Why is this handguard worth so much?

[GUTS]

Am I missing something?
WWII USGI Walnut M1 Garand Front Handguard-Stock/Parts - eBay (item 200582225642 end time Mar-08-11 17:25:11 PST)

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[Mark in Rochester]

the cross sanding pattern would seem to indicate IHC

[bulldog_mack13]

Well you got me there, and to boot the dollars not uncluded for that price.

[Rick B]

I think because there are allot more original stupid people than we realize. Rick B

[RCS]

So what is a Winchester front handguard worth ?Attachment 21228

[Bill Hollinger]

One as beautiful as that? That is very nice RCS

[GUTS]

I just sold this one last week for $57.75. I was reasonably sure it was a Winchester.






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It seems like prices are going up rapidly for nice stocks and handguards.
M1 GARAND USGI WALNUT HAND GUARD SET WITH METAL- NICE! - eBay (item 170609461662 end time Mar-06-11 14:07:28 PST)

[RCS]

If you could find one, a handguard like this could start at $1500 a few years ago. It is not so much the wood (unless it is numbered and that would change everything) but that ferrule at the front. Difficult to determine if it is a repro or original from the outsideAttachment 21232

[NMC_EXP]

RCS

Is that handguard a pre-production example or production gas trap example or....?

Regards

Jim

[RCS]

Photo is a repro, about 12 to 15 examples made-up in the east coast area around 1992? lip was tig welded to ferrule on a fixture (not a Rahway example). R. Milton (Ohio) sold repros in the late 1980's too.

Photo below is an original ferrule with lip.Attachment 21275