Colt official police from 1937

jfl1265 · January 24, 2013, 04:00 PM

Picked up this pistol. Was wondering what value might be. great condition. I would say 95% will post picture soon.

**James K** · January 25, 2013, 12:00 AM

Pictures will be necessary for any real evaluation. In average good condition, those go for around $300, but a real 95% would probably go around twice that. A really nice one (100% or LNIB) will go close to $1000 and there are some, like the round butt that will exceed that.

Those guns are sleepers; I expect them to take off in the next few years as collectors realize that that whole Colt area has been almost ignored.

Jim

CajunBass · January 25, 2013, 08:32 AM

Around here prices run a little higher than that. An OP in better than average condition will be tagged around $450.00 and go for $400.00.

I had a really nicee 1939 OP that I sold a year or so ago for around $500.00 (I forget exactly now) but it had an agency marking that this one fellow really wanted.

January 24, 2013, 04:00 PM	#1
jfl1265 Junior Member Join Date: January 24, 2013 Posts: 4	Colt official police from 1937 Picked up this pistol. Was wondering what value might be. great condition. I would say 95% will post picture soon.

January 25, 2013, 12:00 AM	#2
James K Staff Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 16,611	Pictures will be necessary for any real evaluation. In average good condition, those go for around $300, but a real 95% would probably go around twice that. A really nice one (100% or LNIB) will go close to $1000 and there are some, like the round butt that will exceed that. Those guns are sleepers; I expect them to take off in the next few years as collectors realize that that whole Colt area has been almost ignored. Jim __________________ Jim K

January 25, 2013, 08:32 AM	#3
CajunBass Senior Member Join Date: May 6, 2005 Location: Chancellorsville, Virginia Posts: 3,130	Around here prices run a little higher than that. An OP in better than average condition will be tagged around $450.00 and go for $400.00. I had a really nicee 1939 OP that I sold a year or so ago for around $500.00 (I forget exactly now) but it had an agency marking that this one fellow really wanted. __________________ For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (NKJV)