I think the Model 10 sold new for about $60 then.

I paid $31.55, with sales tax, for a MK II .455 in Denver in 1964-65. Condition was NRA Very Good Plus.

I regret selling it later. Like several guns, it had to pay for tuition when my GI Education Bill check was late.

I bought a Colt Super .38 National Match (fixed sights) for about $200 in the late 60's or early '70's and had to sell it for maybe $300 a few years later. That would now bring a pretty penny! I think it was made in 1934. It had the smoothest action that I've ever felt on an auto pistol. Colt hand honed the Match Grade actions.

Wouldn't shoot for sour apples, though. It was years later that it was discovered that the Super case needed to headspace on the case mouth, as with most auto pistol ammo. For years, the barrels were cut to have cartridges headspace on the semi-rim of the case.

T-Star