$1,500 for a new Python is probably about right - the fit and finish on them are better than most guns being produced today. I haven't had the opportunity to play with the trigger on one, so I can't comment on that - but from what I've heard, the trigger is actually quite good.
I have two old Pythons - one manufactured in 1957 which I had refinished by Colt; and the other manufactured in 1960 which is 98%. Both are beautiful guns inside and out. I wouldn't sell either for the cost of a new Python today. However, I have about $1,400 in the one I had refinished by Colt (gun + refinishing). Some people will say "YUCK" why did you have it refinished and claim I destroyed it. Not true. It's still a really beautiful Python worth substantially more than what I paid for it. Had I left the Python the way it was, I doubt that I could get even $1,200 for it with all of the pretty new Pythons out there going for only a few hundred more.
I have two old Pythons - one manufactured in 1957 which I had refinished by Colt; and the other manufactured in 1960 which is 98%. Both are beautiful guns inside and out. I wouldn't sell either for the cost of a new Python today. However, I have about $1,400 in the one I had refinished by Colt (gun + refinishing). Some people will say "YUCK" why did you have it refinished and claim I destroyed it. Not true. It's still a really beautiful Python worth substantially more than what I paid for it. Had I left the Python the way it was, I doubt that I could get even $1,200 for it with all of the pretty new Pythons out there going for only a few hundred more.