Devilish_Katlyn said
I have a Dan Wesson gun I need to sell for my mom. She and my dad have had it since the 80’s. It’s never been fired. So far, we have heard values from $1000, $2,500 all the way to $35,000. I don’t know what to believe. Can anyone take a look at my pics and give me an honest idea?  

Welcome to the forum.   The $35,000 you indicated is ridiculous and I assume is a typo so rule that out.  Even $3,500 is over the top of "worth" unless it's an absolute 100% preserved and flawless specimen, and even so it would be a stretch to reach that value.

Everyone has their own opinion about "worth" when these questions come up so here's what I would recommend to you since your goal is to sell the gun.  First, you need to determine and disclose the condition of the gun and case.  You indicated that is has never been fired - does that mean it was never fired by your father and he may or may not be the original and only owner of the gun? Or does it mean that your father is the original purchaser of the gun and it is known that the gun has never been fired since it left the factory new 40 years ago? Next, what is the condition of the gun?  The way these "suitcases" were designed back in the day was probably one of the worst designs possible.  If you notice, the way the insert was designed it does not hold the individual pieces in place, so every time the suitcase is tossed or moved around there is a very good chance that the individual barrels are going to move around and hit each other causing nicks and dings in gun and  barrels.  It may be unfired, but that does not speak to the overall condition of the gun.  These packs have been around for a long time and often the contents are beat up from being tossed around in the case.  So go over the gun and barrels closely and determine the condition of everything.  Also look at the "extra" accessories and determine if your pack is complete or not (also look under the foam insert and see if anything is hidden under the foam).  The complete packs came with 4 additional sight blades - 2 white and 2 yellow, a barrel wrench, gauge, belt buckle, keys, an extra grip, a patch and paperwork.  This one there looks to be an example of a complete pack

https://www.gunbroker.com/Item/1029750677

I would recommend you go over to gunbroker.com and look at the recent past sales of a comparable pack (they were originally call a Pac) and make your own judgement of "worth" based on recent sales.  Do a search of Completed Items for "Dan Wesson 357 and it will bring up all the recent sales you can compare it to.  There you go - the best determination of "worth" is the recent market price of a comparable gun.  You can ask the question to 10 different people and you'll get 10 different answers, but no one really knows the actual condition of the gun but you.    Good luck with it. 

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