Thanks Hooked...I'm quite familiar with what they are and what people are paying for them....my point being ...as you said...they are reproductions. Lots of things sell on GB for way more than they are worth.What you are missing is the O1911 and the O1918 are reproductions of WWI guns that Colt released approximately 4000 of several years back. They have become quite collectable. It is what it is. A o1918 just sold on GB for $2375.
Some people would like to own a representation of what a NIB 1911 would look like, which of course, can't be accomplished with an original for $2,375. I respect your opinion. It's all a matter of personal taste and preference.I would MUCH rather pay 2375 for an original M1911 than foolishly pay 2375 for a repro.
Less than $1,000? I would say that collectors fall into deals like that once in a blue moon. I have a friend who bought a mint Model 1911 about two years ago at a big gun show for $1,800 from a young man who was looking to sell. I doubt anyone will see a deal like that for a long time, unless they're in the gun dealer business. I only mention this because I think it's only fair for brianfede to have a realistic idea of what he may find. If he holds out for a gorgeous Commercial Model for $1,000, he may never find what he's looking for.This is not a Military model but it is the real deal as far as Carbonia Blue is concerned...which was my point.....< $1Khttp://www.coltforum.com/forums/colt-semiauto-pistols/66725-my-new-me-1911-commercial.htmlBut to find these deals, you actually have to leave your computer and get out there and look....like in the old days!
Let's not get too carried away with condescending usage of words and phrases like "reproduction" and "selling for more than they're worth." First, this repro gun is 100% the genuine thing in that it's a fully functional, well-engineered 1911 built by Colt and in fact probably better built and more durable than the one it's based on. The fact that it's based on an earlier gun in no way diminishes its attraction and value. "Reproduction" in the Colt 01911 and 01918 sense doesn't have the same negative connotation it does in, say, the art world, e.g. a cheap lithograph reproduction of the poker-playing dogs painting or The Man in the Golden Helmet painting. Second, what something sells for is exactly what it's worth to both buyer and seller in an arm's-length transaction, and subjective third party opinions about over-pricing are pretty much meaningless given the fact that these guns are hardly fungible or in great supply; in fact, there are far, far fewer of them than there were Pythons made.Thanks Hooked...I'm quite familiar with what they are and what people are paying for them....my point being ...as you said...they are reproductions. Lots of things sell on GB for way more than they are worth.
Let's not get too carried away with disingenuous interpretations of words and phrases like "reproduction" and "selling for more than they're worth." First, this repro gun is 100% the genuine thing in that it's a fully functional, well-engineered 1911 built by Colt and in fact probably better built and more durable than the one it's based on. The fact that it's based on an earlier gun hardly diminishes its attraction and value. That's hardly the thing one can sneerily label a "mere reproduction as you might with respect to a cheap lithograph reproduction of the poker-playing dogs painting (I hesitate to call it art). Second, what something sells for is exactly what it's worth to both buyer and seller in an arm's-length transaction, and subjective third party opinions are pretty much irrelevant.