Don't know who the collector in the video is, but...
1) I recall one auction around 15 years back where the true "first version" of this first model Daisy, inscribed with the Plymouth Iron Windmill name, sold for over $10K. There are about five versions and the original is the rarest.
2) Prices have been dropping for collectible BB guns. At any of the typical airgun shows you'll find examples like that in the video priced from $2000 for a less nice one to $3500 in sharp condition.
3) The collector has no fear of making good on his $9K offer if that wine bottle is what it has to break! The question could be, will he really cough up 4000+ when the bottle stays intact?
Don R.
Well, I have nothing quite so grand in my growing collection. But I do have some cool stuff. Most at the price point where they need restoration. Which I enjoy as a retirement hobby, along with rebuilding more modern examples. I have a Crosman model 160 Pellgun, variant 1, A 760 Powermaster variant 1, A Crosman model 70 variant 1 built 1974, with serial number under 10,000! A 760 Powermaster variant 4 from 1/77, A 66AB Powermaster from 6/86, A 760-B, and 760-D Pumpmaster's from 1/89 & 4/98, respectively. Besides some newer springers and gas rams. But the model 70 cost me $213.25 out the door in an eBay auction win recently.
Tom Gaylord blogged about the Daisy replica in 2010:
https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2010/01/daisy-wire-stock-first-bb-gun-part-1/
I'm sure everyone is wondering... did the bottle break ?
I don't think you could break a thick wine bottle with a Daisy Red Ryder, let alone that old Daisy first model BB gun shooting bird shot BB.
I guess I will have to try it... with my Red Ryder... and definitely wear my shooting glasses !
