Can someone help me understand why these grips are so valuable?

[Elkins45]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950s-S-W-S...=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf0da6b51]1950s s w Smith Wesson N Frame Walnut Diamond Grips Model 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 | eBay

What possibly makes them worth this kind of money?

 

[BudMan5]

Those were made in the 1950s to about 1967. That particular set appear to be the really rare and elusive coke bottles.

beauty (and value) are in the eye of the beholder and in this case available to those that can afford them.

If you don't think they are that valuable then don't bid for them. But I know a lot of S&W collectors who think they are that valuable and looks like at least 30 of them are bidding for them

 

[crsides]

I don' t think these are cokes, the checkering area is too small. They should have been in the $200 range, IMHO.

Charlie

 

[Culina]

someone "really" wanted them.

 

[rct269]

BudMan5 has given you the nits and lice of the grips. The reason they command the price they do is "Econ 101"-----Supply (limited) and Demand (substantial).

Are they worth that price? That all depends on who you ask. If you want them, don't have them, and have been looking for years, what's the answer?

At a point in time, I wanted a mint pair of pre-war N frame Magna's. As time passed, that want grew into a need. As more time passed, that need grew into desperation----I HAD TO HAVE THOSE GRIPS!!!

Then I got them. They cost A LOT!! I didn't care.

Trust me when I tell you whoever paid $600 and change for these grips is a happy camper----and couldn't care less what they cost! Tomorrow he'll get some more money----and the day after that---and the day after that. That's a certainty. Is he going to get the next pair of grips he wants-----or the next gun he wants? Maybe---maybe not.

So it is written!

Ralph Tremaine

 

[fat tom]

Personally,I think that the buyer will be sick to his stomach when he finally realizes that he bought a fairly common set of N-frame diamond targets instead of the "cokes" he THOUGHT he was buying. Just sayin'.
f.t.

 

[Sgt 127]

At this rate, I'll be clearing out the big Tupperware bin I've got with old grips.

Hell, I may start taking them off my guns and replacing them with Herretts.

Never was that crazy about the factory grips anyway.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

I thought he was speaking of the character "pope" on "Sons Of Anarchy" who shot a bunch of people.

Might want to take a look at Pope Alexander VI, (of Borgia) also.

It was refreshing to finally see someone use "boorish" on the forum ! ....COARSE, UNCOUTH, and LOUTISH are soon to follow.

"Illiterate" not so soon.

 

[410bore]

At the rate nice Cokes have been selling ($800-900+), I am not surprised. I have watched several other pairs of N Diamond Targets sell in this range and even over $700.

Yes, its crazy high but It seems to be happening quite often.

 

[Ga Johnny]

It may be time to start selling the woodpile

anybody else see the N diamonds that closed at $630 yesterday

auction # 261738883921, (can't get link to paste)


And they look refinished to me

 

[sceva]

anybody else see the N diamonds that closed at $630 yesterday

auction # 261738883921, (can't get link to paste)

They are the ones linked in the original post.

 

[-db-]

They are not N-frame stocks, they are not Cokes and they have been refinished.

Someone got taken for a ride.

 

[Qball]

Wow! That makes me want to strip off the factory grips and put on Hogues or something. As for the OP's remark about the pope, of course he wasn't referring to the present pope. Now Pope Innocent VIII was a different deal. Look him up. Just because a man is pope doesn't put him beyond reproach.

Not sure.. but i don't think that Smith & Wesson was around at the year 1484

 

[410bore]

They are not N-frame stocks, they are not Cokes and they have been refinished.

Someone got taken for a ride.

They are definitely N Frame but yes I'd bet they have been touched up.

 

[JSR III]

I think they are pretty

 

[-db-]

They are definitely N Frame but yes I'd bet they have been touched up.

Kris, take a closer look. The stocks in question are at left while an N-frame stock is at right:

The step behind the washer is clearly larger on the set of unmolested N-frame stocks. That's a small K-frame step on the left.

 

[Doc44]

I believe the person who bought them knew what he was bidding on. They are a nice set of N-frame diamond target stocks that date most likely to the mid-1960s. They were correctly listed and the photos don't show a refinish to me. This is the new world we live in.

Bill

 

[410bore]

Tom,

they aren't K's. The lip isn't as large on the older style stocks as it is on the New silver washer stocks. you can tell they are N frame from the outside also, they are larger.

 

[-db-]

Tom,

they aren't K's. The lip isn't as large on the older style stocks as it is on the New silver washer stocks. you can tell they are N frame from the outside also, they are larger.

Yes, the outside says N-frame but this is where we have to be careful. If the stocks have been refinished, and there are some clues they have, they may have also been modified to try to fit a K-frame.

If you look at the auction and note a buyer's question at bottom, you'll see I'm not the only one to suspect they may not fit an N-frame.

 

[410bore]

Yes, the outside says N-frame but this is where we have to be careful. If the stocks have been refinished, and there are some clues they have, they may have also been modified to try to fit a K-frame.

If you look at the auction and note a buyer's question at bottom, you'll see I'm not the only one to suspect they may not fit an N-frame.

I get what your saying but I don't see any signs of the grips being trimmed back to fit a K frame. They would have to be gradually trimmed back from the butt to the lip and it would be very evident that it was done. These have not been modified.