I'm looking for a resource (or resources) to help accurately judge the value of a Colt SAA. Does anyone know of any good books, forums, websites, etc for this?
I've looked around on the internet a bit, and while I can find the value for several Colts of similar vintage, all that I've found have been all-original. This gun has been reblued, but seems otherwise in great shape. It's a Colt "Frontier Six Shooter", 4-3/4" barrel, in what I am guessing to be .45LC or .44-40 (bore's too big to be .32-20, but I can find no caliber markings anywhere on the gun), with very worn hard rubber grips (checkered with pony). All the serial numbers match, and it's in the 160xxx range, which dates it to around 1895 or so based on my research. There is an obvious 'step' in the interior of each chamber in the cylinder, would that indicate .44-40?
A co-worker wants to sell it, but knows nothing about it, and SAAs aren't my area of expertise, so I don't know what to offer for it. I know the rebluing kills any collector value, but it's still a first-gen, pre-1900 SAA, so I figure it's worth something.