Colt Super .38 Automatic

[RWMC]

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to examine four handguns owned by my late grandfather, who died in 1969. The nicest piece in his collection is a Colt Super .38 Auto, made in 1969. Grandpa never had the chance to fire it, and it is still in that same condition; unfired, n.i.b. It is blued, with what appears to be brown plastic checkered grips, with the rearing colt in the center of the grip, not a gold medallion, but part of the molded plastic grip. The blued finish is a matte finish, except for the sides of the slide, which are very finely polished. According to the receipt in the box, Grandpa paid a whopping $209.00, which was a lot in 69. Any ideas on what it might be worth today? I was only 7 when Grandpa died. I'm sure if
he were alive yet today, that he and I would have been gun show junkies, and that the smell of Hoppes No. 9 would have permeated throughout his home! Thanks for any input.

 

[Old Fuff]

The grips were made out of a plastic material called, "Coltwood" Colt's used these style of grips on most of their models being made at the time because they owned the company that made them. I would expect that a NIB .38 Super would bring $800.00 to $1,200.00 on the collectors' market, and perhaps more to someone who was really serious.

 

[PO2Hammer]

I would expect more than $1,200 from the right buyer. That is the type of gun that could really bring some serious money on Gunbroker.com.
A new Colt .38 super runs $800 (I bought one recently). I was looking at '60s vintage used Colt's that were getting big bucks, a NIB model will do much better.
I would ask this question on the Colt sub-forum at:
http://forums.1911forum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=26