maxfaxdude Posted December 6, 2021 Report Share Posted December 6, 2021 Anyone aware of any recent private sales for less than that amount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83Baron Posted December 6, 2021 Report Share Posted December 6, 2021 Not private, but I believe morphys had one in November that went for just under 200k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colt21a Posted December 6, 2021 Report Share Posted December 6, 2021 To a rich guy sure why not, to a working stiff making 100 g or less no freakin way. AND TO A RETIRED GUY MAKING 100 G A YEAR SAME ANSWER No way..... but yes they are nice rare guns.RON K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haenelistklasse Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 Uhhhh, yes, they are!!! You know what they say if you have to ask you can't afford it!!! Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsonlmg41 Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 (edited) has to be Edited January 18, 2022 by johnsonlmg41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFA amnesty Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 How much is a mint condition Babe Ruth trading card worth? I would not pay more than 5 dollars, have no interest, but think to a collector, they would pay big bucks. Same with the FG42, it is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. I would love to own one but not at 300k or even 50k....well maybe at 50k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRMCII Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 (edited) A bit of perspective that may be of interest. In the year pre-COVID I reactivated a type 1 "E" FG in very good condition for which the owner paid about $245k with the buyer's premium. A couple years before I had a type 2 in for reactivation that was purchased for a little over $200k. The listing of known FGs of all types in Dugelby/Stevens book, as of 2007, indicates that there are 32 early and Type 1 "E" FGs in the US, 29 of which are in private hands, so are registered. The others are in well known US museums and the registration status is unknown. By the listing, about two thirds of the known FGs are Type 1's.About 46 Type 2 FGs are in the US with 32 listed as being privately owned, thus registered, with the remaining examples in museums and unknown registration status. So, according to the book, approximately 61 FGs are known to be in the NFRTR with a few more turning up in the intervening years in the US whose numbers are not listed in the book.Most MGs in the NFRTR are represented by many more examples so, in my view, the FGs would be considered scarce and unlike many MGs there is a reasonably accurate accounting of their numbers in the registry.By market valuations, German MGs are by far the most popular, so scarcity adds a very significant premium to their value regardless of their known or assumed quantities available as transferable. Some MGs that are as or more scarce in the NFRTR, but are much less popular, don't get much of a boost in value.No doubt some post-May examples will be converted from the semi-auto versions available, but FG kits are exceedingly scarce as well as expensive when one shows up.Hope this helps..... Edited December 7, 2021 by BRMCII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 I will add to bubba's perspective: FGs were extremely rare captures during WWII. Almost all snagged by ground pounders were taken away by Command Officersthis was at least true within US as well as Commonwealth command structureand there were about no commercially done dewats of them either in the 50s/60s Never the less a fair number of live guns were brought in by various means and were never registered during the 68' Amnesty. I have an extremely nice type 1 "kit"I saw cut the receiver many years ago, a widow turned it in to a cop shop in the 80s, full rig...mags, even scope and mount. Understand that even in the late 70s forward there were buyers advertising in Shotgun News wanting to buy FG magstheir willing to pay price was a GRAND a Magazine!yeah, I sold off most of the extra mags, that alone paid my investment and then somemade another close to 6K on the scope and mount around 88' So what's a single saw cut type 1 worth today ?turned down a 60K offer some 20 years ago with 2 extra mags, guy wanted it for spares on his own type II FGs are top of the curvethere still are a few examples in Canada too,all type II guns that have been deactivated, might be a few live ones as well though but never seen one in the wild was offered a type II deac FG late 90s in Manitoba...7K funny moneyno mag, spray painted, everything welded solid as a 2nd gen canuck deac, hard pass...very little to even salvage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfaxdude Posted December 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 Gentlemen...thank you for the info. I know FG42s are rare but as BRMCII pointed out, not all rare guns command high prices. However, rare German firearms always seem to bring top dollar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted December 10, 2021 Report Share Posted December 10, 2021 Ok, guys relax, the moderators will deal with this. Now that the train wreck has been cleared please from this point forward let's try to stay on topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfaxdude Posted December 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2021 Ok, guys relax, the moderators will deal with this. Now that the train wreck has been cleared please from this point forward let's try to stay on topic.Did I miss something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted December 10, 2021 Report Share Posted December 10, 2021 Ok, guys relax, the moderators will deal with this. Now that the train wreck has been cleared please from this point forward let's try to stay on topic.Did I miss something? Please do not try to get it stirred up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNHEEP Posted February 27, 2022 Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 It's like anything. An item is only worth what somebody is willing to pay and the other is willing to sell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anticus Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 I have a simple critiera; if I can’t afford it, it’s overpriced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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