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Old 05-05-2016, 11:48 AM   #4
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Default Re: Curios and relics: how to set up prices?

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Originally Posted by Anaraxes View Post
The M-16 that was used by a soldier in the 1st Marine Division during the Battle of Hue, complete with pictures of the soldier and his rifle with some letters home, is worth more to the collector than one which was used at basic training at Fort Benning in 1979 and then sold off for scrap.
As Rick from Pawn Stars put it when someone argued an item was valuable just because it was old: I've got a rock in my yard that's 2 billion years old, want to buy it?
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