Jay24bal
10-22-2015, 02:21 PM
Hello All -
Every year at renewal, I update the rider on my homeowners policy to account for new large, personal property items we have bought in the last year, to include guns. My insurance company does not require appraisals on any of my guns as nothing is super rare or high value, but I do have a question on one of my new acquisitions.
My wife's grandfather gave me a Belgian made, Browning Hi Power Safari Grade rifle several months ago, that has been in the family since it was bought new in 1959. It is a beautiful gun, in wonderful condition (90-95% easily). Now, it is rather easy for me to go on gunbroker or look in the blue book and get a value, and I have. But my question is this, this rifle is of very early production for this model with only a 3 digit serial number. In your opinion, would this fact add any value to the gun?
I am not a collector, so I have no idea if this is something collectors would place value on. I have zero intentions of ever selling the rifle, just want to make sure I have sufficiently insured it in case it is something with a higher monetary value, and figured I would see what y'all thought before paying a higher premium in case it would not add any value.
Thank you.
Every year at renewal, I update the rider on my homeowners policy to account for new large, personal property items we have bought in the last year, to include guns. My insurance company does not require appraisals on any of my guns as nothing is super rare or high value, but I do have a question on one of my new acquisitions.
My wife's grandfather gave me a Belgian made, Browning Hi Power Safari Grade rifle several months ago, that has been in the family since it was bought new in 1959. It is a beautiful gun, in wonderful condition (90-95% easily). Now, it is rather easy for me to go on gunbroker or look in the blue book and get a value, and I have. But my question is this, this rifle is of very early production for this model with only a 3 digit serial number. In your opinion, would this fact add any value to the gun?
I am not a collector, so I have no idea if this is something collectors would place value on. I have zero intentions of ever selling the rifle, just want to make sure I have sufficiently insured it in case it is something with a higher monetary value, and figured I would see what y'all thought before paying a higher premium in case it would not add any value.
Thank you.