Revolver Box

[jimmyj]

A revolver with factory box and papers is highly desired.
The same revolver without the factory box and papers lowered the price what percent ?

 

[mtgianni]

Great question Jimmy. I don't have the best answer but believe it is not much for a shooter grade revolver and over 10% for a collector grade one.

With that in mind, I feel a genuine box is worth more than a cardboard cover over a plastic shipping case.

 

[Model19man]

Depends on the revolver. An H&R revolver in bad condition might be worth less than the box. Let's see the box and the revolver to judge what they are worth, not some imaginary scenario.

 

[BillBro]

Also depends, maybe to a lesser degree on the condition of said box.

 

[lihpster]

I look at it a little differently. I have a value for the gun, then ask myself how much do the box and papers add to that value. After all, it's the gun that I want, so I start with that. JMHO and YMMV.

 

[mrcvs]

Generally, you look at a firearm and determine a value and see how rare the box is, the condition of the box, and how much that adds over the value of the firearm individually. In some cases, the box is worth more than the revolver.

 

[Frailer]

As others have said, I think “it depends”—both on the revolver and the box.

For my part, I view a box as “icing on the cake” for newer guns; I don’t place any significant monetary value to the package it came in. For vintage examples, it might make me stretch another 10% in how much I’m willing to pay.

 

[mm93]

Depends on the age of the gun and box also! The older the gun is the less likely a box will be with it. So very early guns with correct boxes get higher premiums than more recent guns will.
Might get an extra 10% for a nice pistol with box that's maybe 30 years old, but take one that's pre WWII and if it's nice and has the box that premium will greatly increase!

 

[CH4]

Really depends on the whole package. A rare and desirable gun would really increase the value of the box, especially if it had all the goodies. For commonly found guns, it may increase the package $50 to $100...or nothing. While a nice box for a RM, could fetch $1K+.

 

[Onomea]

When I first joined this forum, I couldn't understand why some guys really valued the boxes that occasionally come with older revolvers, or those that were sold separately for what seemed to me at the time to be outrageous prices.

While I've never gotten into it, I understand the attraction now. And when I've occasionally bought an older gun that came with a box, I've taken care to preserve it and to pass it along if/when I sell the gun.

The only one I have now that comes to mind is the beat up top half of a Colt First Series Woodsman Sport box. I'm not doing anything with it, but I figure the next guy might.

 

[bananaman]

I prefer to get any guns with the box & goodies. Sometimes that isn't possible. My old saying is FWIW you can't shoot a box!