S&W presentation boxes

[wheelgunnin]

are the smith presentation boxes really worth anything?i recently acquired a 625-2 with a pres.box and someone told me to put it on e bay and make some money off of it.anyone know about this ? and wouldnt the box be worth more with the gun in it?

 

[asiparks]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=36258&item=7144120528&rd=1

Usually they go for $75 to 100, but this one had all the papers too. Still seems like a lot though...

 

[thatguy]

Like everything else these have zoomed in price recently. I bought them for years at $5 to $10 each. No more. Now, a crappy S&W box with a badly deteriorated interior will bring $40-$50 and a really nice one can fetch $100 or more. The older cardboard boxes from the 1950s and earlier can bring hundreds of dollars from collectors.

Here are my presentation cases. Yes, they all have guns in them.

 

[wheelgunnin]

my box has scratches but the interior is great aside from around where the front sight is.it has the tools but no papers.i dont think the screwdriver has ever been used.thanks for everyones input. Im keepin it so we can let this die now. how do i get my post erased im new to this?

 

[Standing Wolf]

The presentation box quality was never very high when the silly things were new.

 

[thatguy]

Generally speaking threads are not deleted unless there is a compelling reason to do so. They become part of the "library" of info. When replies stop it will fade to the pages of history.

I would leave the gun in its original box. You can sell it but you would decrease the value of the gun by a similar amount to the selling price.