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Why did this No 1 forend sell for so much?
My other thread on the forend I bought had me looking at eBay sales histories where I ran across this: British Lee Enfield No1 Mk3 SMLE Forend Forearm Stock - New Old Stock. NOS. | eBay
Why the heck did this forend sell for $431.56 USD?
It appears there were four different bidders.
Was this a super rare, one of one forend or something?
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01-05-2019 10:14 AM
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Bidding war probably, buyer probably will not be to happy it looks a bit warped.
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It looks like a new or near new 'old stock' (complete with a few superficial bruises), beech forend produced by BSA Shirley in 1956, as marked. Cannot for the life of me think why it fetched so much as there's nothing special about it that I can see. Maybe we both missed Lawrence of Arabia's initials on it somewhere...! I think sometimes people just let their egos get the better of their common sense, they become determined to 'stop the other guy from getting it' & end up paying far more than it's really worth.
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Originally Posted by
Garandy
Why the heck did this forend sell for $431.56 USD?
If you set your bids to snipe, you can get in over your head in seconds...the last second of the sale. Turn your head and price quadruples...in 15 seconds. Wait and see if it relists.
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Its funny how it says "Sorry, you missed out on this item".
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Around here you probably could have bought the rest of the rifle as well for that price.
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...! I think sometimes people just let their egos get the better of their common sense, they become determined to 'stop the other guy from getting it' & end up paying far more than it's really worth.
Rather like the "Singer" sight for the No4 rifle that recently went for £217 all because it had the square S savage stamp on it, I have seen ones very recently go for £45.....
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If they're fetching that much I'll have to have a rummage through the half a bucketful of them that's sitting in the garage....!
(Bought long ago when you couldn't give them away).
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Some idiot probably bought it restore a sporterized rifle that he now has double its value invested into.
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Originally Posted by
Bigwagon
he now has double its value
Not likely, he'll be lucky to break even. Rebuilding often costs twice what buying whole does.
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