Walther PPK value??????

[L-Frame]

I am looking for help from any PPK experts out there. An old friend of mine has a Walther PPKS American from the limited collectors series that he is thinking he might sell in the near future. He is approaching his 88th birthday and has thinned his herd alot in recent years, and is now probably going to sell the few he has left, including this one.

He bought it in 1990. It is a beautiful gold, engraved pistol. It is in a very nice brown, Walther case and the serial # is C260 of 500. His other guns are pretty standard stuff with typical values but I have absolutely no clue what to tell him on this one. Any help would be appreciated. I know that guns like this have a much smaller range of buyers but I'm just looking for a range. Thanks.

Dave

 

[Jim K]

I think the retail price would be in the $1200 range. That is not necessarily what he could get for it, though. $1200 is also the last MSR price when the guns were new. In other words, not a very good investment in terms of dollars.

Jim

 

[L-Frame]

Thanks for the response Jim. I know he paid $1000 for it 15 or so years ago. I doubt if he could get that much for it now unless he got lucky with the right buyer at the right time, but I don't know. That's why I'm trying to gather information.

 

[1 old 0311]

Walther made a TON of different engraved models. Have you checked gunbrooker?

Kevin