$400 for empty cardboard box?

rm9792 · Post by **rm9792** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:06 pm

https://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewI ... m=81104939

Empty box for pistol, $400!

jason · Post by **jason** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:10 pm

That's just plain wrong.

seamusTX · Post by **seamusTX** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:11 pm

GunBroker is rife with pipe-dream seller prices that never draw bids. I rarely look at it.

- Jim

Longtooths · Post by **Longtooths** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:27 am

Damn, bidding is over!

Post by **Skiprr** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:55 am

You weren't kidding! It really was an auction, starting bid $399, for an empty cardboard box.

That made my day...

texasag93 · Post by **texasag93** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:28 pm

...........I've got some Ocean front property in Ar-i-zon-a..............

motleystew · Post by **motleystew** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:34 pm

It is concievable that this box could tack on hundreds to the price of a handgun if sold to certain collectors. I collect sports cards and I know that the empty wrappers of certain brands/years can fetch crazy sums to again, certain collectors.

Mike1951 · Post by **Mike1951** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 2:30 pm

A S&W collector friend told me he has seen the rare gold S&W boxes sell for $1000!

nuparadigm · Post by **nuparadigm** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:40 pm

Some folks have very strange priorities.

mrbug · Post by **mrbug** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 6:28 pm

I reckon I could go to the top of Commanche Lookout and capture air in an empty mayonnaise jar. As ridiculous as that may sound there is bound to be someone in the world who would buy it. There is absolutely no end to the madness.

Mithras61 · Post by **Mithras61** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:29 pm

motleystew wrote:It is concievable that this box could tack on hundreds to the price of a handgun if sold to certain collectors. I collect sports cards and I know that the empty wrappers of certain brands/years can fetch crazy sums to again, certain collectors.

Considering that this is a box for a .45 Automag from AMT, and could increase the value of an Automag by multiple $100s of dollars, the price may not be so ridiculous as all that. When you can increase the value of a collector's item like that for a few hundred dollars, it could well be worth it.

mcub · Post by **mcub** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:52 pm

Yea, but how do you know the box is real?, It did not have checks in the model squares, and I could make such a box simply with ordinary computer gear.

Something I'll remember this thread, if I ever decide to buy a collectable!!!

Mithras61 wrote:
motleystew wrote:It is concievable that this box could tack on hundreds to the price of a handgun if sold to certain collectors. I collect sports cards and I know that the empty wrappers of certain brands/years can fetch crazy sums to again, certain collectors.
Considering that this is a box for a .45 Automag from AMT, and could increase the value of an Automag by multiple $100s of dollars, the price may not be so ridiculous as all that. When you can increase the value of a collector's item like that for a few hundred dollars, it could well be worth it.

Mithras61 · Post by **Mithras61** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:00 pm

mcub wrote:Yea, but how do you know the box is real?, It did not have checks in the model squares, and I could make such a box simply with ordinary computer gear.

Something I'll remember this thread, if I ever decide to buy a collectable!!!

Mithras61 wrote:
motleystew wrote:It is concievable that this box could tack on hundreds to the price of a handgun if sold to certain collectors. I collect sports cards and I know that the empty wrappers of certain brands/years can fetch crazy sums to again, certain collectors.
Considering that this is a box for a .45 Automag from AMT, and could increase the value of an Automag by multiple $100s of dollars, the price may not be so ridiculous as all that. When you can increase the value of a collector's item like that for a few hundred dollars, it could well be worth it.

Well, I'm not a collector, and the only reason I even can ID the box is because I was re-reading "To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Tell the Truth" again, and decided to bone up a bit on the .45 Automag after reading Jeff Cooper's suggestion of it as a chambering for an automatic pistol. I happened across a site that had one of the original 1500 of the pistols for sale for nearly $5000 with a box, and about half that without the box. I figure that if the box is for real, it could be worth as much as $2500 with the right pistol...

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$400 for empty cardboard box?

$400 for empty cardboard box?

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