$10,000 336 shooter or vault queen?

I remember the first time I ever paid $500 for a gun; I felt extremely guilty and thought I must be some kind of idiot. But eventually those pangs of guilt and "sticker shock" faded, and I found myself coughing up $1000 for my next gun; telling myself that I would never again be so foolish. But those feelings of idiocy passed too; and before I knew it, I was coughing up $3000 for a single gun! And I told myself, OK Tom this has got to stop; this idiocy is getting out of hand. Then, while visiting a gun shop in NC, I saw a high-grade LC Smith shotgun I just had to have and knew it was under-priced at only $5K; so I spent my first $5 thousand on a single gun. Not long after that, I had an opportunity at a rare Optimus Grade Lefever; grossly under-priced at only $10K, and it also found a new home. I stopped my gun buying at that point, and not because I felt I was being stupid and irresponsible; because my business is commercial real estate and our recession had killed the industry to the point that I felt compelled to sell my collection to support my business and family. But those guns were literally money in the bank, I made sizable profits on every one of those high-dollar guns; and in some cases serious money. The thing folks must realize when it comes to gun buying is that, it's not how much you pay for the gun; but knowing the real value of the gun before you open your wallet, and that knowledge only comes from doing one's homework (or research).
When considering the price of the custom gun here; most likely that is not an investment quality gun in that it would have the potential to appreciate in the same fashion as a vintage gun; but everything is relative. Ten years from now the $10K you paid for this gun will retain far more value than the same $10K invested in a new truck or auto; and the same $10K gun would be far more valuable than a boat selling for the same $10K.
And another thing to consider is that those of us who own multiple guns seldom stop to think about the total dollar investment we have in our accumulations. I have 10 Marlin levers, all have high-dollar Leupold scopes, and all have a full compliment of accessories and ammo stashes; and guess what, I can only shoot one of those guns at a time, and all but one of those guns do nothing but take up space in my vault. So, with nearly $1K in each one of those Marlins, what do I have here? Obviously, several thousand dollars just sitting there while I am preoccupied with my 338MX. So, if I've got close to $10K already tied up in an accumulation that I'm not using anyway, then having only one custom/dream Marlin rifle I really enjoy might be something worth serious consideration. Some of the younger guys here will obviously think I'm suffering from Old-timers disease; but the hard truth is that I enjoy my guns, I don't have many more years remaining to enjoy my passion, and I won't take anything from this world into the next. And although the featured gun here is not the Marlin I personally want, life is just too short; and I will have my "ultimate" Marlin rifle before I check out.