No $1,400 For ANYONE!

I gutted it out as long as I could.

Willard spotted me the money for a S&W 59.

I had narrowed my choices down three.

An early ('74-'75) one with both magazines, cleaning kit and the box that was ending within 24 hours.

A new in box ('77-'78) example with all the accessories that ends in three days.

A very nice last year ('81) with just the gun and a single magazine with a buy it now and weeks to go.

The first one ended in the wee hours this morning and that's where I had my bid.  I dig the "PAT PEND" roll mark on the slide...

I won!

Buyer's remorse of a sort is setting in as I watch nobody bidding on that NIB example; however I've been watching similar 59's going for near $700 and the bidding getting intense.  Just a bit more than I had to spend.

Never mind I have an aversion to being the first person to shoot a gun that's been kept new for so long.  Worse than a gun you can't shoot is a gun you won't.

Almost as nice, but with some wear?  Where's the ammo?  Let's go shootin'!

The NIB example starts $20 more than my winning bid on the first one, had the highest credit card fee and highest shipping charge.  I've forgotten to take this into account before.  In this case, if it goes for the initial bid that $20 extra bucks becomes $40 more when the dust settles.  Not a lot... but.

The pistol I did win also had a phenomenon I've noticed many times at ebay and Gunbroker.

Nobody bids on it, it gets relisted several times, I bid on it, several other people begin bidding as well.  There's times I wish I'd finished that psych degree and could get a grant to study things like this.