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Congrats to the winner! Looks like it went for right at $1700. I see a couple of bidders who I recognize as SCC members, but I'm not sure if the winner is or not. Shows that there has developed a true collector market for scarce Sakos. That didn't exist a few years ago.That's a Sweetheart! Probably will bring a pretty penny.
Right. The "collector market", whether for Picassos or ink pens, can vary quite a bit. A single sale proves little since it can be an outlier.Interesting shifts but temporary value I’d guess.
Low blow!!When they highlight items they tend to pick things that have high current values. Viewers remember Granny's old vase in the attic and soon there are ten more on the market and the old supply and demand function brings down the price. Also they don't always compare apples to apples. There are three different " valuations". Auction price,(the lowest), retail or gallery prices, and the highest, Insurance value. Bet you see a few more rare Sakos hit the auction block soon. Probably will go to all those well-heeled, Fat stock show Texans! How 'Bout those Cowboys
Another one was just posted up.
It has a stock I have never seen before. Can anyone tell if it is a factory stock or a aftermarket stock someone had made for it?
https://www.gunbroker.com/Item/971794887
Well, some bidders obviously think so, since "Sakoman1000" is high bidder at over $1000 with several days to go. I'm skeptical. The photos are lousy. There's no photo of the back of the pad or the bottom of the grip cap, both of which would provide clues. It appears to me that someone has done a good job of copying the characteristics of a Sako Deluxe onto a P54 - but I woudn't entirely rule out its being real. The gun is likely a bringback from Europe - note the ladder sight on both this gun and the L461 offered by the same seller. The seller also offers a French .22 Short target pistol that is hardly ever seen in the US. I have never seen any reference to a P54 Deluxe, but it is not altogether impossible that a few were made for presentation or sale in Europe.Could that really be a Deluxe P54 !
Well, Sako put a completely unnecessary recoil pad on the .222 Deluxes, just for design consistency, so it's not inconceivable that they would do the same on a rimfire. That said, I want to see, at a minimum, the pad and the grip cap before losing my skepticism. I looked up the P54 in Arma Fennica and found quite a bit of information on several variations, but not a word about a deluxe.Still a relative newcomer but would an original P-54, even if a deluxe, have a recoil pad on a 22lr?