Tis a strange person who hangs out in a forum for a rifle he doesn't even like.

I wish I had a dime for every auction I've attended where an older gentleman is grumbling about the prices stuff gets: "I remember when those were $25!" The answer to my question of "how many did you buy?" is invariably "none." Should I assume you wish you would have held on to those three? Just ribbing you - sticking it in Microsoft or Cisco would have been an "investment" whereas guns are doing well in just holding (considering inflation). A guy I shoot with bought a BAR in the late 1960s - he's happy with what the price has done. I think he paid less for it than the tax stamp. His "investment" is a truck went less well but he's ok with that.

I've noticed prices, across the board on guns, falling in my local area.

Condition and all the other issues aside:
RIA, 12/2008, Lot 3594: 5175
RIA, 12/2008, Lot 3598: 4887.50

RIA 9/2009, Lot3523: 8625
RIA 9/2009, Lot3542: 3737.50

So I'd have to widen the sample to gain any meaningful picture.