Collectible value of dealer samples?

[jprime84]

I found a kershaw dealer sample knife on the big auction site, but I dont really know what to bid before its not worth it. Its a sample version of what I think is a very cool limited edition knife. Do the samples carry more/same/less collectible value as a regular production version?

 

[Quiet]

Well, I imagine something like that would go for a small markup over what they would normally cost. Certainly not a huge upjump in value. Of course, who knows, you may grab it and then one day run across someone who just has to have it at any cost.

 

[AntDog]

Sometimes Kershaw used to send out dealer samples with the edge completely dull. (So folks could handle them and check out the speedsafe without a lot of lawsuits resulting)..... If you don't want it to be dull as a ruler, you should at least ask.

They *may* be worth more than the regular ones, but I tend to doubt it. Maybe even less. Unless you're selling it to a guy who used to work in a knife store and showed em to customers all day? Stranger stuff has happened!

Dealer samples are usually the ones everybody and their mothers pawed all over.....

 

[Sonnydaze]

When I have gone to "gun shows" in the past, I've seen lots of "salesman-sample" handguns that are offered, about once a year, by the major handgun manufacturers, at about a 30% discount to the price of a new factory piece. I don't see why knives should be any different.
Heck, to a lot of folks, it's a used item.