How's this for crazy!

[Burnt Fingers]

It's up to $10,625 now. Now THAT'S nuts. The Colt "snake" gun have been crazy expensive for some time now. It almost makes me glad that I don't have the money to play that game. Take a look at item 871563825 on Gbroker. $600 for factory grips??

Over $12k now.

There's some crazy people out there.

[Drm50]

The first NIB S&W I got on a trade in 1964. Retail was just under $100 at the time. In 1968 I bought NIB 29-2 and it was under $200. Sold it in Dirty Harry Days. At about same time I bought 1911s at $100, Python I think was under $200 and Diamondback $150. Every Tom Dick and Harry didn’t have a gun collection either.

[Silver Jack Hammer]

I paid $575.00 for my first SAA in 1982. My co-workers called me a dumb kid, doubly dumb for shooting it. That gun has been the best purchase I ever made. It gets shot all the time still the to present day.

[murf205]

Over $12k now.

There's some crazy people out there.

It might be that these people shelling out ridiculous money for these guns expect to sell them for a big profit in the future. Who knows, they might but there has to be a saturation point somewhere. I saw the same philosophy in condominiums on the Gulf Coast until the bubble busted and the people who gave way too much money for them took a bath on the deal.
DRM50, I remember the model 29-2 days and I almost fainted when a friend gave $500 (in 1972 no less) for one. He still has it and it needs to get a tune up since it has had many stiff rounds through it since he bought new, but it is certainly worth more than he paid for it. $500 a pocket full in '72.

I just checked and $1 in 1972= about $6 now!!

The S&W "coke" grips just sold for $671.66+$20 shipping!