Questions about selling a Python

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Did you promise your wife that you would sell a gun or that you would sell something? If it was something find something else and keep the gun, maybe the old underpowered spare lawnmower could go.
 
Black Knight, I didn't promise my wife that I'd sell the Python. We were talking about finances, I mentioned buying the Mustang, and she brought up the fact that we'll be getting a new mortgage when we move down south in about a year and a half, and there's the whole debt to income ratio to consider.

So, I paid off her car loan, and she thought that I was good to go right there. I brought up the Python sale as a way of paying the sales tax on the car so as to keep the payments down. I already paid the sales tax, but I can replace that money with cash from somewhere else.

I was just looking over on Gunbroker, and the Python's don't seem to be doing too well. The NIB 6" nickel Python's were going for about $1600 last year. I'm sure they'll come back.
 
Monkeyleg said:
I was just looking over on Gunbroker, and the Python's don't seem to be doing too well. The NIB 6" nickel Python's were going for about $1600 last year. I'm sure they'll come back.
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People might have been advertising for that price but I really doubt many 6" pythons have sold for that much. Maybe a 2.5 or 4 inch but the 6's just don't get the same prices from what I have seen.
 
I definitely recall some 6" nickel Pythons going for $1600 or so. These were NIB models with the box and all papers.

Here's one that got bid up to $1850, but the seller had a higher reserve (he also didn't have a box or papers). And here's one that went for $1675.
 
The bidder may have known what the reserve was in that case. The whole selling with a reserve doesn't make sense to me anyway. If you want a certain price to sell the gun then start the auction at that price, putting a reserve on and starting the bid lower makes no sense, I never bid on auctions with reserves set. I'm sure many other collectors do it the same way. The purpose of an auction is to find out what the value is, setting a selling price that is hidden doesn't do that. Like I say I watched one at a local shop for 400 less sit there for months before they discounted it another 200 to sell it.
 
There are three available in the town I reside in. One is a NIB blued version with an 8" bbl - $2,099. The second is a blued version with a 2.5" bbl - $1,550. The third is a nickel version with a 4" bbl - $1,750. Two of them have been around a while. The 4" version has just recently surfaced.
 
Four years ago, I bought a NIB python, blued, 6" for$750.00 made in 1971. I shoot the he** out of it. Having a gun like this and not shooting it is like being married to Miss America and having seperate bedrooms. I would find something else to sell for the car. Just my $0.02 worth.
 
Larry,

I used to think like you did. Then I realized that my python could sit in a safe and get me 2-4 other guns that I wanted in the future.

Sometimes a safe queen helps you shoot more.

Monkeyleg is using his to make a family move. That sounds like a worthy reason to keep the pony in the stable.
 
+1 revolverforums..........when I want to buy or bid on something I want to know how much they want for it..........period. I don't like guessing games.
 
Guillermo, I understand your reasoning. A few years ago I cleaned out my gunsafe. I sold a lot of guns I didn't shoot and bought some guns I do shoot.Now I don't have any safe queens, just shooters. I understand collectors.Nothing wrong with them, I'm just not one of them.
 
Trust me, you will regret it. I sold off quite a few treasures a few years back when I wanted to thin out the herd and figured I don't need those guns... and then the ban came and now I can't get those guns back even if I wanted them.
 
I'd hold off on selling the python. You will regret selling it and it will never lose value. The mustang on the other hand...that will depreciate like crazy. With the market the way it is you can save 3x (or more) the price of the python by putting your energy into negotiating your best deal on the car.
 
Very true, depending on the dealer, you can easily get the equivalent amount of money off the car ($2,000) just buy driving a hard bargain or going in fully armed with Edmunds or some other print out.
 
I paid $895 for this Python, so everything above that is gravy.
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I'll give ya 900, and pay the ffl fees and shipping:) Man I'm a nice guy huh? All kidding aside, while the gun market is hot, I wonder if things like revolvers are actually suffering since semi auto rifles and pistols are what everyone is concerned about? If you are in no hurry, personally I would put asomewhat ridiculous reserves on it and see what happens.
 
I'll give ya 900,...
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That's right neighborly of you. ;)

Actually, the Python is my only safe queen. The other guns have been fired, and they all shoot to well to consider selling any of them.
 
I paid $375 for my retired police issue 4" blue Python. No box, no papers, nothing but the gun. I don't think I would ever sell it. It's just too beautiful.
 
Monkeyleg said:
You guys really have me second-guessing this. I paid $895 for this Python, so everything above that is gravy.
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I'll give you $895 and some seal oil gravy!
(For those of you who haven't read my rants about the taste of seal oil, it's got to be a choice between starvation and eating seal before it'll pass my lips again.)

It's your decision to make, here are my thoughts on the matter: The Python is an incredible gun. If ever I get one in my collection, it'll never ever leave until after I'm dead. I've seen several I'd have bought on the spot but the owners weren't in the market. I'll eventually find the right one. Anyway, if you're set on making some money and you don't forsee yourself wanting to shoot this thing in the future, go ahead and list it. If you don't take your guns out and enjoy them, I don't see a reason why you shouldn't use their equity to benefit another area of your life. It's just a matter of deciding where your priorities are.

I'll give you seal oil and I'll even throw in some walrus oosik.
(That's the bone out of a walrus penis.)
 
alaskanativeson said:
The Python is an incredible gun. If ever I get one in my collection, it'll never ever leave until after I'm dead.
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Personally I think the python is a little over rated. Mine still shoots great but got pretty loose so it's at colt right now getting the end shake fixed and timing repaired. Never had those kind of issues with my N frames.


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Sorry, revolverforums, but that looks to me like something from my garage toolcart. ;)

Beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder. Some folks think Pythons--especially nickel Pythons-- look too "pimpy." For those folks, I offer this.
 
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