Impossible to answer without the serial number.
Yes, and there are many single action semi auto pistols out there. The M1911, for instance, and earlier examples of the Browning P35 Hi Power.
See the Browning website- customer service. Date of prodcution by serial number listing.
Baby Browning.
Browning has made the P35 in 40 S&W
A Browning Hi Power
They refer to this handgun as the browning model BDA (browning double action auto) pistol.
PROBABLY the P35, or "Hi-Power", from the early 1950's. It was first imported under the Browning name in 1954, so if it has the Browning markings you can pin it to that year. sales@countrygunsmith.net
No such model made by Browning.
This would be a Browning Challenger .22 pistol made in 1970.
yes
Exactly how is the pistol marked? 9mm browning serial number 72C44338
Browning, FN, and Inglis really describe different products. I assume you are referring to the Inglis version of the FN P35 pistol. Inglis, in Canada, did not begin manufacture until 1940 with 100% of production going to military channels. There would not really be a 'retail' price. The FN-manufactured 'Browning Hi-Power' commercial pistol was not introduced to the US market until 1955. Pistols sold before then would have been FN commercial pistols or surplused military pistols imported through secondary channels.