This 1911 can be yours ... for a mere $15,000!!! :)

[Rick the Librarian]

Take a look - pretty ghastly, isn't it?? :D

http://pics.gunbroker.com/GB/342598000/342598371/pix566697446.jpg

Here's the link:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=342598371

[Guamsst]

my head hurts.....also, hows it shoot?

[westgard]

looks like the price has dropped to on $10k. A deal now???

[joem]

A lot of time went into that but IMHO not $10,000.00 worth for something that would have to sit in the safe.

[richard w.]

Look at the guy's other auctions.

Cars?

10 years on Gunbroker and I had no idea that there was a category to list cars.

[Dan Shapiro]

Talk about "pimp my pistol!"

[Rick the Librarian]

An XXX website for sale for $99,000 ... now THAT's something you don't see on GB - the guy sounds, well, "interesting"! :D

[The Wolf]

What a monster! Not my cup of tea.

While invariably a balance needs to exist between function and art, and some commemorative pistols & rifles balance that equation well enough, this example is clearly lop-sided. JMHO.

Best Regards from Virginia,

Chris

[ignats]

Greater Fool theory? I wonder what the seller actually has in that pistol? He has it listed on GB for three different prices, $6K, $7K and $10K. It appears they were originally sold for about $2500 here's the story behind it:

http://jpfo.org/alerts/alert20010722.htm

It appears they did a number of these types of commemoratives but are now out of business. I suppose some people like this sort of thing but there are so many out there that most never go up much in value.