Next time someone asks how much an early 29-2 is worth...
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Model39
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Not Even The Correct Presentation Case.
Nice money if you can get it. The presentation case is incorrect for the gun, yet it sold for over 3K. I hope if/when I sell mine I can get that amount, and mine are in their correct presentation cases.
Nice money if you can get it. The presentation case is incorrect for the gun, yet it sold for over 3K. I hope if/when I sell mine I can get that amount, and mine are in their correct presentation cases.
05CarbonDRZ
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Someone overspent by about $1,500.....
Yea I saw that one myself, way too much! I suppose my earlier black pres case guns are now worth double what I thought!
My 29-2 was shipped about 15 years later and came in a wooden presentation case. When did use of the black or dark blue boxes end?
The 29-2 being discussed would have originally been shipped in a clamshell presentation case and would have been fitted with coke bottle style stocks. The serial number dates the revolver to 1963-1964. The accessories and the presentation case date from 1975-1978. As stated above, someone overspent significantly for this 29-2.
The dark blue/black presentation case was discontinued in early 1960.
Bill
The dark blue/black presentation case was discontinued in early 1960.
Bill
Not necessarily. Maybe they thought that wonderful Hemingway-esque description was worth $1500.
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Don't do that: then everyone will think that's the norm and overpay, driving prices up even more
IMO, the internet and auction sites are the worst thing that ever happened to collectors of guns and other items. Now everyone thinks they know what stuff is worth and over-prices it, and bidding/overpaying are just too easy.
I guess on the bright side, I can learn a lot more on forums like this about revolvers I never knew existed.
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Art Doc
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This gun, with the warts, sold for over $3500. How do we tell someone it isn't worth that much? Any item is worth what someone will pay. Someone paid over $3500 for this one.
Aren't those Cokes on the gun?
Aren't those Cokes on the gun?
Not necessarily. Maybe they thought that wonderful Hemingway-esque description was worth $1500.
Har! More like the Sham-WOW guy
I wonder if the buyer would be interested in a 57....
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No, just standard diamond target stocks.
Ill wait here for the new owner to show up to share pics of his new
29-2 and ask if he got the great deal he thought he did. I am a believer in not too much but too early however, I think in this case because of the blatent misrepresentation coupled with the sales price, time is definitely not on the buyers side
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29-2 and ask if he got the great deal he thought he did. I am a believer in not too much but too early however, I think in this case because of the blatent misrepresentation coupled with the sales price, time is definitely not on the buyers side
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GB, etc
Evidently, GB and other sites condone this sort of deception-I know from experience that reporting it is a waste of time. Bottom line--higher sale prices mean more money for them. Caveat emptor--do some research--then "buy the gun, not the story."
Evidently, GB and other sites condone this sort of deception-I know from experience that reporting it is a waste of time. Bottom line--higher sale prices mean more money for them. Caveat emptor--do some research--then "buy the gun, not the story."
THE PILGRIM
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I share your frustration, but the operant phrase here, unfortunately, is "what the market will bear".Don't do that: then everyone will think that's the norm and overpay, driving prices up even more
IMO, the internet and auction sites are the worst thing that ever happened to collectors of guns and other items. Now everyone thinks they know what stuff is worth and over-prices it, and bidding/overpaying are just too easy...
RobertJ.
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There are people to whom that kind of money is just pocket change! They can pay that price, even knowing it's way too high, without even blinking. I'm not one of them, unfortunately.
BigBill
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My s&w brothers it's the tip of the ice berg were seeing now let's see how crazy these prices will go now. I say if I had it if I lived long enough I may of broken even or made some $$ on that. Look at what it is and were looking into the future gun prices. Think about where this price puts our guns at. You have the future gold in your hands handle very carefully.
The prices can change over night I've seen this before.
Really what's so special about a python? I think there is more history about a s&w with the pre war, post war, pre model number guns more than any other gun manufacturer. Then the "S" & "N" serial numbers.
A colt is just a colt to me and a colt will sell faster because of the colt name. But someday S&W will get its just do soon it's coming. I've seen it happen to the under dogs in the military rifles too.
The prices can change over night I've seen this before.
Really what's so special about a python? I think there is more history about a s&w with the pre war, post war, pre model number guns more than any other gun manufacturer. Then the "S" & "N" serial numbers.
A colt is just a colt to me and a colt will sell faster because of the colt name. But someday S&W will get its just do soon it's coming. I've seen it happen to the under dogs in the military rifles too.
