If it's really unfired, it would probably go for a good price. I picked up my second one recently. It was on consignment. I paid $500 for it. It's used, but very little, with box, and all paperwork. It often seems to depend on the part of the country you're in. Around here, an unfired one would probably be in the $800, to $1000 range.(or more). Pre- model 17's are rediculously expensive, even if they look like they were run through a concrete mixer. $1000-1200 would not be unusual here, and I'm talking about at gun shows. They are very seldom seen in gun shops. There are two of the latest ones from Thunder Ranch, with the gaudy gold eagle engraved on one side, and the keyhole in the other side, at one of the gun shops here. They have had them for months, at $795, and can't sell them.
What were they asking for the one on the auction site?

EarlFH