Well, I went back to the dealer and he had JUST sold it a few minutes before.
However, he had a nice Ruger Redhawk in stainless (5 1/2 inch barrel) which had all the papers, was like new, etc., etc., for ten dollars more. Needless to say, I bought the thing before somebody else decided to liberate it from the confines of the gunshop.
Now I get to have even more fun looking for a nice holster for it.