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1880 dated carbine
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 2:27 am
by Tom Trevor
An 1880 cartouched carbine just closed on Gun Broker for 7,575.50. Item 987907910. As nice a carbine as you will ever see but? More than I thought it would bring.
Re: 1880 dated carbine
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 4:02 am
by Dick Hosmer
Beautiful, beautiful - but a "closet queen" for sure. Never saw a horse (or a carbine sling) let alone a hostile. That's about twice the $$$$ that I'd have guessed - is the market coming back or did a couple of people just get crazy?
Re: 1880 dated carbine
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 1:56 pm
by Fred Gaarde
It IS a beautiful carbine.
Thanks for posting that.
Re: 1880 dated carbine
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 3:29 pm
by Tom Trevor
Dick, Both prices for good stuff is there and two guys went nuts. We figured 35-45 and one of our guys was in for the first half of the bidding.
Re: 1880 dated carbine
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 5:11 pm
by johngross
Very nice carbine! And not just the $7575 high bid but gunbroker has to collect sales tax too. In my state that would be over $600 additional added to the price. And if you buy from one of the auction houses (RIA, etc,) you get sales tax added to the price plus a 20% +/- buyer's premium. On some of the more expensive Trapdoor model's, the taxes and fees really hurt.
Re: 1880 dated carbine
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 9:25 pm
by Tom Trevor
John, The LSB auctions that carbine was in have no buyers premium. But sock the seller for 20%