1895 Repro Catalog
 

While in a used bookstore at lunch I came across one of the copies of the 1895 catalog done by Larry Baer in 1975 for $75. Is it worth having for that?

Ed,Run.... Don,t walk.... Back to that store!

Thanks Dave. It's in excellent condition and it really caught my eye. The photos are great.

It is a great buy, probably selling for multiples of that price on the collector market. Get it and sell it here if you don't want to keep it.

If you are referring to the large format folio 1895 New York showroom catalog with engraved drawings of the entire product line, Baer only produced 500 of them and they were sold only to original subscribers of his deluxe two volume edition on Parkers. The engravings are first rate and the book is an unusual find. The value is several times the asking price, if you can find one for sale. I am fortunate to have the entire Baer set with folio and came by it years ago.

However, if you are referring to a small 1895 inexpensive paper reproduction of the Parker line, such free upon mailing or pickup then, these are common and the price is high.

I can't tell what you have, but I can photograph what I am talking about if that is helpful.

Anybody have any information on Larry Baer? Alive or dead? I have his 2 volume set which really peaked my interest in Parkers years ago. Was he a major collector, dealer, shooter?

Just wondering.

Alive and up in Montana, Kalispell I believe, the Flathead Valley. Moved from Visalia CA.
Major West Coast dealer. Appeared at PGCA meeting and gave talk, maybe about 12 years ago. Retired.

Bruce, perhaps you could talk him into attending the PGCA banquet. Guest speaker???

Bruce - This is a very long, brown, hard-bound catalog published by the Jostens Yearbook Co. in 1974 as a reproduction of an original owned by Larry Baer. There is a gilded Parker gun on the front. I picked it up on the way home from work yesterday.

Congratulations. Not every Parker collector who is interested in owning this great volume has had the opportunity to purchase one.