@ Green Frog. Re the Smith.
Well, it was about an honest 80-85% gun, with a good bore and chambers, no pitting that I saw. I'd guess it to be a 1920's to early 30 's piece. It had Magna grips that were obviously not original, but they were in good shape. At first I thought it was just another 38 M&P and was puzzled by the crazy high--even by gun show standards--price. But when I saw the caliber, I realized why it was so costly. It was at the Nation's Gun Show on a table over by the south end. Same guy had some nice older Colt Revolvers as well, but he was also quite proud of them.
Re my newest acquisition. Harrington and Richardson made a copy of the 1906 Webley and Scott 32 Auto, although it is perhaps a stretch to call it a copy. The H&R had a concealed Hammer, while the Webley had a funky looking hunk of metal hammer that hung off the end of the gun like an afterthought. I understand there were some other differences as well, the H&R had a grip safety while the earlier model Webleys did not, and I believe the H&R guns had a mag safety, though I am not sure on that (but I will be this week end ). Anyways, Webley made several versions of the their 32's including one adopted by the London metropolitan Police. H&R was envious of the sales that Colt and Savage were racking up and was interested in manufacturing a 32 Auto to get a piece of the market. William Whiting was the principle designer of the gun and was an Officer at W&S and sold the rights to make his guns to H&R. They made a few thousand of the curious looking .25's modeled on the 1908 Webley and Scott 6.35 pistol beginning in 1909 or 1910. It took longer to tool up for the bigger 32 pistol, but they started in 1914 or 1915 to make the "1912" pattern 32. From what I've read, they made 50,000 plus Webley style automatics of both calibers but stopped making them in 1924. However, they were still for sale in the 1930's. I had a reprint of a 1932(?) Hardware Store catalog that showed the 32 H&R 8 Shot Semi-automatic Pistol. IIRC, they were a couple of bucks cheaper than a Colt 1903. Anyways I hope to include it in my review of pre- WW II pocket Pistols.