Collectables are guns that are desirable, have a great pedigree and perhaps are somewhat rare. Nothing but condition effects the price, however, having box and docs can add to the value. There fixed it fer ya......
Few years back I had agreed to purchase a very nice Colt Python 6 inch in nickle for $1600 (not on ODT). Next day my wife's Honda dumped the transmission and I had to back out of the deal to cover the transmission. I'm sure it mattered little to him. Still regret that transmission over Python...