1960's Commercial Question

[M1Crazy]

Ok I will make this short and sweet I am looking to get a standard blued 1911a1 made in 1966. What is the average going price for one of these I do not need one new in the box but I do want one 90%+. I lost out on one on Auction arms around 90% blueing it went for $807.00 which i do not think is to bad of a price I left the house and was not able to go any higher.:(
TIA
Barry In MO.

[DENDEN]

When you limit yourself to only one year, your choices will also be less. Sounds like that would have been a fair deal. You never know on these auctions what the price will be - especially on Colts. I have one from 1965 that I found in a pawn shop quite a few years ago and I recall spending about $500. I thought it was high back then but I never saw them at shows and such. With the internet we have more sources available to us but we have to compete with lots of buyers/bidders. Good Luck in your quest. Dennis

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[M1Crazy]

Thanks for the info. I am not going to rely only on a auction I will look at the shows and shops locally. I was just curious what would a average asking price on a table or at a store would be. Also how much would be to much. There is a new in box 1966 made colt in nickel on the auction right now for $2000.00 not interested in it I really want a blue one.
Barry In MO.

[Hill]

M1Crazy,

It's common practice in the online auction sites, especially in Auction Arms for a bidder who wants to win to wait until the last possible moment and then place a bid so large that no reasonable person would have previously bid so high. These bidders know that there won't be time for anyone to recover and bid again and they expect their bid to surmount any amount that any proxie may have in reserve.

For example, your recent $800. loss that went $807. The final amount only shows what the last highest bidder (you) bid plus whatever one required bid increment was. But that winning bidder might have placed a bid of $2000. so that unless someone had bid proxie reserves of more than $2000. he would win and go away with the pistol. No one sees the amount that was bid by the winner, they can only see the winning amount.

There really are people out there for whom price is not an object for something they want. It makes those sites a pretty poor place to buy pistols for someone wanting to pay a fair price for what they want.