Many many seasons of suns ago, I had a classic Winchester Model 94 in 30-30. Loved that rifle.
Then, unemployment hit and lasted entirely too long. I had to sell the rifle just to put food on the table. It got us through the last little stretch of that season of difficulty but I've often thought about what the rifle would be worth today.
Still, some things do take precedence over material things. I'm in the fortunate position of having a lot of good credit and could easily "buy" a lot of things. It just ain't worth it, though. My Busa and the Gixxer are very close to my heart. But I'd sell them both (and everything else I own) in a microsecond if it meant survival.
--Wag--