^ This post sums it up very well.I would say it depends on what you plan to do with the gun.
It's it's really, pristine, unfired, no turn line, in the box, with all the papers, tools, etc., it would be a $500.00 gun around here. Maybe more.
BUT...if you're just looking for a gun to shoot, I wouldn't buy that one. You can probably find a "shooter" for a lot less. Model 10's in the condition I just described are few and far between these days, and really fall into the "collector" class. So why pay collector price for a gun you plan to shoot? And that is a "collector" price.
But if you're planning to collect it? You probably won't find one like that for less.
They still build the Model 10 as part of their Classic Collection. MSRP is $739.$500 for a NIB K-frame? S&W couldn't build that gun today for $1000.
Righto. Also don't comp a NIB against someone else's interpretation of a 90, 95, 95+% gun.I don't think that price is out of line for a NIB Model 10. Even if it's a tad high for your area, as the collectors say, you don't pay too much, you just pay a bit early. Don't be comparing a NIB -5 to a police trade in (most of which I have seen lately have been -14's).
Here's my -5, the original owner never fired it and his son put it on consignment after he passed.