Last year I was bitching about the high price of vintage Pythons, but bit the bullet and bought a fired nickel 6" for $750. Then I got the bug to have an unfired 6" nickel NIB, and got it for $890. Now I'm seeing NIB or "test-fired" blued Pythons going for almost $900. Are they going up in price and, if so, why? Are the new custom shop ones just that more expensive?