Billed as a "Combat" Masterpiece, it appears to be one of ten ,5 screw, 4" K32's. My $3000 bid got blown out of the water and 7 G's won it. I'm hoping some one got it and will share some pictures. The letters says it all...almost.
OK, Who Got the 4" K32 ?
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Wow!!! 7k!!! I like k32's but wow!
Have you a link to the auction?
OP
Ask and you shall receive.
OP
I really wanted it but a winning bid beyond what was on the table would have pushed the total price towards $10,000.
OP
It was out of Mike P's collection. I have one of his guns. Beautiful guns.
I've got to hand it to RIA - they predicted the value range pretty well. Hard to do on these seldom seen models.
OP
Another of Mike's guns, a nickel, 5 screw K32 Masterpiece went for a pretty penny. My pockets just are not that deep, but it does my heart good to know that there are people out there with lots of disposable income. The $300,000 Winchesters took my breath away.
Amazing guns
I've seen one of those $300k Winchesters. The owners house was easily over a million, 15 years ago and his safe was his basement with a door several inches thick, with security that included tear gas. 3rd generation collector going back 100 years. He had just about every high value collectible you could imagine and every one had been upgraded numerous times. Generational wealth is something you will never beat and RA now has 35% markup all things considered. These are people who will not blink an eye to bid the best prices on the best quality. A $20 million Ferrari? No problem.
Old big money will win every time. Their reserves will take your breath away. I congratulate anyone who got that kind of gun when it was 50 years ago, but it just isn't a game I want to play today.
It's just a matter of how deep your wallet is and how long you will wait to sell it and make money, sometimes decades, sometimes never.
Old big money will win every time. Their reserves will take your breath away. I congratulate anyone who got that kind of gun when it was 50 years ago, but it just isn't a game I want to play today.
It's just a matter of how deep your wallet is and how long you will wait to sell it and make money, sometimes decades, sometimes never.
I have some pictures, if you'd like to see them.
Post-WW2 4" K-32 targets are seldom seen, and they sell for a fair amount of money. Pre-WW2 4" K-32's are unheard of, but they do exist. The factory, from time to time, made up very small groups of 32-20's chambered in 32-long, with about 10-20 guns in a group. The groups were made up of fixed-sights and target sights, in 4 and 6" barrel lengths. The earliest group I know of was made in 1910. This is similar to the K-32's made in the 1930's, but those were made in the .38 serial number series.
I'll write a bit more about this later - have to run now.
Regards, Mike Priwer
Post-WW2 4" K-32 targets are seldom seen, and they sell for a fair amount of money. Pre-WW2 4" K-32's are unheard of, but they do exist. The factory, from time to time, made up very small groups of 32-20's chambered in 32-long, with about 10-20 guns in a group. The groups were made up of fixed-sights and target sights, in 4 and 6" barrel lengths. The earliest group I know of was made in 1910. This is similar to the K-32's made in the 1930's, but those were made in the .38 serial number series.
I'll write a bit more about this later - have to run now.
Regards, Mike Priwer
I know who got that one, not me, but one of us. Perhaps he'll post it in the not too distant future.
OP
Like I said above, I really wanted that one. Oh well. I hope the new owners comes around with pictures.
OP
Thanks. I needed that.
Ed (Smith17)
Over time, there were at least 3 small K-frame groups, each between 10 and 20 guns, chambered in 32 long. The factory had two choices - use the 32-20 series, or the 38 series. For these groups. they used the 32-20 series. In the 1930's, they made 100 or 200 K-frames chambered in 32 long. This time around, the used the 38 series. I'm thinking that by 1930, they had stopped making 32-20's, so the 38 series would have been their only choice.
The two other groups that I am aware of are at 32-20 serial 53000 and 61000,
Regards, Mike
Over time, there were at least 3 small K-frame groups, each between 10 and 20 guns, chambered in 32 long. The factory had two choices - use the 32-20 series, or the 38 series. For these groups. they used the 32-20 series. In the 1930's, they made 100 or 200 K-frames chambered in 32 long. This time around, the used the 38 series. I'm thinking that by 1930, they had stopped making 32-20's, so the 38 series would have been their only choice.
The two other groups that I am aware of are at 32-20 serial 53000 and 61000,
Regards, Mike
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I totally agree.
After I retired as a policeman I worked Executive Protection and working for old big money is a life on another level. The ultra rich is a different species.
I got the nickel K32. That's the only thing I got on this auction, and some of the prices, like the 3-1/2 in Reg Mag were right up there. Fun sales may be soft, but collectables still have money available.
I'll post some photos when I get the gun. Ive never been a real fan of nickel, but when its a K32, I had to try. Pure luck.
I'll post some photos when I get the gun. Ive never been a real fan of nickel, but when its a K32, I had to try. Pure luck.
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