If I had $3500 to spend on a 1911 and my main focus was a collectable, my search would begin with an all original vintage Colt & close to mint as possible.
Commemoratives are a different animal & can be hit with a little more miss in the collector world.
"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass."
Japanese Admiral Yamamoto, 1941
"A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him toward the left."
Ecclesiastes 10:2:
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