Originally Posted by
Garvin
A number just caught my eye: 156 people viewing this forum! At the same time, 202 were viewing general airgun and 33 sales.
Meanwhile, my vintage gallery has attracted more than 800 members and rising (some will no doubt be duplicates when people forget their login!).
OK, so many of them will be the same people and lockdown has meant many folk have more time on their hands... but still!
The .co.uk airgun forum has a lot of activity in its collectables section these days too.
Speculation is a bit of a fool's pastime, I dare say, but is it a wild exaggeration to imagine there might be some sort of golden age of collecting on the horizon?
The cynic in me says didn't 4,300 people view my 1951 Austin Hampshire pickup over 10 days on the baye, with 143 watchers while I only got trolly questions and not a single sensible bid. These pickups were rare when you could buy one brand new and it was dear by airgun prices but I expected more positive response than I had. Due to open backs and hard work they were invariably the first model of a range to become extinct. Think mini pickups: when did you last see one? And they aren't 70 years old yet.
Presumably they were just lookers with more curiosity than cash, although the price and lack of a reserve was clearly shown. Danny's site shares one thing with the baye, its free. That's not to detract from it, I usually manage to think of an excuse to sneak in there a couple of times a week myself.
I hope it is the dawning of a whole new age of interest.
More power to your elbow, Danny. Keep it growing.
ATB, Mick
When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns .