There are quite a few BB58s that have sold on ebay for no more than £2k which is about £1750 to the seller. It might just be that the market has cooled somewhat and/or saturated.
But I'm sure your dealer would still fancy their chances selling one sooner than a quartz GS (as nice as quartz GS are).
They don’t seem to be forth coming but wondering if the market has turned a little