What is the age and value of an Iver Johnson pocket pistol in 25 auto ser EE00296?

Answer 1

Look on e-Bay for repro ads for sale under this mfgr name and these brochures will locate the year of mfg in relation to the other products. An items value is what the market will bear. Put it on gunbroker.com with a high reserve if you want to see what the public will pay. Iver Johnson marketed two different .25ACP pistols. The TP-25 was a double action modeled after the Walther - it will bring $150-$200 in excellent condition. Iver Johnson/AMAC marketed a single-action .25 auto similar to the Baby Browning that brings $100-$140 in top condition. The TP-25 was 70's-80's, the single-action was late 1980's-1993. The first course of action to discern the value of a gun is to identify the make, model, manufacturing date, and variation. The book "Iver-Johnson Arms & Cycle Works Firearms 1871-1993" by W. Goforth may help accomplish this. Then it's a simple matter of looking your gun up in one of the many firearm value books, such as the Blue Book of Gun Values, or the Standard Catalog of Firearms.