Auther & Walter,
I was just sharing with you what the man said, hell, you know as well as I that this is one of the crazyest type of gun to collect anyway

. It has so many emotional ties too its' history, some people go nuts and will do and pay whatever it takes to have one

. That's why I'm not really shocked

when I see these Thompsons that have any kind of special recordable history going for untold & unheard of amounts of money

.
Yes, your right

, being a broker for such a high dollar item would tend to make you do a little research on it so you would know what the hell your talking about, but for some reason, Mr. Wiles didn't come across in that "salesman type style" (maybe he's a real good salesman?

) to me

.
Regardless, if indeed these types of guns are going for these kinds of prices, just think of the investment potential? What will they be worth in 20 yrs. from now???

!!!!!!!!
Or better yet, just enjoy the Thompsons' we have, you never know if a BIG ASS

METEOR will crash into us next year

and then no one will give a dam how much you paid for your Thompson, because no one will be here to care

!!!........
Food For Thought!!!

!!!!
Jim
PS- He did know that the first dozen (or/so) Thompson produced were destroyed

do to some mismanufactured parts on those guns??!!!