WOW!

[bmg60]

Hi
What is this box worth to some one that has a 4 inch Triple lock in 96% condition and it the only box of this type you have ever seen. ?

Jim Fisher

 

[Mike McLellan]

Forgive the cynic in me, but the high prices paid for boxes are, somehow, going to be recovered in the eventual sale of the 'Gun with correct box'. Even an honorable collector won't be able to interject a, "Yeah, but…", when his widow, or the executor of his estate offers his collection at auction. In time, a "correct" box will simply become "with box". It's unavoidable.

 

[gjamison]

Bought my K22 OD years ago, sure am glad it came with a box. WOW!!!!

 

[Dan M]

I bought a Ruger 44 Flattop 7.5" barrel box off EBay once what others didn't know was the gun came with it, it couldn't be advertised on EBay so after a couple emails with the owner, I bid it up and won.

 

[lowhog]

I bought a Ruger 44 Flattop 7.5" barrel box off EBay once what others didn't know was the gun came with it, it couldn't be advertised on EBay so after a couple emails with the owner, I bid it up and won.

Dan, I think that explains the 1600.00 box. My guess the two or three high bidders knew the gun was available.

 

[BigBill]

I thought the k22 revolver came with it?

I have a gold box k22 with tools/screwdriver with a 99.99% k22 1948 I'd part with for $1999.99 + ship.
Just kidding but why an empty box?

 

[gm272gs]

The idea that someone sold a gun in a box (but billed it as an empty box, so they could sell it on eBay) now makes a LOT more sense.

A few EMails involved and some shifty goings-on, to be sure.

 

[410bore]

I am 99.9% sure there was no gun included. That's not much of a viewing audience for a gun, if the only people that know are the ones who inquire about whether one is included or not. Just doesn't seem like a good selling strategy. Plus, you'd think the seller would place some tricky wording in the description that would make the prospective buyers believe something else might accompany the box; there was no such wording.

I know the price is high but its a super high condition box that is rarely encountered. We're on here griping daily about people spending too much money on a particular gun. Guess, what, these people must be buying boxes too!

 

[SDH]

One fella is saying, "Jees, I'm sure glad he made that last bid and I didn't get it".

The other one said, "By God, it's Mine! ...but I sure paid for it."

 

[jsfricks]

I wouldn't have paid any where near that even if I had the revolver that matched the serial on the bottom of the box. But that's me.

 

[Walter Rego]

It seems to me that it's next to impossible for anyone to have purchased the box who also has the gun that belongs in it. The person with that specific gun would have to be extremely lucky to stumble on the auction and see a box that originally came with his gun. Is that particular gun worth what was paid for the box? Are these people insane?

There has been a couple of threads on this Forum where several people related stories of finding boxes for guns that they owned, myself included. I bought a 2nd Series Colt Woodsman Sport Model in December of 2007. In July of 2010 I just happened to be looking at gun boxes on ebay, marveling at what some of them were selling for. When I opened up the description and pictures for a Woodsman Sport Model box, it included the serial numbered test target for my Woodsman. Needless to say I won the auction and only paid around $80 if I recall but my max bid was considerably higher.
Lucky, yes, next to impossible, maybe, but there has been others with similar tales so maybe the owner of the K-22 was the winning bidder.

 

[bullmack]

The winner of the auction sniped it. It did not see any bids from his/her name other than the winning bid.

 

[VM]

The winner of the auction sniped it. It did not see any bids from his/her name other than the winning bid.

VERY smart Ebay winner/bidder. Any other way is just silly and unproductive.

 

[bbqbob51]

I keep thinking about how many Smith & Wesson revolvers I could buy for $1632.

 

[A10]

I keep thinking about how many Smith & Wesson revolvers I could buy for $1632.

Maybe one and a half? Don't forget about that thousand dollar 28 that sold here......

 

[RKmesa]

I like Red Boxes and...

I take a run at any that I see for sale, as shown in this dated photo.



I was in the thick of this auction for a while - but then it went nuts!!! The closing price was more than double what I thought that it would go for....

"Wow" is the appropriate word... It looks like I will be out of the red box market for a while...

 

[-db-]

VERY smart Ebay winner/bidder. Any other way is just silly and unproductive.

Exactly. All everyone else did was run up the dollars and price it out of their league.

 

[1blindref]

Well, it is in outstanding condition for a 75 or so year old box.

HUH ????? I simply can`t imagine the arrogance that sale implies. I know about conspicuous consumption and all that, BUT if I had that kind of disposable income I would be using it for charity or some worthy cause anything is a lot better cause than an empty box. What a wasteful shame!

Some might say they can't imagine the arrogance of your post
Who are you to judge how somebody spends their money?

 

[Watchdog]

I keep thinking about how many Smith & Wesson revolvers I could buy for $1632.

Not very many, that's for sure.

 

[Shooting Padre]

According to S&W 3rd edition catalog, these were made from 1933-41. They were the first picture boxes, and this is the first style of the red picture box, made for the K22 woodsman. The catalog stated that they were highly sought after. That's all I got. But I can't help but think how many S&W revolvers I could get for that sum.