Post 8492,
Thanks for posting the photo of the butt and s/n. The inquiry posts often don't post an actual pic or as many good photos of various angles in this case.
S&W doesn't issue its triple-alpha s/n's in order. My reference book (SCSW) didn't list "CEE" but here are some close s/n's in years 2000 and 2001:
2000 – BAG, BEL, BKB, BKP, BNY, CDJ, CDL, CDN, CDW, CDY, CDZ, CEA, CEB, CEC, CEF, CEJ, CEL, CEM, CEP, CLC
2001 – BAL, BRR, CEB, CEM, CER, CET, CEU, CEV, CFL, CJM
Supica, Jim; Nahas, Richard. Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson (Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson) (p. 491). Gun Digest Media. Kindle Edition.