. He most clearly shows the pistol laying on top of the Uberti box it came in, in one of the photos.

When I say "can't totally fault", that doesn't mean I consider the deal as something an honest man would do. If he was an honest person he would have told the buyer the gun is a modern Italian replica and not worth that much money. If he did that and the "winner" of the bid still wanted to pay that amount then the seller should thank them and take the total amount.

 

[user 33697]

This brings up something that I am curious about. Is Uberti the only manufacturer that ever made a Paterson replica?

 

[OldMaineWoodsman]

Navy Arms and Pietta have in the past...

 

[hawkeye2]

Navy Arms didn't manufacture guns and I believe that over the years they sold Pattersons by both Uberti (with & without the loading lever) and Pietta.

 

[OldMaineWoodsman]

Correct. Navy Arms simply imported and sold them.

 

[jonathan butcher]

The Paterson reproductions are selling for crazy money, this is the third I’ve seen a GB which ended in excess of $2k. Why this is happening I don’t know but it appears to be specific to the Italian made Paterson repros. For some reason those guns are selling on the secondary market for way more than they’re worth.

 

[BradBrownBess]

Its all guns. I collect various from 1700 flints to WW2. No huge collection just nice examples of things I have wanted over my life. Gun auctions now are insane - bidders paying 10 to 20x what high estimates are. But - thats actually nothing - look at Baseball cards (i don't collect them but a friend does) - so expensive now companies have formed to sell them like stock - you buy a piece - you never own it - just by into it hoping it appreciates. Then there are these INSANE NFT things - look up NFT if you don't know what that is. Everything is in a bubble right now - housing, stocks, all assets, but the dollar.
My advice - never pay more than a few hundred on a repro anything - especially an Italian made BP gun - good lord the world has gone nuts. I'm off to mortgage my house for Dogecoin now - later!

 

[condorsp]

I guess some people have more money than brains.

 

[Dale Lilly]

I have a great Uberti [Log Cabin shop] Hawken .54. I will sell it for about 3K. Takers? Polecat

 

[troy2000]

I have a couple of Japanese repro Tower pistols from the '70's. The first lucky buyer can have one for only $999.00, or 1799.00 for the pair...

 

[rickystl]

An original 1763 Charleville musket - that was cut down to a pistol (during the period) - just sold at auction for $2,800.00

Rick

 

[lexington1]

An original 1763 Charleville musket - that was cut down to a pistol (during the period) - just sold at auction for $2,800.00

Rick

Yes, I saw that. I was thinking that the lock might have been worth a couple hundred bucks, but wow. I'm still in shock over that one.