Nakihunter-

Your theory is pretty much spot-on.
As the value of the dollar churns and old hunters and gun collectors die, some of them will inevitably have families who either/both don't care about fine guns and/or need/want money more than they understand the value of fine guns -- and we'll see more collections spill out into the market.

That's just how it goes.

Howdas come up for sale.
There's a very very nice pair on Gunbroker right now.
Cased Mortimer Pair

NOTE BY CPTCURL: The Gunbroker.com link is no longer valid, but these fine Mortimer howdah pistols
can be viewed on this thread.

It will be interesting if these reach the reserve, and if they do, what they will hammer for on the auction site.

They're pretty beautiful, it's a great set.
I especially like the belt hooks!

--Tinker