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[quote=Anonymous]To this PP… I really appreciate you doing your best to care for your grandfather’s collection of artifacts and to get them into good hands of future owners who will tend to them. My uncle has a handful of fantastic condition, all-original M1 Garand rifles, just like my grandfathers carried in Europe.  Three of these rifles will be set aside for my kids to inherit and occasionally shoot, and pass on to future generations.

[quote=Anonymous]My father started gun collecting when he turned 60 (he is 90 now).

He is a huge history buff, and knows a lot about WWII. He collected sidearms worn by German officers during the war.  He learned all he could and was very careful in what he bought.

Why should you care? Because the appreciation of most of these guns exceeds 1000%.

We recently helped him move into assisted living, and he asked us (the family) to sell his collection and give the money to his grandchildren. We have sold one-half of the collection (in terms of the number of firearms), and netted $300K. The remainder should net another $200-$250K. He believes the entire collection's acquisition cost was between $50-75K.

I strongly support people lobbying to reduce access to firearms, because the collection jumps in value every time it appears that guns will be harder to own. I bring this example up because firearms can be much more than something you own for sport or self-defense.

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