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

[BigBill]

I replaced all my excellent looking s&w original wood grips with rose wood grips. I could sell the originals and make some $$ back. Hmmm.

 

[one eye joe]

The question that I ask myself about auctions like this: I've sold some pretty nice stuff-stuff that's hard to knock in any way..I think that I realize between fair value and fair value minus ten per cent.Never a premium price on anything.
Why can't I find these deep pocketed,must have at any cost,sort of buyers?

I HEAR YA, CAMSTER. THEY SEEM TO ELUDE ME ALSO……….

 

[JSR III]

Everything is relative. While $600.00-$900.00 seems silly for a set of stocks, I put up for auction a 1911 Type 1 magazine.
It sold for $1,725.00... for a MAGAZINE!

WOW, I think that the buyer got CLIPPED !!!!!!

 

[aphelion]

WOW, I think that the buyer got CLIPPED !!!!!!

That got a laugh from me. It will even be funnier if a doctrinaire weighs in about how sinful it is to refer to a magazine as a clip.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

I took the original grips off my 25-5 for elk bone:

Smith & Wesson Forum - ISCS Yoda's Album: Revolvers - Picture

Smith & Wesson Forum - ISCS Yoda's Album: Revolvers - Picture

I can't wait for someone to offer me hundreds of dollars for the original N frame grips. Yippee!!!

 

[tedog]

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.

I agree Tom.

 

[MIKELUVR]

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

I always chuckle at the posts made after Doc sets us straight . Oh, he may occasionally be wrong ; but few people on earth can match his knowledge of N Frame revolvers and their stocks .

 

[DWFAN]

I have this bridge for sale. Hardly used with original patina. Lee is spot on with his assessment.

DW

 

[Smith &W]

My money is on K- frame.

 

[Mickey D]

Dang it! Blew it again.

 

[bwdilli]

Sometimes it pays to put it up for auction and see where it goes.

 

[will527]

Thanks guys! That is what I like about this forum. Real honest discussion. The only drawback is that here it is 12:15 in the morning and I am going to take the stocks off of a couple of N frames and a couple of K frames to see exactly what you are talking about. I will get to bed around 4AM.

 

[MIKELUVR]

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

did he studder ?