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Re: bear trap value
[Re: wissmiss]
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11/14/22 02:27 PM
11/14/22 02:27 PM
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To a true collector, the value is decreased because of the replaced chain. It is just fine for some one that just wants a bear trap for decoration.
$500.00 or so, in my,opinion. A thousand dollars is too high, in my opinion. Agree. Proper replacement chain could cost you more than $500 "IF" you can find one.
Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.
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Re: bear trap value
[Re: michitraps]
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11/14/22 02:38 PM
11/14/22 02:38 PM
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I bet at an estate auction it would bring closer to the thousand than the five hundred. The "real collector" market is not the only market out there. There are a lot of people that would like to have a real newhouse bear trap to hang on their wall.
To the op, did you mean both springs were stamped?
Last edited by TurkeyWrangler; 11/14/22 02:41 PM.
Poor people have poor ways.
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Re: bear trap value
[Re: michitraps]
#7717649
11/14/22 07:34 PM
11/14/22 07:34 PM
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I tried to buy one at an estate auction a couple years ago. My 750 proxy bid was 750 short of the selling price.
AKA: Rusty Shackleford
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Re: bear trap value
[Re: Animals Only]
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11/15/22 02:14 PM
11/15/22 02:14 PM
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I tried to buy one at an estate auction a couple years ago. My 750 proxy bid was 750 short of the selling price. There was a lot of "free" govt money floating around a couple years ago too. Market on everything tightened once the freebies dried up.
Sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand
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