Dan Wesson Apraisal HELP

carson0384

June 13, 2005 04:41

Hello All, (I posted this under General Discussions also)

Funny Thing happened to me Friday evening. My mothers best friend called me and said that she had a pistol that her husband had bought and never fired. About 15 years before he died. He pasted away about 9 years ago and this was sitting upstairs in the attic. It took her a while to find it. She wanted to know what she could get for it so she wanted me to drive over. When I arrived she handed me a brief case. I opened it up and it is a Brand New Never been fired Dan Wesson Pistol Pack .357 It cam with the 2 1/2, 4, 6 and 8 inch barrels, two grips and a Belt buckel dated 1979. I found another one like it at the following link:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=33391112

What type of value would you give this. I took it to the local gun show in LaPorte, IN on Saturday. From the books I looked at the NIB price was at about 500.00. This just didn't seem right. Do you have any input?

"Guns don't kill people, husbands who come home early do." -Larry the Cable Guy

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  ATF

  June 13, 2005 05:06

  I'd got to this site and ask the question of it's value.I'd say $500.00 is way under priced. http://www.1911forum.com/forums/
  
  
  
  
  

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  nmyers

  June 13, 2005 05:06

  An appraisal is just an educated guess by someone who may or may not know more than you do. I'm not sure why she needs an "appraisal". If she wants to sell it, all she has to do is ask you to list it on Gunbroker for her.
  
  You've done the smart thing & researched prices the right way. You just need to put the pieces together. If "the books" say it's worth $500, that's probably reasonably close; why would you say it doesn't seem right? The REAL value is what someone is willing to pay for it; an auction like Gunbroker will tell you exactly what it is worth. Obviously, it's not worth $1,500; if the seller is serious, he'll keep lowering his price until he sells it.
  
  I believe that the REAL price is closer to $500 than it is to $1,500. DW's don't have a lot of collector interest.
  
  If it were my gun, I'd just give it to my best friend's son; I know that he will appreciate it.
  
  Neal

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  Frogbert

  June 13, 2005 21:18

  I would list it on a 10 day auction on GB with a starting bid of $725.00 and list it to relist until sold. $725.00 is the least you'd have to accept as a winning bid, and that way you don't have to set a reserve, but are protected from taking too low a price.
  
  If it has all the parts, including the barrel wrench and feeler guage for setting the distance from the back of the barrel to the cylinder face.
  
  The system was ingeneous for these multi-barreled guns, but most who bought them did not read the instructions closely enough to know how to set a barrel change up, so a lot of the guns ended up with damage or missing parts... One had to set the barrel depth to just allow the feeler guage to slide out, and the outer barrel shroud had to be fitted over the inner barrel with enough torque on the barrel nut to tension the inner barrel properly for optimum accuracy. That's why they are unpopular, most people just aren't that mechanically inclined. Also, one needs to use only the proper barrel wrench to do the change-outs, or the end of the barrel will get scratched up.
  
  If you have everything, don't fire it, list it. There aren't that many out there complete and new in the box. I believe they will become quite collectible over time because of their unique design and Wesson name. There are buyers out there that will want one of these in their collection, if it truly is in new condition, unfired.
  You may have to persevere with patience, but if you stick to your price you will probably be rewarded eventually.
  
  
  
  
  
  Frog.
  
  RiBBButt...You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd, but you can be happy if you've a mind to. -Roger Miller

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