Thread: Antique Arms Show Alexandra Park

Originally Posted by blip

Went today. Still a good amount of stuff there but noticed a few empty tables. Didnt see anyone buying firearms tho. Dont know why that would be...was tempted to buy a couple of things

I was there in the morning. Even without the register I'm not surprised not many rifles were selling. The prices of the few interesting things I saw were fantasy. It seemed to me to be a theme of bayonets, knives, and rifles being well over what I would consider market value - I've reviewed all the prices obtained in the last few auctions for things I'm interested in and I saw pieces 50-100% higher than what the same has been selling for. I'm also very sure most things on the selling tables wouldn't even get close to the prices on Trademe with a much bigger customer base.

Case in point a good (but not great) condition 1943 Mauser K98, $3900. No bayonet or sling. I don't doubt that was still lying on the table at the end of the day. I'm up for a haggle but come on...

I picked up a few small reloading pieces I thought were good value but didn't even bother having a yarn about bigger items.